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Instruction and Reference Part-Time Librarian (Oakland University Libraries)
by Mariela Hristova 27 Jul '17

27 Jul '17

Job opening: Instruction and Reference Part-Time Librarian Oakland University Libraries seek a part-time librarian to provide information literacy instruction and reference services. Instruction-related duties include one-shot instruction sessions for WRT 160, a freshman composition course. Reference-related duties include staffing the research help desk and providing one-on-one research consultations. Part-time librarians also assist with special projects as assigned. Hours: about 15 hours per week, including evenings and/or weekends Salary: $22.50 per hour Start date: September 1, 2017 The job candidate must have an ALA-accredited MLS and strong orientation towards instruction and reference services. Experience in teaching and reference in an academic library is preferred. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Please send a cover letter, resume, and the contact information for three references by email or mail to: Mariela Hristova, Interim Associate Dean Kresge Library, Room 300D 100 Library Drive Rochester, MI 48309-4479 hristova(a)oakland.edu :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-: Please excuse the cross-posting if you have already seen this announcement elsewhere. Kindly, Mariela :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-: <hristova(a)oakland.edu>

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Invitation to Representative Lee Chatfield's Award Presentation and Reception
by Ann Marie Smith 27 Jul '17

27 Jul '17

You are invited to a special award presentation and reception for State Representative Lee Chatfield on Tuesday, August 15 at 3:00 pm. The Pickford Community Library is hosting an event for the Michigan Library Association (MLA) recognizing Representative Chatfield as the MLA Legislator of the Year. We are honored for the opportunity to show our respect and gratitude for his service to the library community. Join us for an award presentation followed by a cookies and coffee reception featuring Kelly Slater's world famous cupcakes! Please spread the word. This event is free and open to the public; all are welcome. For more information, contact Pickford Community Library Manager Ann Marie Smith at 906-647-1288 or <mailto:amsmith@uproc.lib.mi.us> amsmith(a)uproc.lib.mi.us. The Pickford Community Library is located at 230 East Main Street in downtown Pickford. We hope to see you there.

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Help with an old book title
by Sylvia Merz 27 Jul '17

27 Jul '17

Anyone have a suggestion on a teen fiction book, patron remembers it's about kids on the potawami trail - her daughter who is 40 read it as a child. Quick search on-line doesn't come up with anything. Thanks for your help! Sylvia Merz, Director Leland Township Library 203 E. Cedar St., P.O. Box 736 Leland, MI 49654-0736 PH: 231-256-9152 FAX: 231-256-8847 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, & Friday - 10 to 5 Wednesday-10 to 6 Saturday-10 to 2 lelandlibrary.org

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Homebound/Outreach Responses
by Elissa Zimmer 27 Jul '17

27 Jul '17

Hello all, Thank you to those who shared their answers! There was a lot of interest in the compilation of the responses so I created a Google doc, which can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c3wyqU2of5vw75Xoi5tBWrnbIfrfXfhVpm0Zh2y… Thanks again, Elissa Elissa Zimmer Head of Programming & Youth Services Fraser Public Library 16330 E 14 Mile Rd, Fraser, MI 48026 (586) 293-2055 ext. 306 for Children's Desk ext. 309 for Elissa Voicemail ONLY www.calendarwiz.com/fraserpubliclibrary

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WebJunction content and upcoming webinars
by Atkin, Evette (MDE) 27 Jul '17

27 Jul '17

Greetings! Please see below for free library continuing education content. Access to WebJunction is provided to you, in part, by the Library of Michigan and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Free course registration now open! Wikipedia + Libraries: Better Together This fall, WebJunction will offer a free online training program for up to 500 US public library staff to learn to confidently engage with Wikipedia. The course will provide a collaborative learning environment for public library peers to build their Wikipedia skills, implement Wikipedia programming and amplify the role of libraries as information literacy leaders in their communities. Learn more about the program and enroll today<http://learn.webjunction.org/course/index.php?categoryid=53>! Highlighted content These resources can help you strengthen your library and services to the community, explore them today! * Bike the Branches at Brooklyn Public Library:<http://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/bike-the-branches.html> This fantastic fundraising idea could inspire you to get pedaling. The Brooklyn Public Library designed a day-long bike ride through BPL's 60-branch system, including a race for both amateurs and professionals, self-guided tours for the more leisurely bikers, and events and activities throughout the system for 35,000 visitors of all ages. * Visualizing (and Finding!) Funding for Libraries<http://learn.webjunction.org/course/search.php?search=tkacik> (recorded webinar): Visualizing Funding for Libraries is a free data-visualization tool that enables library professionals and supporters to search for institutional funding for libraries at national, state, and local levels. Learn pro tips on navigating the tool as well as next steps on how to pursue new funding opportunities. Data visualizations such as maps, network constellations, and partnership pathways showcase key networks of funders and recipients, as well as individual grants that highlight the library services and programs that are winning grants. Free WebJunction webinars for you! These upcoming webinars are open for registration. If you can’t attend a live session, all WebJunction webinars are recorded and available for free in the Course Catalog<http://learn.webjunction.org/>. More Than #MotivationMonday: Motivating Your Team Any Day of the Week Thursday, August 17, 2017 ♦ 3:00 pm Eastern / 12:00 pm Pacific ♦ 1 hour Registration: http://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/motivating-your-team.html Employees motivated to deliver top notch service are key to a library’s success. But many in library organizations don’t know how to effectively instigate employee motivation. As a critical management and leadership skill, it’s important to know what motivation is and isn't, what works and what doesn’t. In this session, we’ll explore factors that influence motivation at work and review strategies for supervisors to keep their teams motivated and productive. No matter the size of your library or your role, you will be inspired to find your own motivation and be able to catalyze others! Presented by: Rachel G. Rubin, MLIS, PhD, Director, Bexley (OH) Public Library, soon to be Director of Library and Information Services, Capital University (OH) IFLA’s Global Vision: An Interactive Discussion Thursday, August 24, 2017 ♦ 3:00 pm Eastern / 12:00 pm Pacific ♦ 1 hour Registration: http://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/global-vision-an-interactive-… Earlier this year, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) launched a series of Global Vision<https://globalvision.ifla.org/> discussions to bring together thousands of librarians around the world, through face-to-face and online interactive participation, to explore how a connected library field can meet the challenges of the future. IFLA believes that the challenges facing the library field from ever-increasing globalization can only be met and overcome by an inclusive, global response from a united library field. By joining us for this webinar, you can participate in this global discussion to identify future challenges and opportunities facing the library field and help to prioritize actions that a united and connected library field can take. The Association for Rural and Small Libraries<http://arsl.info/>, in collaboration with WebJunction, invites rural and small libraries to join this highly interactive webinar discussion to voice your opinions and contribute to shaping a unique and comprehensive IFLA Global Vision. In preparation, you may want to reflect on your work in the library field: Why do you think your work is important? How do you see your work in the future? You may also refer to IFLA’s Trend Report<https://trends.ifla.org/> as well as other relevant publications about libraries and the trends and developments affecting them. Together we build literate, informed and participative societies. Together we create the future. Join us! Facilitated by: Jennifer Pearson, ARSL board member, IFLA Global Vision North American regional discussion representative, and director Marshall County Memorial Library (TN)

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Bookmobile Question
by monica＠boynelibrary.org 27 Jul '17

27 Jul '17

Hi everyone! I am the Assistant Director at the Boyne District Library. We are a class 3 library in northern Michigan. We are looking into the possibility of purchasing a bookmobile. I am hoping to gather some feedback from those of you that have experience with bookmobiles. For example, how long have you had one, what kind of traffic do you see, what are the yearly maintenance costs, how do you "stock" your bookmobile-mostly print or some technology, are your insurance premiums high? And any other concerns or reasons you love them. Thanks in advance for your help with this. Please send responses to kroondykm(a)boynelibrary.org. I will compile a list of responses and share with anyone who is interested. Thanks!

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Fwd: Free Desks
by Stephanie Mallak Olson 27 Jul '17

27 Jul '17

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volunteers for ALSC needed
by Lancaster, Catherine (MDE) 27 Jul '17

27 Jul '17

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion within ALSC Task Force: Call for Volunteers The ALSC Board has voted to establish a new task force to enact and continue the development of the work now completed by the Diversity in ALSC task force. This new Task Force of 9 ALSC members will serve virtually, with no conference attendance requirement, except for the chair (or co-chairs) who are required to attend Midwinter and Annual conference. The task force will serve immediately (target: September 1, 2017) until January 2020. Read more about this along with other recent board actions in this blog post<http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NzkzNTY1JnA9MSZ1PTEwNzkxMTU4MzMmbGk9ND…>! Please fill out this form<http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT02NzkzNTY1JnA9MSZ1PTEwNzkxMTU4MzMmbGk9ND…> completely to indicate interest in serving by Friday August 4th. *Please note that if appointed you must hold an active ALSC membership. Cathy Lancaster Youth Services Coordinator Statewide Library Services Library of Michigan 517-335-8129 517-373-5700 f LancasterC5(a)michigan.gov<mailto:LancasterC5@michigan.gov> www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan<http://www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan> Nourishing Michigan's Future...during school and during the summer! Find a Summer Food Service Program site nearest you and encourage Michigan's children to Meet Up and Eat Up! www.michigan.gov/meetupeatup<http://www.michigan.gov/meetupeatup> [cid:image002.png@01D2CD53.CCC38130]

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Re: [Michlib-l] Help with an old book title: Potawatomi Indian Summer by William Oldenburg!
by Sylvia Merz 26 Jul '17

26 Jul '17

Thanks everyone! Sylvia From: Tanya Procknow [mailto:maplyouthlibrarian@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 4:30 PM To: Leland Library <lelandlibrary(a)lelandtownshiplibrary.org> Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] Help with an old book title Here are two possibilities: Potawatomi Indian Summer by William Oldenburg Tommy and the Indians by Genevieve Cross Tanya R. Procknow Mackinaw Area Public Library Youth Librarian (231)436-5451 On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 4:23 PM, Sylvia Merz <lelandlibrary(a)lelandtownshiplibrary.org <mailto:lelandlibrary@lelandtownshiplibrary.org> > wrote: Anyone have a suggestion on a teen fiction book, patron remembers it’s about kids on the potawami trail – her daughter who is 40 read it as a child. Quick search on-line doesn’t come up with anything. Thanks for your help! Sylvia Merz, Director Leland Township Library 203 E. Cedar St., P.O. Box 736 Leland, MI 49654-0736 PH: 231-256-9152 <tel:(231)%20256-9152> FAX: 231-256-8847 <tel:(231)%20256-8847> Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, & Friday — 10 to 5 Wednesday—10 to 6 Saturday—10 to 2 lelandlibrary.org <http://lelandlibrary.org> _______________________________________________ Michlib-l mailing list Michlib-l(a)mcls.org <mailto:Michlib-l@mcls.org> http://mail2.mcls.org/mailman/listinfo/michlib-l

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Metro Detroit Book and Author Society Luncheon
by Tammy Turgeon 26 Jul '17

26 Jul '17

The Metro Detroit Book and Author Society Presents the 91^st Author Luncheon *Monday, October 16, 2017* Burton Manor 27777 Schoolcraft Road, Livonia, MI 48150 (Between Middlebelt & Inkster off I-96) *Ticket sales begin online at 12am Tuesday, September 5th, *at www.bookandauthor.info <http://www.bookandauthor.info> and by *phone at 9am* at 586-685-5750 x102. *Tickets $40* ** *Chris Bohjalian – The Sleepwalker* Chris Bohjalian is the critically acclaimed author of nineteen books, including “The Sandcastle Girls” and “Midwives,” which was a number one New York Times bestseller and a selection of the Oprah Book Club. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages, and three of his novels have been adapted into movies. His new novel “The Sleepwalker” is a spooky thriller about sex, secrets and the mysteries of sleep. ** *Claire Messud – The Burning Girl* Claire Messud is the award-winning author of six novels, including “The Woman Upstairs” and “The Emperor’s Children,” which was a highly praised New York Times best-seller. Her critically acclaimed new book is “The Burning Girl,” a coming-of-age story that is being called a hypnotic portrait of the complexities of female friendship. *Drew Philp – A $500 House in Detroit: Rebuilding an Abandoned Home and an American City* Drew Philp is the author of the memoir “A $500 House in Detroit,” the true story of a recent college graduate who wandered into Detroit and bought a ruined hulk of a once-grand house in an attempt at urban homesteading. The Michigan native’s story is part coming-of-age tale, part history lesson and part social commentary about a city battling back. *Heather Ann Thompson – Blood in the Water* Heather Ann Thompson is a University of Michigan historian who won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for her nonfiction book, /“/Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and its Legacy,/” /the story of the infamous 1971 Attica Prison uprising in New York State and the state’s cover-up that followed the death of thirty-nine men. She has written extensively on mass incarceration and its impact on the nation. *Jane Alexander – Wild Things, Wild Places* Jane Alexander**is a national treasure -- a Tony Award <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Award> and two-time Emmy Award <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy_Award>-winning actress who has appeared in dozens of productions on Broadway, television and movies, and has served as Director of the National Endowment for the Arts. Alexander won raves for her stunning portrayal of Eleanor Roosevelt in two ABC miniseries. She has also made her mark on the natural world as a trustee of the Wildlife Conservation Society and a director of the Audubon Society <https://www.britannica.com/topic/National-Audubon-Society>. Her new book is “Wild Things, Wild Places: Adventurous Tales of Wildlife and Conservation on Planet Earth/.”/ For additional information, please visit our website at www.bookandauthor.info <http://www.bookandauthor.info> or call 586-685-5750 x102. *Mark your calendars now for the Spring Luncheon – May 21, 2018* -- 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

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