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Beginning Genealogy Workshop at the Pinckney Library
by Hope Siasoco 29 Jun '17

29 Jun '17

Dear Michigan Library Colleagues, you, your staff members, colleagues, family, friends and community are invited to attend a Beginning Genealogy Workshop on Wednesday, July 5th starting 6:30pm at the Pinckney Community Public Library. This workshop is the first of a four-part genealogy series that will occur every first Wednesday of the month from July to October. The workshop is free and open to anyone interested in attending, but we encourage you to call and register in advance for a good head count for any handouts that will be provided to attendees. For more information on this workshop: http://bit.ly/2up0zqP To register, please call 734-878-3888. The library is located at 125 Putnam St., Pinckney, MI 48169. We hope very much that you can come and attend! Sincerely, Hope Siasoco Library Director ---- Pinckney Community Public Library 125 Putnam St. Pinckney, MI 48169 Tel: 734-878-2952 Fax: 734-878-2907 Email: hsiasoco(a)pinckneylibrary.org

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Please set my book to "Missing"
by BERRIEN SPRINGS LIBRARY 29 Jun '17

29 Jun '17

Hi I've been talking to Sue (Alt) and she has offered to set copies of our books to "missing" when we are ordering books for our book clubs so that other ones are available to us. Will you please set this one to Missing? It is greatly appreciated! Title: H is for Hawk Author: Helen Macdonald Barcode: T132480 ZV032 (Berrien Springs Community Library) If you need any more information, please let me know. Thank you Irene (Jones) BSCL

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State Librarian's Excellence Award
by Norris, Sonya (MDE) 29 Jun '17

29 Jun '17

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 2017 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 $2,000 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. The deadline for nominations is August 18, 2017. Winners will be celebrated at the State Librarian's Luncheon on Friday, October 20, 2017, during the 2017 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. Sonya Schryer Norris Library of Michigan 702 W. Kalamazoo St. PO Box 30009 Lansing, MI 48909 517-373-4457 http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan http://www.mel.org<http://www.mel.org/> http://www.michlibrary.org<http://www.michlibrary.org/> 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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World War I Speakers
by Talia Hofacker 29 Jun '17

29 Jun '17

Hello! I am looking for speakers about World War I, either in general or specifically to Michigan. I haven't had much look searching myself unfortunately. Has anyone had speakers on this subject that they can recommend and pass on the contact information? I do have some money to pay for travel/stipend if needed. Thank you! Talia Hofacker Adult Services Supervisor Charlevoix Public Library talia(a)charlevoixlibrary.org <mailto:talia@charlevoixlibrary.org> 231-237-7342

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MeL Minute: A series of MeL Videos
by Norris, Sonya (MDE) 29 Jun '17

29 Jun '17

The Library of Michigan has engaged a professional film crew to produce three videos about the Michigan eLibrary. They will be 2-4 minutes in length and feature schools, library staff, library buildings, and patrons. We plan to take what we learned from the successful business videos<https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsiX4lmeyL4AkSn_DRZX1TgO3faZQ3Vhp> that we produced last year and parlay that into this new series. And we're looking to you for great stories to include! One will talk about the success of using MeL resources at Cody High School, the Detroit Institute of Technology College Prep High School. Gale's Cody Academy Program sends volunteers to the Detroit school. In collaboration with the Cody principal and one of the English teachers, Gale staff works with three senior English classes. A big side benefit to our efforts early on was the introduction of Cody staff to resources that were available to them free through MeL. Because of budget cuts, Cody, like other Detroit schools had recently lost their media specialists, and teachers and the administration were unaware of these resources. The second will talk about how valuable MeLCat is to the residents of the state. We want to tell the story of how MeLCat increases the capacity of even the tiniest Michigan library to provide millions of books and other library resources to their residents. We're doing something that benefits 10 million people and it involves 90% of the public libraries and almost all of the academic libraries in the state. Let's sing about it! The third video will talk about the impact of the MeL databases. We need to get in touch with patrons who have used the MeL databases to further their education at the high school or college level, to push into a new career field, to pursue their hobbies, to research family history, fix their cars, satisfy their curiosity, save money or bring money or business to their communities, or assist their employer. We're planning to shoot the videos in August and September and we need your help. Do you have patrons with a great story to tell about their use of MeL? Do you have patrons that are articulate and would be proud to represent their new-found knowledge on camera? We're looking to you to share those stories with us as we seek out the best MeL tales in the state and get them recorded for all to see. Due to the practicalities of the shooting schedule, locations need to be within a one and a half hour drive of Lansing. Ideally, we would speak with more than one person at each stop so put on your thinking caps and aggregate the good news you have to share about MeL. Contact Deb Renee Biggs at the Library of Michigan at 517-373-4466 or biggsd(a)michigan.gov<http://biggsd@michigan.gov> with your story. Cheers, Sonya and Deb @Library of Michigan MeL Team Sonya Schryer Norris Library of Michigan 702 W. Kalamazoo St. PO Box 30009 Lansing, MI 48909 517-373-4457 http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan http://www.mel.org<http://www.mel.org/> http://www.michlibrary.org<http://www.michlibrary.org/> 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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Books up for grabs
by Betsy Myers 29 Jun '17

29 Jun '17

Let me know if you would like any of these books we just weeded from our Book Club Kit collections, just send me your RIDES code: Ruby <https://www.amazon.com/Ruby-Oprahs-Book-Club-2-0/dp/0804188246/ref=sr_1_3?s…> by Bond, 6 copies Street of a thousand blossoms <https://www.amazon.com/Street-Thousand-Blossoms-Novel/dp/0312384777/ref=sr_…> by Tsukiyama, 10 copies Major Pettigrew's last stand <https://www.amazon.com/Major-Pettigrews-Last-Stand-Novel/dp/0812981227/ref=…> by Simonson, 9 copies plus 2 large Print Last time I saw you <https://www.amazon.com/Last-Time-Saw-You-Novel/dp/0345517318/ref=sr_1_1?s=b…> by Berg, 10 copies plus 2 large print -- *Betsy Myers* Reference Department Interlibrary Loan/Programming *Traverse Area District Library* 610 Woodmere Ave Traverse City, MI 49686 231 932-8502

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Free Bundle of RIDES Envelopes!
by Lyons Library 29 Jun '17

29 Jun '17

Hello Library Land, We just unearthed a few medium/large, used RIDES envelopes while reorganizing. We'll send them out via RIDES to the first library to respond! Thanks, Allie Ferguson Director, Lyons Township District Library 240 E. Bridge St. Lyons, MI 48851 989-855-3414 lyonslib(a)hotmail.com

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Free bundle of medium/large (used) RIDES envelopes
by Lyons Library 29 Jun '17

29 Jun '17

Hello Library Land, We just unearthed a few medium/large, used RIDES envelopes while reorganizing. We'll send them out via RIDES to the first library to respond! Thanks, Allie Ferguson Director, Lyons Township District Library 240 E. Bridge St. Lyons, MI 48851 989-855-3414 lyonslib(a)hotmail.com<mailto:lyonslib@hotmail.com>

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Fw: ALA News for June 29, 2017
by Steven Bowers 29 Jun '17

29 Jun '17

ALA News for June 29, 2017 NEWS FROM THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION Sarah Jessica Parker announces first pick for ALA’s Book Club Central The American Library Association (ALA) officially launched Book Club Central with the unveiling of its website and Honorary Chair Sarah Jessica Parker’s inaugural book selection, “No One Is Coming to Save Us,” by Stephanie Powell Watts, published by Ecco/an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Ms. Parker made the announcement during the ALA’s Annual Conference & Exhibition taking place in Chicago at McCormick Place, June 22-27, 2017. http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/06/sarah-jessica-parker-announc… American Library Association expands program to help libraries get "Ready to Code” The American Library Association announced a competitive grant program, sponsored by Google, that will fund a cohort of school and public libraries to develop resources to help get U.S. libraries "Ready to Code.” The $500,000 pilot program is part of Phase III of Libraries Ready to Code<http://www.ala.org/tools/readytocode/2>, an ongoing collaboration between ALA and Google to ensure expert library professionals are prepared to develop and deliver programming that promotes computer science (CS) and computational thinking (CT) among youth, two skills that will be required for challenges and jobs of the future. http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/06/american-library-association… AASL announces 2017 Best Websites for Teaching & Learning The American Association of School Librarians (AASL), a division of ALA, announced its 2017 Best Websites for Teaching & Learning at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. The annual list honors 25 websites that provide enhanced learning and curriculum development for school librarians and their teacher collaborators. Now in its ninth year, with 225 recognized sites, the list is considered the "best of the best" by AASL. http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/06/aasl-announces-2017-best-web… AASL announces 2017 Best Apps for Teaching & Learning The list of apps provides technology resources for school librarians and their teacher collaborators. Now in its fifth year, the list is considered the "best of the best" by AASL. http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/06/aasl-announces-2017-best-app… AMERICAN LIBRARIES Driving Decisions with Data: An American Libraries Live Webcast http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2017/06/driving-decisions-data-ameri… NEW FROM ALA PUBLISHING New Session: How to Deliver Great Library Customer Service http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/06/new-session-how-deliver-great-l… New Workshop: Using Snapchat to Reach Library Patrons http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/06/new-workshop-using-snapchat-rea… ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition Video Coverage: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLY6JdvV7ZFZvMFFThCcO8gfF-2XGvN8rL CNN Coverage of clinton remarks (FulL-Speech) : http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/06/27/hillary-clinton-american-libr…

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Re: [Michlib-l] Solar Eclipse glasses UPDATE
by Lancaster, Catherine (MDE) 29 Jun '17

29 Jun '17

My apologies but apparently we've flooded Anne with too many requests. Please hold your thoughts on ordering and I'm going to see if we can arrange something better. Original emails about this offer went out starting in August of 2016, but the last post was April. Now that August is almost here I guess we have a strong renewed interest that's too much for her to process at this level. Look for a follow-up from me regarding the solar glasses and please wait before messaging Anne. 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] From: Lancaster, Catherine (MDE) Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2017 10:59 AM To: michlib-l(a)mcls.org Subject: Solar Eclipse glasses I spoke to Anne Holland at the NASA table representing the Space Science Institute at ALA. She said she still has solar eclipse glasses available and if you wanted a quantity smaller than 1,000 she may be able to ship those to you now. You can email her directly with an order (100+ please) at aholland(a)spacescience.org<mailto:aholland@spacescience.org>. If she runs out of shipping materials, she may have to continue to send out 1,000, so consider partnering with a library in your cooperative to share! I got the impression there will be many of the public asking for these glasses come August and NASA will be directing folks to check with their local library. 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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