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eNews from HSM: Maritime Tour, Conference Registration, Michigan History Day Judges, Upcoming Events
by Historical Society of Michigan 02 Mar '18

02 Mar '18

Summer will return. Join us in July for our "Michigan Maritime Tour!" Our Michiganders on the Road 4-day, 3-night "Michigan Maritime Tour" explores some of the Great Lake State's premier maritime history sites, including the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center, Legends of Thunder Bay Shipwrecks, Fishtown, Beaver Island, and lighthouses galore. You'll visit sites rarely seen even by those well-versed in Michigan's rich history. <http://hsmichigan.org/programs/michiganders-on-the-road/maritime-tour/> Learn more about the Michigan Maritime Tour! Anniversary of Mackinac Island State Park March 3 marks a historic moment in Michigan's history. In 1875, Congress created Mackinac Island National Park, America's second national park, following the dedication of Yellowstone National Park. The park initially belonged to the government while Fort Mackinac continued to operate as a military base, but in 1895, the fort was decommissioned, and the park was given to the state of Michigan. Avoid late registration fees-Standard Registration for the Michigan in Perspective: The Local History Conference ends March 11! Our conference is shaping up to have record numbers-over 500 Michigan history fans have already registered for this popular conference. Several keynote/meal sessions are almost at capacity. In addition to our exciting keynotes, our conference breakout sessions are not to be missed. Check out a few of them below: >From POW to Punster: The Story of Sonny Eliot Speaker: Jane Nordberg, the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan Detroit weatherman Sonny Eliot enjoyed a successful 60-year broadcasting career-but he also spent 18 months during World War II as a prisoner of war. Come hear Eliot's gripping story as a wartime POW. The Odyssey of Waukazoo's Band: A Fight to Stay Home Speaker: Eric Hemenway, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians Join us as we remember Odawa Chief Waukazoo and his band's struggle to resist Removal and remain at their ancestral homes. Invading Russia: Michigan's Polar Bears Speaker: Gordon Olson, Grand Rapids City Historian Emeritus American intervention in the Russian Civil War is nearly forgotten in the United States-as is the fact that many of the U.S. soldiers fighting there were Michigan men. The Salty Mitten: Mining for White Gold Speaker: Erik Nordberg, Walter P. Reuther Library-Wayne State University Come listen to how Michigan's salt production industry has impacted Lower Michigan from Detroit to Bay City to Manistee for more than 150 years. <http://hsmichigan.org/conferences/local-history-conference/registration/> Reserve your seat today! Friday & Saturday, March 23 & 24, 2018 Sterling Heights, Michigan <http://www.hsmichigan.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Michigan-in-Perspectiv e-online.pdf> Click here to download the brochure for more information and session descriptions. <http://www.hsmichigan.org/conferences/local-history-conference/registration /> Go to online registration. Michigan in Perspective: The Local History Conference is held annually in the Wayne/Oakland/Macomb tri-county area and is open to anyone interested in state or regional history. Are you looking for a fun way to volunteer? Become a Michigan History DayR Judge! We need the help of educators and community members with an interest in history to serve as judges at the Michigan History DayR State Finals competition. The State Finals will be held in Bay City on April 28, 2018, at the Bay City Central High School and will involve a full-day time commitment. The most important quality for a judge is enthusiasm for interacting with students. Judges should have a lively interest in history but do not need a professional history background. HSM provides training for how to judge the History Day entries, and new judges will be placed on teams with seasoned veteran judges to evaluate participants' entries and provide constructive feedback to students. <http://hsmichigan.org/mhd/judges/> Visit our website for more information _____ The Historical Society of Michigan is our state's oldest cultural organization, founded in 1828 by territorial governor Lewis Cass and explorer Henry Schoolcraft. A nongovernmental nonprofit, the Society focuses on publications, conferences, education, awards and recognition programming, and support for local history organizations to preserve and promote Michigan's rich history. _____ For more information on the Historical Society of Michigan, please visit <http://www.hsmichigan.org/> www.hsmichigan.org or e-mail us at <mailto:hsm@hsmichigan.org> hsm(a)hsmichigan.org. _____ The Historical Society of Michigan 5815 Executive Dr. . Lansing, MI 48911 Phone: (517) 324-1828 . FAX: (517) 324-4370 <https://hsmichigan.org/store/donate/make-a-donation/> Looking for a job? We have some exciting new positions from our member organizations available on our website. <http://hsmichigan.org/resources/position-openings-in-michigan/> Check out the job listings on our History Job Board! History Hounds presents. The Mighty Mac: Connecting Michigan's Peninsulas Wednesday, March 14 >From early on, crossing the Straits of Mackinac came with challenges-that is, until the Mackinac Bridge, the nation's longest suspension bridge, connected the Upper and Lower Peninsulas. But the Mackinac Bridge comes with its own challenges. You will hear the past, present, and future of the "Mighty Mac." History Hounds is FREE to members of HSM! <http://hsmichigan.org/programs/history-hounds-lecture-series/> To learn more, visit our website. Upcoming Events From Our Members The Greater West Bloomfield Historical Society presents "West Bloomfield Tornado Open House," Sunday, March 11, in West Bloomfield Township. The Holland Area Historical Society presents "Answering the Call: Company K Sharpshooters in the Civil War," Tuesday, March 13, in Holland. The Salem Area Historical Society presents "Salem Area Historical Society Dinner and Auction," Saturday, March 24, in Plymouth. The Northville Historical Society presents "Great Lakes Lighthouse Preservation," Wednesday, March 28, in Northville. The Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections presents "Arranging and Describing Photographs workshop," Monday, April 30, in East Lansing. The Maritime Heritage Alliance presents "Maritime Heritage Alliance Annual Boat Auction and Garage Sale," Saturday, June 2, in Traverse City. The Historical Society of Casevile presents "Ladies Luncheon," Wednesday, June 13, in Caseville. The Les Cheneaux Historical Association presents "Les Cheneaux Islands Antique Wooden Boat Show and Festival of Arts," Saturday, August 11, in Hessel. <http://www.hsmichigan.org/calendar/> For more calendar events, see our website! Interested in featuring an event or exhibit on HSM's online calendar and eNews? We are always looking to support our member organizations, and one of the ways we show support is in advertising your events and exhibits. Have an exhibit or event you'd like promoted? <http://www.hsmichigan.org/calendar/event-submission/> Feel free to submit your listing via our online calendar registration form here. This e-mail is sent to our members and friends to keep you updated on historical activities and opportunities to learn more about our state's history. To opt-out, please respond to this e-mail with "remove" in the subject line.

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Seeking a Floor Piano
by Maria Williams 02 Mar '18

02 Mar '18

Dear Michlib- Has your library ever rented a floor piano (a la the kind Tom Hanks and Robert Loggia play at FAO Schwartz in the movie "Big")? If so, from where? If not, have you ever seen a floor piano set up somewhere in Michigan, like a school or museum? If so, which one and when? We are considering trying to rent one for our Summer Reading program this year, but I am having trouble finding a local company. Happy Friday! Maria Williams, MLIS Head of Adult Services Baldwin Public Library 300 West Merrill Street Birmingham, MI 48009 (248) 554-4651 http://www.baldwinlib.org

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Deb's Last Day
by Biggs, Deb Renee (MDE) 02 Mar '18

02 Mar '18

Well….it’s today actually! And I’d like to take this opportunity to say “Thank You!” so very much for all the kind words I received after the MeL Minute came out a couple of weeks ago with my “official” farewell. It is truly heartwarming to know that I have made a contribution to my profession as MeL Coordinator at the Library of Michigan. Best. Job. Ever. 😉 I wish you all the very best and I’m sure our paths will be crossing on some level in the future! Warm regards, Deb Deb Renee Biggs, MA AMLS Library Consultant & Michigan eLibrary Coordinator Library of Michigan/Michigan Department of Education 702 W. Kalamazoo St. Lansing, MI 48915 Phone: 517-373-4466 http://mel.org<http://mel.org/> Like MeL on Facebook – http://facebook.com/mel.org

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Test Prep for Students Webinar: On Demand Recording Now Available
by Biggs, Deb Renee (MDE) 02 Mar '18

02 Mar '18

Hello All-for those of you who couldn't attend the live webinar this past Wednesday, it is now available via the MCLS website at: https://www.mcls.org/mel/mel-training-events/ along with the slides and tools. The SAT is coming up and LearningExpress in MeL as a new look and feel, so you will want to listen in to this approx.. ½ hour webinar! On this site you can also find on-demand recordings to more webinars focusing on how you can use MeL content with those whom you work! All good wishes, Deb Deb Renee Biggs, MA AMLS Library Consultant & Michigan eLibrary Coordinator Library of Michigan/Michigan Department of Education 702 W. Kalamazoo St. Lansing, MI 48915 Phone: 517-373-4466 http://mel.org<http://mel.org/> Like MeL on Facebook - http://facebook.com/mel.org

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Final Call for #MiALA18 Annual Conference Poster Proposals - Deadline March 3
by Heather Ladiski 02 Mar '18

02 Mar '18

Forwarded on behalf of the MiALA Conference Planning committee. Excuse posting to duplicate lists. Please forward to anyone that you believe would benefit from this information. **************************************** Final Call for Posters - MiALA Annual Conference 2018 Sustainability in Academic Libraries MiALA invites you and your colleagues to submit poster proposals for the 3rd annual conference to be held May 17-18, 2018 in East Lansing. Please consider sharing your innovations, creative endeavors, and practical solutions for sustainability in academic librarianship. How do we sustain ourselves within the profession? How do we sustain our libraries and institutions? How do we work (or what is our obligation) environmentally and socially? How do we sustain our communities? We welcome posters in any topic related to work in academic libraries, and particularly if they have a connection to the conference theme. Broad participation is encouraged from librarians, staff, LIS students, and administrators from all types of academic libraries (including but not limited to public universities, private colleges, and community colleges). Poster proposals should include a description of no more than 300 words. They will be evaluated on relevance to the academic library profession, originality and creativity, and clarity/applicability of content and outcomes. You must be an individual or student member of MiALA to submit a proposal. Regardless of the decision on a proposal, MiALA encourages you to attend the conference. Poster session proposals may also be submitted if your presentation proposal is not accepted. Please submit your poster proposal using the application form located here<https://www.memberleap.com/members/form.php?orgcode=MALA&fid=1703147> by tomorrow, March 3, 2018. The primary contact listed on each proposal will receive a message indicating receipt of the proposal when it is submitted; decisions on all proposals will be communicated to the primary contact by March 21, 2018. Questions can be sent to David Scott @ DavidScott(a)ferris.edu<mailto:DavidScott@ferris.edu>. Questions about the conference in general can be sent to conference(a)miala.org<mailto:conference@miala.org>.

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Friends of the Library Book Sales
by director＠centrallakelibrary.com 02 Mar '18

02 Mar '18

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Don't forget to register for the 2018 Beginning Workshop! May 16-18
by Atkin, Evette (MDE) 02 Mar '18

02 Mar '18

Greetings! Registration for the 2018 Beginning Workshop is open! To register, visit the Library of Michigan's registration system<mailto:https://www.solutionwhere.com/WW/Aspx/Public/Search/ShowConference.a…!>. (https://www.solutionwhere.com/WW/Aspx/Public/Search/ShowConference.aspx?cou…) Beginning Workshop is an intensive 3-day workshop for library staff seeking a level 3 or 4 certificate. Content is geared towards attendees with little or no previous library experience. Subjects include collections, customer service, technology, intellectual freedom, programming, and much more. For details on the agenda and lodging reservations visit: http://www.michigan.gov/beginningworkshop. Evette M. Atkin Continuing Education Coordinator Library of Michigan atkine(a)michigan.gov<mailto:atkine@michigan.gov> 517.373.3746

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Job posting in the Upper Peninsula
by Lisa Waskin 02 Mar '18

02 Mar '18

Job Posting Position: Library Manager, part-time, 20-25 hours per week The Brevort Township Community Library is a member of the Superior Library District, which serves residents in Mackinac and Chippewa counties. The library is located within the town of Moran, MI. This is a quiet community located near a number of local recreational activities for outdoor enthusiasts. The Superior District Library is seeking a personable, enthusiastic, responsible individual to join us on our journey. Please see attached job description and application information. Lisa Waskin, Director Superior District Library 541 Library Drive Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783 Ph. (906) 632-9331 Fax (906) 635-0210 lisaw(a)uproc.lib.mi.us <mailto:lisaw@uproc.lib.mi.us>

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Summary of responses to New Book Alerts
by Melissa Huisman 02 Mar '18

02 Mar '18

Hi! I received a lot of responses! · Almost all libraries post some version of the New York Times or Publisher’s Weekly lists. · Some make fancier signs that are showing what they have received or will be receiving. A few with color title covers – some with just text. · A few subscribe to Book pages for patrons to read, have 2nd copy or “Express” books or used to use slides to visually show the titles. · If you want to pay a bit, you can subscribe to Wowlibrary. This talks to your ILS and pulls out your new books for your patrons and more. It is really cool. Here is a link: · http://www.wowbrary.org/nu.aspx?p=2855--GEN&combine · One library’s tech team wrote a program that uses the cover art from Syndetics to display the titles across their webpage and are clickable to the catalog: https://www.tadl.org/books/ · (Wonder if we can get them to sell us their program?) cheaply of course. · Last of all – some lucky people have the Apollo ILS system that does this already for them: https://eauclaire.biblionix.com/catalog/ Hope I didn’t miss anything – but it is all pasted in below and attached. Thank you very much! Melissa Huisman, Library Director Gary Byker Memorial Library of Hudsonville 3338 Van Buren Street, Hudsonville MI 49426 Phone: 616-669-1255 X 5 Fax: 616-669-5150 Email: mhuisman(a)hudsonville.org<mailto:mhuisman@hudsonville.org> Ways to advertise “New” books Original question: How do you let non-computer savvy folks who like to just drop in and browse know about brand new titles that have come out? Most of the time the best sellers get whisked away to fill a long hold list and they never get a chance to see it. We have an odd system now where we keep the book on display for a week before we fill holds – but it seems like a shame to make folks wait. All I can think to do is make a color copy of each book cover and put it on display in place of the book – but this seems like it would take a lot of ink. Does someone at your library make a flyer each week showing a list of the new books with smaller cover art? Any other ideas? Melissa Huisman, Library Director Gary Byker Memorial Library of Hudsonville 3338 Van Buren Street, Hudsonville MI 49426 Phone: 616-669-1255 X 5 Fax: 616-669-5150 Email: mhuisman(a)hudsonville.org<mailto:mhuisman@hudsonville.org> We keep a copy of the best-seller list for the current week at the circulation for patron use. Margaret Bentley Adult Services Librarian Shiawassee District Library--Owosso 502 W. Main Street Owosso, Michigan 48867 989-725-5134 😁We have a blog and a New Item area.( Also, when it comes to Patterson, there is always a new book out.) Donna Janke djanke(a)cromaine.org<mailto:djanke@cromaine.org> Hi Melissa, That's exactly what we do at Belleville -- make a flyer every week with new and interesting titles. One of our circ staff (who also processes the DVDs and CDs) puts it together for us every week. I think she loves getting the chance to be creative with it. It's a text list broken into categories, but she also adds cover art of items she thinks will be of particular interest. Plenty of regular patrons stop to check the list and then put holds on what catches their interest. We also have a scrolling list of new items on Enterprise, but the popularity of the paper list hasn't diminished. Hilary Savage Assistant Director Belleville Area District Library 167 Fourth Street Belleville, MI 48111 (734) 699-3291 ________________________________ Hi! This is Barb from the Southgate Veterans Memorial Library. What we do every Monday is print out a copy of the New York Times best seller list and tape it to the circulation desk. We do this just for the hardcover fiction and hardcover nonfiction, but they get good results. Oftentimes it's the older crowd who looks at it, and I'm guessing that goes directly hand-in-hand with the non-computer savvy folks, too. Hope this helps! Dear Melissa Huisman, When I worked at a public library, we would make text only copies of best seller lists (fiction/nonfiction) to give out when asked. With some popular romance titles/series, we would have about 5 patrons that would get put on automatic hold for some series because of a request. If someone knows they are a Patterson fan and you are willing to do that, they could get first dibs hold for those types of items? I do not think we did that with our more popular fiction authors. I know it can be frustrating to be 147th patron waiting on a book. There was never a book display in a way that was holding new books before allowing them to checkout. Hope that is helpful. We do not have this issue here as students seem to have little time for leisure reading. Sincerely, Saxony Betts Digital Technology/Reference Librarian Email: sbetts(a)kettering.edu<mailto:sbetts@kettering.edu> Phone: (810) 762-7815 1700 University Avenue ~ Flint, MI 48504 Melissa, We have a chalkboard that lists the title and the author of our brand new titles and those who are deemed "hot new releases". Our older patrons find it helpful to have the visual of what is available. Alycia McKowen Director Seville Twp Library Riverdale, MI 48877 P: 989.833.7776<tel:989.833.7776> seville.michlibrary.org<http://seville.michlibrary.org/> Melissa, Once a week I print two NYTimes bestseller lists - the hardcover fiction and hardcover nonfiction. I print only page 1. I highlight titles we own and write down their shelf location, e.g. BIOG, Lucky Day, etc. -- Karla Gibson Adult Services Librarian Wixom Public Library 49015 Pontiac Trail Wixom, MI 48393 248-624-2512 I think one of the greatest things we ever did at Herrick was create an express collection or marketplace/bestseller collection where we buy multiples of hot titles and exclude them from holds. Obviously that requires and investment, but the idea is that you can always walk in and find an abundant selection of bestsellers. We started with money from the Friends of the Library. We turn over the books to them when they're not super hot anymore and they resell them in their shop. So we minimally process them to keep them nice. We have express for fiction and feature movies. Works really well. Kelli Kelli Perkins Collection & Digital Resources Manager Herrick District Library 300 S River Ave, Holland MI 49423 616.355.3718 kperkins(a)herrickdl.org<mailto:kperkins@herrickdl.org> I post what's on order, so patrons can check for upcoming titles from favorite authors (see attached) You can also post the New York Times Bestsellers list each week, “A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work." Lisa L. Wood Branch Manager Quincy Branch Library 11 N. Main Street Quincy, MI 49082 517.639.4001, ext. 401; 517.278.2342 (fax) At my previous library we used automatically yours from baker and taylor. I would take the arrival lists and dump into a spreadsheet which could then be sorted by arrival date. It worked great for folks who wanted to know what was coming up. We highlighted the titles as they arrived, so patrons would know what was now available, but not on the shelf ;) It didn't have fancy book covers or anything like that, but it was simple and worked well for our dedicated (not tech savvy) patrons. Good Luck! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Andrea Ingmire Library Director Peter White Public Library (906) 226-4303 (office) (906) 250-0080 (cell) (906) 226-1783 (fax) We print out the New York Times Best Seller List (Hardcover) from Sunday's paper each week and highlight the books we have and put it on display on the New Book Shelf. This may not cover all of those with a list, but it covers most of them. [cid:image001.jpg@01D3B20B.F27366F0] Arlene Wall Support Services Manager arlene(a)salinelibrary.org<mailto:arlene@salinelibrary.org> 734-429-5450 We make copies (pulled off the internet) of the cover. Then place them on the book ends by our new book section. The patrons can see what titles are new (we keep five months but you could cater to what works for you). Tera Talaska Manager Presque Isle District Library 181 E. Erie St. Rogers City, MI 49779 989-734-2477 ext. 223 We have a display of new (this month) items in the library and a separate shelf space for new (6 months) items, but, as you said, this is just for items currently available. Our new ILS, Apollo, lets patrons sign up for automatic holds on new releases by their favorite authors. They're really loving it and so are we. No more "hey, hold this for me when it comes out" lists. But, without that, we didn't really have anything. We don't have the staff to generate a handout like that and too many items anyways. Good luck! I'm looking forward to seeing what responses you get. Cynthia Stanczak Library Director Albion District Library 501 S. Superior St. Albion, MI 49224 (517) 629-3993 Once a month we send our an eNewsletter and introduce new books and other items. We also put a slide on our website with new items. Cindi L. Place Reference & Technology Librarian Boyne District Library (231)582-7861 placec(a)boynelibrary.org<mailto:placec@boynelibrary.org> cindiplace(a)gmail.com<mailto:cindiplace@gmail.com> We print a list of titles that are on order and will be released the following month. So the holds can be placed ahead of time and the books circulate as soon as they are released. no cover art. it's two sided sorted one side by author name and the other by release date Patti Skinner pskinner(a)mcdlibrary.org<mailto:pskinner@mcdlibrary.org> We are going to be switching over to Apollo next month and are looking forward to using their automatic holds on favorite authors but we also use Wowbrary! which is a weekly newsletter/Facebook posting that automatically inquires into our ILS to find our new adds on Friday night and creates an email that shows what’s new at the library and also lets us put news and event postings into it and then it is sent out Saturday morning. Patrons subscribe to the email but it also automatically updates the link on our website so people can view the weekly posting from there. We are also sent an email on Saturday from the Wowbrary! providers that gives us a link to put up a Facebook post with all the cover art already preformatted. Here is a link to last week’s posting: http://www.wowbrary.org/nu.aspx?p=2855--GEN&combine We have several patrons that will put items on reserve Saturday and others that come into the library inquiring as to what they saw on the email so we print out a copy Saturday morning so it can be referenced by patrons at the circ desk. It is a great service that we have used for several years and we love it. We pay $500.00 per year and I don’t remember if that is based on our library size or not but it’s worth every penny. For the luddites we have the weekly printout at the desk. ☺ Mark Morton markmorton(a)lelandtownshiplibrary.org<mailto:markmorton@lelandtownshiplibrary.org> Dear Melissa, Our Tech team wrote a program to pull newly added titles for display on our website<https://www.tadl.org/books/>. Most cover images are provided by a service called Syndetics<https://proquest.syndetics.com/>. This could then be made into or added to your OPAC screensaver https://www.tadl.org/books/ We post the current NYT Best Seller list with our "Hot Title" collection. This collection goes out for two weeks is not holdable and is $1/day if late. There's generally at least one regular copy for holds for each "Hot" title. We have 10 copies of the new Danielle Steel on order, 7 regular for holds and 3 "Hots" for grab and go. We get copies of BookPage magazine to distribute to patrons. A catalog record is created when items are ordered so reserves may be placed before the item is available. If you are on any standing order lists you could make a poster or calendar with the author title and release date. I think Baker & Taylor won't accept orders earlier than 60 days before stated release but I don't deal directly with ordering so that may be off. Unless you're prepared to maintain spreadsheets you would probably not want to take holds more than that anyway. Regards, Katheryn Carrier Reference Traverse Area District Library 610 Woodmere Avenue Traverse City, Michigan 49686 USA 231-932-8502 Reference Melissa, We have a dedicated ‘new item’ section close to the front service desk. All new items (they are considered ‘new’ for a year) are shelved there. We also post the New York Times Bestseller list weekly near the front service desk. We have both the fiction and nonfiction lists and highlight what we own. That way, people can peruse the list and know what’s new even if it’s not on the ‘new item’ shelf. Hope this helps. Holly Hentz Director Hamburg Township Library 10411 Merrill Rd. P.O. Box 247 Hamburg, MI 48139 810.231.1771 Hamburglibrary.org Hi Melissa, We print out copies of the New York Times bestsellers list for Hardcover Fiction, Hardcover Nonfiction, and How-to, Advice, & Miscellaneous each week. We put one list on one of the shelves in the New Book area in our circulation lobby and one at the reference desk on the counter top. We also do the same with Young Adult Hardcover Fiction and put one at the reference desk and one in the Teen area. In the Teen area, I also post pictures of book covers on a bulletin board as new Teen books come in. I don’t get as a high a volume of new Teen books as the adult department does, so this isn’t too onerous a task. I imagine it would probably be more difficult trying to keep up with the new “hot” books and bestsellers for the Adult Dept. [cid:image002.jpg@01D3B20B.F27366F0] Mary Rice Adult/Teen Services Librarian Waterford Township Public Library 5168 Civic Center Dr Waterford MI 48329 p. 248.618.7683 mrice(a)waterfordmi.gov<mailto:mrice@waterfordmi.gov> Hi Melissa, Our circulation system (Apollo) does a scroll across the top of the online catalog, with cover art of the titles recently added to the system. You also have the option of looking at a list of "What's new" with drop down menus for the GMD, and the options of 1 week, 2 weeks, 1 month, 2 months. With regards to your heading, Patterson ALWAYS has a new book out. We joke that there is at least one Patterson book in every box of books that we receive. :-D Ann Eau Claire District Library We post a print of the weekly bestseller lists in the new book area. May be old school for some but we have folks who really appreciate it. Donna Donna Olson dolson(a)ssldl.info<mailto:dolson@ssldl.info> Hi Melissa! We copy the Publisher's Weekly bestsellers page and put it on display in various areas around the library. There is no cover art that I know of, just the lists of titles. Tammy Tammy Turgeon Director Sterling Heights Public Library 40255 Dodge Park Sterling Heights, MI 48313 586-446-2640 Director Suburban Library Cooperative 44750 Delco Blvd Sterling Heights, MI 48313 586-685-5750 Hi Melissa, We put small colored cover art for the titles expected soon based on our standing order plan/recent orders. See the attached – you can have multiple copies of the base poster or a larger base poster depending on your space for display. We allow patrons to request titles before they are released/received, if you don’t, you might want to limit your cover art to titles that have arrived. ☺ We used to create a new flyer with approximately 10-15 titles every month, that worked OK, but now we have the laminated base poster and just switch the cover art! Easy and great for our patrons! ☺ Megan Megan Buck meg(a)dcl-lib.org<mailto:meg@dcl-lib.org> Another thing we did ... but no longer do is to load book cover jpegs onto an electronic photo frame. Staff loved it. Some patrons did. But when it went down for a couple days, no one noticed. It's gone and the paper remains. Donna Olson <dolson(a)ssldl.info> I put together "Coming Soon" flyers each month when I order new books. The flyers list the new titles by the most popular authors. We're a smaller library (I order about a hundred titles a month, total), so it doesn't take more than about 30 mins to put them together (one each for fiction, large print, and audio books), and they seem to get a lot of use. Hope this helps! Chelsea Our system is not high-tech at all, but works pretty well: we generate a list of high-demand books, give it a lick and a polish with some color or graphics, and post it at the desk. This is generated monthly and includes both “new” and “coming soon”. We do a second list for AV. Absolutely! I have attached the fiction and large print versions from last month. We don't order a ton, so I usually include two months out. I change up the template colors with the seasons. Chelsea Hello Melissa, We post a list of the best sellers from Publisher's Weekly on our new book shelf area and we also have copies of BookPage that they can pick up. The Friends of the Library pay for the subscription to BookPage which lists new books coming out and gives reviews of them. Our online catalog has a scrolling display of the book jackets of new books the library has just added to our collection also. I hope this is some help. Francene Sanak Library Director Trenton Veterans Memorial Library 2790 Westfield Rd. Trenton, MI 48183 phone 734-676-9777 fsanak(a)trenton.lib.mi.us<mailto:fsanak@trenton.lib.mi.us> ________________________________ Hi Melissa, I work at a small branch of a system, but at my branch we keep a copy of NY Times Bestsellers, and highlight the titles which our branch owns. It may not always list all of our newest titles, but it covers the major releases at least. That way, even if it's checked out they can easily see we own a copy and ask to be added to the holds list. Marla Hi Melissa, I previously worked for a library that ordered extra copies through lease and then a certain number of them were placed on a “New & Hot” shelf. It would be the books with the high demand, high holds list, etc. This “new & hot” shelf would have different rules for circulation, patrons couldn’t place holds on these titles, the books checked out for a shorter time frame and couldn’t be renewed, they were just on a first browse, first get basis. It helped with titles that had really long hold lists, but also helped satisfy the browsers. Best, Pam Pamela Seabolt Community Engagement Librarian Midwest Collaborative for Library Services (MCLS) 1407 Rensen St, Suite 1, Lansing, MI 48910 (800) 530-9019 ext 123 seaboltp(a)mcls.org<mailto:seaboltp@mcls.org> Hi, Melissa, Here at the Mackinaw Area Public Library we make a printout of the current New York Times Bestseller list, highlight the titles we have, and post it near the New Book Area. This lets patrons know which current bestsellers they can get on the wait list for, at least. -- Ted Gregory Mackinaw Area Public Library mackinaw1(a)gmail.com<mailto:mackinaw1@gmail.com>

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Telling Your Story Writing Workshop
by Thomas Moore 02 Mar '18

02 Mar '18

Earlier this summer we hosted a 2 hour writing workshop by Lansing area author Kevin Fitton. Since then several of our patrons have contacted me to rave about the workshop. If you are looking for a writing instructor you can contact Kevin at kevinrfitton(a)gmail.com. More info can be found at: http://www.kevinfittonwriting.com/ Thomas Moore Adult Services Librarian Delta Township District Library >From Kevin's site: I offer a workshop called, "Telling Your Story." Geared toward those who have a story they want to tell but don't know how to put it together, this workshop is appropriate for beginning writers who want to learn about the basic components of a story and how those components fit together. *"The Telling Your Story Workshop provides excellent instruction on the craft of storytelling. In this workshop, Kevin breaks down the art of writing into specific components with concrete examples and exercises. This class inspired me to take an idea that I had rolling around in my head and make it into a story that will interest my readers."* *-Sonya Schryer Norris*

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