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Holocaust Survivor Speaker
by Barbara Kriigel 08 Jun '18

08 Jun '18

FYI, if your library is interested in having a Holocaust survivor speak at an event, you might want to consider contacting Irene Miller. She speaks to many groups, including schools, church groups, and others. Irene and her family were stranded in a frozen field outside of Warsaw, Poland when the man hired to help them escape instead cheated and robbed them. The family struggled to survive as they became separated, reunited, and ultimately sent to a Siberian work camp. Irene tells the story in her book "Into No Man's Land" which she sells after speaking engagements. Irene can be contacted through her website http://www.irenemillerspeaker.com/ or by email millerirene39(a)gmail.com. Barbara Kriigel Univ. of Michigan-Dearborn

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MeL Minute: Introduction Liz Breed, new MeL Coordinator
by Norris, Sonya (MDE) 08 Jun '18

08 Jun '18

Hi Everyone! My name is Liz Breed and I am the new Michigan eLibrary Coordinator for the Library of Michigan. While I am a Wayne State alum and have 15 years of experience in public libraries, my background also includes a bachelor's degree in business administration and 8 years of experience in marketing research. Prior to joining LM, I was the Assistant Director for Public Services at Jackson District Library. I have also worked at Kent District Library and Capital Area District Library serving in a variety of roles. Occasionally, I teach Marketing for the School of Information Science at Wayne State University. As a member of the MeL Team I will be working closely with Sonya Schryer Norris, Kathy Kosinski, Randy Riley and staff from MCLS to support an upcoming redesign of the MeL site and development of MeL Support and Training resources. Additionally, I'll be assisting with database contract negotiations this year. My role also entails cultivating increased cohesion across all things MeL - MeLCat, MeL databases and MeL Training - with the goal being to increase awareness and support stronger connections. You will see me at conferences and workshops and also supporting LM through various social media channels. I'm excited to be part of the MeL and LM teams, and as a life-long resident of Michigan, I look forward to visiting with library staff all over the state. If you have questions or want to talk about any facet of MeL, please don't hesitate to get in touch. You can email me at breedl(a)michigan.gov<mailto:breedl@michigan.gov> or give me a ring at 517-373-4466. [cid:image002.png@01D3FF2B.5097D240]Brought to you by Liz Breed of the MeL Team. MeL databases are available to Michigan residents or Michigan library access only. Want more information on MeL? Stay tuned for the next MeL Minute available on many Michigan library listservs, email us at contact(a)mel.org<mailto:contact@mel.org>, visit http://mel.org<http://mel.org/>, or sign up for the MeL Minute and other Library of Michigan e-mail lists via GovDelivery<https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/MILOM/subscriber/new>. We encourage you to share MeL Minutes with your colleagues and networks. #IMLSGrant Sonya Schryer Norris Library Consultant Library of Michigan 702 W. Kalamazoo St. Lansing, MI 48909 517-373-4457 https://michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan http://mel.org<http://mel.org/> http://michlibrary.org<http://michlibrary.org/> Our collective efforts can help make Michigan a Top 10 education state in 10 years! Here are the goals and strategies: http://mi.gov/top10in10/ [cid:image002.png@01D20444.B08921B0]

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2018 State Librarians Excellence Award
by Norris, Sonya (MDE) 08 Jun '18

08 Jun '18

{Sending on behalf of State Librarian Randy Riley} Dear Library Directors, Trustees, Institution Administrators, and Library Users, The Library of Michigan Foundation is pleased to announce that nominations for the 2018 State Librarian’s Excellence Award are now being accepted. The State Librarian’s Excellence Award recognizes a Michigan Library that best exemplifies excellence in customer service. A $3,000 cash prize will be awarded to the winning library and $1,000 each will be awarded to the two Citation of Excellence runners-up. All three award-winners will receive trophies for public display. We hope you will consider nominating your library this year! The criteria is described on the attached nomination form or at: https://www.michigan.gov/documents/libraryofmichigan/lm_2018_SLEA_Applicati… The deadline for nominations is August 17, 2018. Winners will be celebrated at the State Librarian’s Luncheon on Wednesday, October 17, 2018, during the 2018 Michigan Library Association Annual Conference in Lansing. Library directors, trustees, library users, or administrators may make nominations. See the nomination form for details of submission requirements. If, after reviewing the full criteria, you have questions or would like additional information, please contact the Library of Michigan Foundation office at (517) 373-1297. *********************************************************************************************

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Michigan Notable Author Michael G. Smith
by Jennifer Osborne 08 Jun '18

08 Jun '18

Hi everyone, At 7pm next Wednesday, June 13, the Brighton District Library will host Michigan Notable Author, Michael G. Smith, author of *Designing Detroit: Wirt Rowland and the Rise of Modern American Architecture.* If this was an author you were hoping to see, we'd love to have you! In addition, if you're familiar with an organization who'd be interested in the topic of Detroit architecture, please feel free to share this. Click here for promotional poster <http://brightonlibrary.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Notable-Book-6.13.18…> Click here to register <http://brightonlibrary.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=3530&backTo…> Best, Jennifer Osborne Head of Adult Services Brighton District Library 810-229-6571 x225 josborne(a)brightonlibrary.info

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Ready to Read Michigan - June 2018 Newsletter
by Lancaster, Catherine (MDE) 08 Jun '18

08 Jun '18

A peek at our survey results from RTRM 2018! To view in your browser: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MILOM/bulletins/1f446c1 [every child ready to read] Ready to Read Michigan - June 2018 In This Issue: * A look at Ready to Read Michigan 2018 * In the News... * New Books This Week's Wisdom... BECAUSE by Nikki Giovanni I wrote a poem for you because you are my little boy I wrote a poem for you because you are my darling daughter and in this poem I sang a song that says as time goes on I am you and you are me and that's how life goes on Nikki Giovanni turned 75 this week! A look at Ready to Read Michigan 2018 [RTRM Logo]It's a wrap on the book program for Ready to Read Michigan<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZ…> 2018! RTRM has had an exciting first year and the book selection from the Library of Michigan's Youth Service Advisory Council of I Got the Rhythm was a big read-aloud hit for libraries. The RTRM book program enabled public library staff to engage in reading aloud to young children and their families while providing tools and resources for the libraries to reach out to local early childhood organizations and schools, not only to instill a love of reading, but also to model the 5 practices of PLA's Every Child Ready to Read to parents, families and cargivers: Talk, Read, Write, Play, Sing. [Author and Illustrator]Pictured left: I Got the Rhythm author Connie Schofield-Morrison and illustrator Frank Morrison, their tour reached over 1,300 young children throughout Michigan. All 650 public library locations in Michigan were sent RTRM kits. The Library of Michigan had 192 (30%) public library staff return surveys and reported the following: * 77.5% of library staff either strongly agreed or agreed that the RTRM book kit improved services to the public. * 92.6% strongly agreed or agreed that they were satisfied with the book kit resources. * 66% library staff reported using the programming guide<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZ…>. * Public libraries held or participated in community activities for total of 1,048 events. * Total attendance of 24,892 children and their families. * Approximately 16,000 children attended community outreach programs conducted by the public libraries and nearly 9,000 attended RTRM programs in the libraries. * RTRM reached a survey-reported 24,062 children under age 5. This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), administered by the State of Michigan through the Library of Michigan. Additional support provided by Bloomsbury Publishing, Consumers Energy Foundation and the Library of Michigan Foundation. [Report 1][Report 2] ________________________________ In the News... [word clouds]NPR posted a must-read article, "What's Going On In Your Child's Brain When You Read Them A Story<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZ…>," based on the newly published study from the Pediatric Academic Societies on "ScreenQ<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZ…>." The American Library Services for Children (ALSC) published a very important blog post on "Talking with Young Children (0-5) about Race<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZ…>," from the Early Childhood Programs and Services Committee. It features Grand Rapids Public Library's own Jessica Anne Bratt, Youth Services Manager, and shares her "Talking About Race in Storytimes<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZ…>" toolkit. The blog continues to cover the "why's" and "how's" to discuss race with young children, as well as providing book suggestions and resources. WKAR features "Early Music Education<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZ…>" in a new set of short video segments featuring the MSU Community Music School. ________________________________ New Books [baby]Sylvia Long's Big Book for Small Children illustrated by Sylvia Long. Chronicle, 2018. ISBN: 9780811834414 A collection of nursery rhymes, songs, and short folktales illustrated by Long. Includes a few extension activities. How Are You? / ¿Cómo estás? by Angela Dominquez. Holt, 2018. ISBN: 9781250126863 Animal friends explore their many emotions in this bilingual story for young children. Contact Information: [Cathy Lancaster]For additional information on the Ready to Read Michigan program, please go to www.mi.gov/readytoread or contact Cathy Lancaster, Youth Services Coordinator at the Library of Michigan: LancasterC5(a)michigan.gov<mailto:LancasterC5@michigan.gov>. ________________________________ [Library of Michigan Logo] Questions? Contact Us<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZ…> STAY CONNECTED: [Visit us on Facebook]<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZ…> [Sign up for email updates]<http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZ…>

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Just curious
by Linda Lyshol 08 Jun '18

08 Jun '18

Hi all, have any of you asked for a raise? How did it go? What did you say or use to drive home your request? Linda Lyshol, MLIS, MPA Library Director, Branch District Library 10 E. Chicago St.,Coldwater MI 49036 http://www.BranchDistrictLibrary.org 517-278-2341, ext. 116 | 517-278-2342 (fax) “I’ve come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technology: 1) Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and just a natural part of the way the world works 2) Anything that’s invented when you’re between 15-35 yrs old is new and exciting and revolutionary—and you can probably get a career in it 3) Anything invented after you’re 35 yrs old is against the natural order of things” ~Douglas Adams, *The Salmon of Doubt*

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book deal of the day!
by Perri Saunders 08 Jun '18

08 Jun '18

We accidentally purchased two of *The Cast by Danielle Steel *in LARGE PRINT. It's a paperback. Would anyone like to buy is for $20? Just let me know. Thanks! Perri -- Perri Saunders, Director White Pigeon Township Library 102 N. Kalamazoo St., P.O. Box 399 White Pigeon, MI 49099 269-483-7409 *p.saunders(a)woodlands.lib.mi.us <p.saunders(a)woodlands.lib.mi.us> * *Brighten the corner where you are.*

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Re: [Michlib-l] Padded envelopes for giveaway
by melissa＠uproc.lib.mi.us 08 Jun '18

08 Jun '18

They have all been taken! Thanks for playing. Melissa Lupino Library Director Bessemer Public Library 411 S. Sophie St. Bessemer, MI 49911 (906)667-0404

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Padded envelopes for giveaway
by melissa＠uproc.lib.mi.us 08 Jun '18

08 Jun '18

The Bessemer Library has a tote full of assorted sized padded envelopes for giveaway. If anyone could use some, send me your RIDES code! Melissa Lupino Library Director Bessemer Public Library 411 S. Sophie St. Bessemer, MI 49911 (906)667-0404

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Posting: Brandon Library Part-Time (35 hours/week) Library Assistant
by Rebecca Higgerson 08 Jun '18

08 Jun '18

Please send a completed application to Circulation Manager, Shauna Quick squick(a)brandonlibrary.org by *5:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 14, 2018*. Applications after the deadline will not be accepted. Thank you. Brandon Township Public Library Job Description/Position Standards with Qualifications and Requirements Position: Library Assistant Part-time Salary Range: $10.90-$13.30/hour Grade: 3 Effective Date: 2/22/2016 Job Summary Under the supervision of the Circulation Manager, staff the circulation desk. This position serves the patron in a friendly, professional manner, thereby ensuring the public a positive library experience. Facilitate the Inter- Library Loan process, complete the physical processing of materials, link materials to the ILS catalog and perform other duties as determined by the manager. Responsibilities · Greet all patrons with courtesy and friendliness as Circulation is the first contact the patron has with the library · Gain complete knowledge of the automated system · Check out items to patron and receive Library print and non-print materials · Process new and replacement cards in the automated system · Accurately input and update data in the automated system · Maintain any non-automated records · Follow and enforce all library rules, policies, and procedures · Follow circulation guidelines and patron privacy laws · Answer telephone and accurately give information and when necessary, direct calls to the correct location or staff for information · Calculate and collect funds due from the public · Ability to operate basic office equipment including computers, copier, fax, cash register, charge machine and calculator · Ability to use alpha-numeric organization · Empty all book and audio/visual drops, discharge all items, and organize according to the Dewey Decimal System for shelving · Sort library materials for shelving; shelve or shelf read as directed to maintain good order · Learn and perform all functions of inter-library loan process and library software Process all types of materials for BTPL collection and link in automated system · Repair collection items as necessary · If scheduled, open or close the library, following established procedures · All other duties as assigned Qualifications High school diploma Requirements · Customer service and/or library experience · Positive public service attitude, computer skills, and good communication skills · Appropriate math abilities to calculate and collect funds due from the public · Appropriate reading abilities to sort and properly shelve materials according to the Dewey Decimal System · Ability to lift or transport items weighing up to 40 pounds · Work independently as well as with a team · Flexible schedule, including nights and weekends Department Affiliation/Supervisor Reports to the Circulation Manager *Rebecca Higgerson* Director Brandon Twp Public Library 304 South Street Ortonville MI 48462 248-627-1474 248-627-9880 (fax) *“We enhance and strengthen community by providing open access to educational information, recreational materials, and programs that enrich lives and promote lifelong learning.”*

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