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LIBRARY ASSISTANT POSITION - REVISED
by Jessica Wilhoite 14 Jul '17

14 Jul '17

Hello, We have one position open for a Library Assistant. We have revised the job posting; please discard the older one and refer to this one instead. Job Posting: Romulus Public Library Part-time Library Assistant (20.5 hours/week) Job Duties · Assist patrons of all ages at the Circulation Desk on the phone and in person. · Assist patrons with computer questions. · Handle cash transactions for overdue fines, copying and other fees. · Provide reference assistance and readers advisory. · Post events, photos and library news on social media. · Process incoming and outgoing interlibrary loan items. · Assist with preparing library displays in display cases, bulletin boards and kiosks. · Assist with projects. · Other duties as assigned. Requirements · Associates Degree or some college course work. · Minimum of six months of library experience, preferably in a public services position. · Ability to provide superior customer service to library users of all ages. · Strong computer skills; experience with Excel, Publisher, Google Docs preferred. · Experience with SIRSI Workflows or other library computer software preferred. · Experience using Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. · Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. · Ability to operate standard office equipment such as a copy machine and fax machine. · Ability to work cooperatively with library staff in a team environment. · Ability to produce neat, accurate and timely work within an established timeframe. · Excellent written and oral communication skills. · Must be able to lift and push a minimum of 25 pounds Hours · Thursdays 9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. · Fridays 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. · Saturdays 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Salary: $11-11.25/hr. Benefits: none Reports to : Assistant Director HOW TO APPLY: Submit a City of Romulus application and resume to the: City of Romulus Human Resources Department 11111 Wayne Road Romulus, MI 48174 The application is available on the City’s website: [ http://www.romulusgov.com/ | www.romulusgov.com ] APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL THE POSITION IS FILLED Jessica Wilhoite Assistant Director/Youth Librarian Romulus Public Library 11121 Wayne Rd. Romulus, MI 48174 (734) 942-7589 Serving Romulus and Huron Township Residents

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Job Posting: Library Page at Baldwin Public Library
by Rebekah Craft 14 Jul '17

14 Jul '17

Good afternoon, The Baldwin Public Library has openings for multiple Library Pages. The job posting is available on Baldwin's employment webpage <http://www.baldwinlib.org/get-involved/employment> and is attached. I would like to encourage anyone who is interested to apply. Applications are due by Friday July 28, 2017. Thanks, Rebekah *--* *Rebekah Craft* *Associate Director* Baldwin Public Library 300 W. Merrill St. Birmingham, MI 48009 www.baldwinlib.org 248-554-4682

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Re: [Michlib-l] Chilton repair manuals
by Biggs, Deb Renee (MDE) 14 Jul '17

14 Jul '17

No worries; great! Wondering if you all would be interested in a Chilton Online Library webinar? I can set that up with our content provider trainer? Let me know! Deb Deb Renee Biggs Library Consultant & Michigan eLibrary Coordinator Library of Michigan/MDE ------------------------------------------- 517-373-4466 biggsd(a)michigan.gov<mailto:biggsd@michigan.gov> http://mel.org http://facebook.com/mel.org On Jul 13, 2017, at 4:32 PM, Megan Buck <meg(a)dcl-lib.org<mailto:meg@dcl-lib.org>> wrote: Thanks, Deb! I noticed in the description it said 1940 to current, but I also know I’ve helped patrons with older vehicles so this information is really helpful!! ☺ Megan From: michlib-l-bounces(a)mcls.org<mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org> [mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org] On Behalf Of Biggs, Deb Renee (MDE) Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2017 2:47 PM To: King, Barb <bking(a)sccl.lib.mi.us<mailto:bking@sccl.lib.mi.us>> Cc: Patricia Braden <pbraden(a)romuluslibrary.org<mailto:pbraden@romuluslibrary.org>>; michlib-l(a)mcls.org<mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org> Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] Chilton repair manuals Hi Barb and All--I just checked Chilton Library Online and the date range for vehicles covered is 1901-2017. Best, Deb Deb Renee Biggs Library Consultant & Michigan eLibrary Coordinator Library of Michigan/MDE ------------------------------------------- 517-373-4466 biggsd(a)michigan.gov<mailto:biggsd@michigan.gov> http://mel.org http://facebook.com/mel.org On Jul 13, 2017, at 12:42 PM, King, Barb <bking(a)sccl.lib.mi.us<mailto:bking@sccl.lib.mi.us>> wrote: The Chilton database only goes back to 2004 From: michlib-l-bounces(a)mcls.org<mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org> [mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org] On Behalf Of Patricia Braden Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2017 2:40 PM To: Katie Rothley Cc: michlib-l(a)lists.mcls.org<mailto:michlib-l@lists.mcls.org> Subject: [Marketing Mail] Re: [Michlib-l] Chilton repair manuals We weeded ours a few years ago since it's available as a MeL database. Patty Patty Braden, Director Romulus Public Library 11121 Wayne Road Romulus, MI 48174 734-942-7589 www.romuluslibrary.org<http://www.romuluslibrary.org> <image001.jpg> ________________________________ From: "Katie Rothley" <krothley(a)southfieldlibrary.org<mailto:krothley@southfieldlibrary.org>> To: "michlib-l(a)lists.mcls.org<mailto:michlib-l@lists.mcls.org>" <michlib-l(a)mail2.mcls.org<mailto:michlib-l@mail2.mcls.org>> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2017 2:16:26 PM Subject: [Michlib-l] Chilton repair manuals Hello Mich-lib! If you wouldn't mind sharing, have any of you weeded your physical Chilton repair manual collections down in size, or completely? Have you made this decision because of the availability of the Chilton Library database? Have you noticed any impact on patrons after weeding the physical collection? And how many of you still receive new editions through standing order? Thank you very much! Katie Katie Rothley, MLIS Adult Services Librarian Southfield Public Library 26300 Evergreen Rd Southfield, MI 48076 (248)796-4380 southfieldlibrary.org<http://southfieldlibrary.org> _______________________________________________ Michlib-l mailing list Michlib-l(a)mcls.org<mailto:Michlib-l@mcls.org> http://mail2.mcls.org/mailman/listinfo/michlib-l _______________________________________________ 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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2017 MeL Databases RFP Conversation Sessions
by Biggs, Deb Renee (MDE) 14 Jul '17

14 Jul '17

Hello Michigan Library Community! We are going out for bid for MeL's subscription content-aka databases-at the end of this year. We need your help and input as we begin the RFP process, so we have scheduled 7 "conversation" sessions around the state in August and September: Clinton-Macomb Public Library, Canton Public Library, Marshall District Library, Kent District Library (Service Ctr.), Traverse Area District Library and the Library of Michigan A final session in the UP will be during the UPRLC Annual Meeting on September 14th. Please consider joining us based on your location at one of the above. Here is the link to register: http://tinyurl.com/yc4ntmx5 Refreshments will be served. Please let me know if you have any questions. Looking forward to seeing as many of you who can join us! Cooperative Directors, I would appreciate it if you could share with your member! Best 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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hotspot policy and procedures.
by Zaley Nelson 14 Jul '17

14 Jul '17

Would anyone with hotspots please share their policy and/or procedure? Thanks, Zaley Nelson, Director Northfield Township Area Library 125 Barker Rd. Whitmore Lake, MI 48189 p. (734) 449-0066 ext.5 f. (734) 449-2252 znelson(a)ntal.org

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FW: Mid Michigan Digital Practitioners: Fall 2017 Call for Proposals
by Driedger, Kevin (MDE) 14 Jul '17

14 Jul '17

Mid Michigan Digital Practitioners Meeting: Call for Proposals October 19-20, 2017 Library of Michigan, Lansing, MI The Mid-Michigan Digital Practitioners invite you to submit a session proposal for the next MMDP meeting, October 19-20, 2017 in Lansing, MI. The two-day event is sponsored by the Library of Michigan and the Michigan Archival Association. As always, registration for all participants is free. If you create, manage, or transform digital collections in Michigan, we want to hear from you! Proposals The MMDP Planning Group invites proposals for workshops (October 19) and conference sessions (October 20). We welcome proposals from anyone, and are particularly interested in proposals from smaller institutions and students. Session Types ● Workshops or User Groups: Interactive sessions with a practical component; 1-3 hrs ● Panels: 3 or more presenters, 40 minutes ● Presentations: 1-2 presenters, 20 minutes ● Lightning talks & demonstrations: 7 minutes ● Posters: One poster session during a networking break on October 20 ● Discussion Groups: Facilitate a 30 minute discussion session on a digital collections topic Suggested Topics ● Metadata, cataloging, and description ● Outreach for digital collections ● Project management and communication tools ● Tools and processes you use to get things done (hacks and creative solutions welcome!) ● Unique digital challenges: storage, security, formats Send us your proposals! To submit a proposal, please complete the proposal form<https://goo.gl/forms/uvlBqRTsa5PSlaYL2>. We will adjust our agenda to fit the submitted proposals or suggest changes to the presenters. If you have any questions, please send us an email. Timeline ● Deadline to submit proposals: August 1, 2017 ● Notification of acceptance: August 14, 2017 Details about the October event will be posted at our website, http://midmichdp.wordpress.com/ Ed Busch Electronic Records Archivist MSU Archives Conrad Hall, Room 101 888 Wilson Road East Lansing, MI 48824 517-884-6438

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non-fiction (fun) signage responses
by Mary Beauchamp 14 Jul '17

14 Jul '17

Hello, all. Many of you have asked for me to share your responses to my inquiry re: non-fiction signage. Thank you so much for those who gave me ideas and sent me pictures! There is some good stuff here! Attached are some of the photos. 1. I just made up a bunch of nonsense signs that made me laugh, printed and laminated. The travel section features an image of the Titanic sinking. Home repair has a picture of Hank Hill. True crime has an image of Charles Manson making a really funny face. We are a small library and I probably can get away with more than bigger libraries can. 2.Mary - We did a library signage project last year, and had great fun with it. Our two areas of focus were directional/area signage, and demystifying the nonfiction collection. We wanted to encourage browsing in the nonfiction section, and we wanted patrons (especially new patrons) to feel at home and oriented right away, with visual aids to help them find their area of interest. For NONFICTION: We are so very pleased with materials we ordered from www.libraryskills.com<http://www.libraryskills.com> . We have these: https://www.libraryskills.com/Non-Fiction-Shelf-Signs/Non-Fiction-Shelf-Mar… https://www.libraryskills.com/Non-Fiction-Shelf-Signs/Non-Fiction-Shelf-Mar… on either side of this shelf sign holder: https://www.libraryskills.com/Display-Product/Shelf-Markers-No-Signage/Shel… and these displayed on tops of the shelves: https://www.libraryskills.com/Non-Fiction-Products/Poster-Sets/Library-Find… These are distributed throughout the stacks to highlight some of our more popular subjects: https://www.libraryskills.com/Non-Fiction-Products/Poster-Sets/Color-Coded-… On the ends of the stacks, we have these posters from Demco: http://www.demco.com/products/Upstart-Promotions/Posters-D%C3%A9cor/Library… We're considering getting similar shelf signage, with the alphabet, for our fiction section. For DIRECTIONAL/AREA signage: I'm also very happy with our top-of-stacks genre/collection signage, although Demco's selection is somewhat limited. Here's an example: http://www.demco.com/products/Signage/Shelf-Signs/Subject-Classification-Si… As I say, it's a limited selection. I designed artwork for the other areas we wanted to identify, and we made the signs out of pasteboard, matching the look of these from Demco. It sucked up a bunch of time, but the results are worth it in my opinion. If you want the artwork, let me know and I'll send you the files. Secondarily, we identified some areas of the library by hanging up these letters from Hobby Lobby on the high sections of the walls: http://www.hobbylobby.com/Home-Decor-Frames/Clearance---Home-Decor/Rustic-L… I've attached a couple of photos for you and will forward a few more in a second email. 3. I just noticed your question about subject signs. I do this for the youth section of the library. Since I was trying something new and didn't want to invest much I found a Word template to use. I change the template, print, laminate and attach with double sided tape. They are the width of our shelves. They get moved around frequently and because it's kids using them they get replaced often. If you're looking for something simple like this I can send you a copy of the template. 4. Hi Mary, A few years ago, we downsized our nonfiction collection to move it to a smaller area. We had to come up with categories that would fit the space - we had nine columns of shelves. Here's what we came up with: *Life Stories: some biographies and memoirs, true stories from ordinary people. Our most popular section, we had to give this one two columns! *Through the Years: history and some biographies *Food and cooking: cookbooks, but also things like wine-making, books about cheese, etc. *You and your family: self-help, parenting, job hunting, health, etc. *House and garden: floor plans, greenhouse info, gardening *Hobbies and Leisure *True Crime *Best of the Rest: for everything that didn't fit another heading Things don't necessarily flow with the dewey numbers, so we have color-coded dots inside each book to correspond with the section. For example, You and Your Family might contain books from the religion section (200's) medical (600's), and others. Each category stays in dewey decimal order. Recently we have done the same sort of thing with juvenile fiction. We now have Humor, True Life, Mystery, Animals, Scary Stories, Super Stories (ninjas, super heroes, time travel) Manga, Fairy Tales & Magic, Fantastic Worlds, and Mythology (for the Percy Jackson type books). We made the signs ourselves. And by ourselves, I mean the director's husband. They are made from laminate sheets (as in countertops). Stick on vinyl lettering was ordered locally, contact Perri at p.saunders(a)woodlands.mi<mailto:p.saunders@woodlands.mi> lib.us<http://lib.us> if you want to know more about that. Mary Beauchamp Adult Services Petoskey District Library 231.758.3114

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"Detroit 1967: Origins, Impacts, Legacies"
by J. Randolph Call 14 Jul '17

14 Jul '17

The Detroit Public Library has developed a free discussion guide for Detroit 1967: Origins, Impacts, Legacies, edited by Joel Stone, senior curator at the Detroit Historical Museum. Published by the Wayne State University Press, the book is a collection of essays by twenty journalists and historians who share their perspectives about the events of July 1967. If you would like copies of the discussion guide for any programming you have planned, please contact Alma Simmons at: Alma Wyden Simmons Special Assistant to the Executive Director Detroit Public Library 5201 Woodward Avenue Detroit, MI 48202 313-481-1348 313-481-1483 (fax) asimmons(a)detroitpubliclibrary.org J. Randolph Call Assistant Director for Technical Services & Main Library Detroit Public Library 5201 Woodward Avenue Detroit, MI 48202 313-481-1312 rcall(a)detroitpubliclibrary.org [DPL Logo]<http://www.detroitpubliclibrary.org> Detroit Public Library Disclaimer This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual(s) addressed in the message. If you are not the named addressee, you should not disseminate, distribute, or copy this e-mail. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that disclosing, distributing, or copying this e-mail is strictly prohibited.

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Performer Suggestions List
by Barbara Sanford 13 Jul '17

13 Jul '17

Hello all, Thanks again to everyone who suggested a performer...sorry it took so long, but here is a quick compilation of the suggestions I received! * . We just had Nelson, "The Animal Guy" come for summer reading times! The website is www.nelsonswildlifesafari.com<http://www.nelsonswildlifesafari.com> * R.E.P.T.I.L.E Inc www.seereptiles.com<http://www.seereptiles.com> * Classroom Critters Paul McCormack classroomcritters(a)hotmail.com-<mailto:classroomcritters@hotmail.com-> Recommended a few times * We just had the Exotic Zoo and they were fantastic. I am sure they have creep creatures not sue if they would do the trek but they seem very flexible so maybe. Javon Sacks is the contact 734-444-5266 1ExoticZoo.com * Carol from Nature Discovery come in and show off some reptiles including, snakes, frogs, toads and turtles. She did a wonderful job and I highly recommend her! She says they also can do programs about insects. They are based out of Lansing. Here is the contact information. Jim and Carol McGrath (517)655-5349 naturedisc87(a)gmail.com<mailto:naturedisc87@gmail.com> www.naturediscovery.net<http://www.naturediscovery.net> * Organization for Bat Conservation-multiple suggestions * Critchlow's alligator sanctuary. They are not creepy, but they bring live alligators. * Try Dan (Briere) the Creature Man. http://littlecreaturesco.com/ * Don-Dynamic West School Assemblies, http://www.dynamicwest.com/ has the Swamp Monsters Program * Preuss Pets out of Lansing Barb Barbara Sanford Youth Collections and Programming Coordinator Chippewa River District Library 301 S. University Ave Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858 (989)773-3242 X 23 bsanford(a)crdl.org<mailto:bsanford@crdl.org>

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Library Building: Leased or Owned
by Jaema Berman 13 Jul '17

13 Jul '17

Dear Colleagues, I want find out if your community leases or owns your library building? Are there advantages or disadvantages for either in your experience? Our Library Board is looking into building or purchasing an existing building but the Township Board is thwarting all our efforts and would prefer us to lease. Sincerely, Jaema Berman Jaema Berman Director Addison Twp. Public Library 1400 Rochester Rd. Leonard, MI 48367 Phone: 248-628-7180 Fax: 248-628-6109 http://www.addisontwp.michlibrary.org “Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” Margaret Fuller 1810-1850 Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. ~ Francis Bacon

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