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St. Joseph County One Book, One County
by Perri Saunders 11 Sep '15

11 Sep '15

Please pass this on to your patrons. (poster attached) The libraries of St. Joseph County will be hosting Twesigye Jackson Kaguri, co-author of A School for My Village, for our One Book, One County event. The program will be held Tuesday, September 29th at 7 p.m. at the Riviera Theatre in downtown Three Rivers. Perri Saunders, Director White Pigeon Township Library 102 N. Kalamazoo St., P.O. Box 399 White Pigeon, MI 49099 Phone 269.483.7409 Fax 269.483.9923 perri(a)monroe.lib.mi.us<mailto:perri@monroe.lib.mi.us> Brighten the corner where you are.

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job posting
by Diane Corradini 11 Sep '15

11 Sep '15

After 30 great years at Herrick, I'm looking forward to retiring this fall! Please see the attached job posting for the North Side Branch Manager position at the Herrick District Library. Diane Corradini North Side Branch Manager Herrick District Library dcorradini(a)herrickdl.org<mailto:dcorradini@herrickdl.org> 616-738-4364 Reading: Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee Listening: After the Storm by Linda Castillo

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Library Coffee Bars
by Barnard, Melissa 11 Sep '15

11 Sep '15

The coffee bar located at the Grace A. Dow Memorial Library has been operated for 11 years under the same organization/management. We are doing an article on our coffee bar and we wondering if there are any Michigan public libraries with coffee bars that have provided a continuous coffee service under the same management for more than 11 years. You can email me directly. Thank you. Melissa Barnard, Director Grace A. Dow Memorial Library mbarnard(a)midland-mi.org 989.837.3431 989.837. 3468 Fax [cid:image001.png@01CCED87.26E68070]<http://www.midland-mi.org/gracedowlibrary/> [cid:image002.png@01CCED87.26E68070] <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Grace-A-Dow-Memorial-Library/88345039258>

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Storytime Underground: A Peer-Created Community - WebJunction webinar, Sept. 15
by White, Shannon (MDE) 11 Sep '15

11 Sep '15

Children's librarians interested in learning from colleagues around the country can learn more about where you can network online during this webinar scheduled for Wednesday. Storytime Underground: A Peer-Created Community Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at 2 pm Eastern Registration: http://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/storytime-underground-a-peer-… Library practitioners who provide storytimes have a gold mine of ideas to share and questions to ask of each other. Storytime Underground<http://storytimeunderground.org/> is your online community to connect with peers and enhance your practice. Learn about Storytime University, where you earn digital badges for participating in professional development activities and learning new skills; learn about Guerrilla Storytime and how to host one in your area (spoiler alert: we give you all the tools you need!). Storytime Underground is open and free to anyone interested in storytimes and early literacy, regardless of the level of education or position held. It is created by and for storytime providers everywhere, so join us! Presented by: Cory Eckert, Librarian, Post Oak School, Houston, TX; Kendra Jones, Children's Librarian, Tacoma Public Library, WA; Soraya Silverman, Youth Services Librarian, Summerlin Library, Las Vegas Clark-County Library District, NV Registration is free for this WebJunction activity. Have a good weekend! Shannon ---------------------------------- Shannon White Library of Michigan 702 W. Kalamazoo Lansing, MI 48909 www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan<http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan> 517.373.9489 Whites29(a)michigan.gov

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Supporting eReading Patrons online course from WebJunction
by White, Shannon (MDE) 10 Sep '15

10 Sep '15

Do you need help on how to support your eReading patrons? This online, self-paced course from WebJunction may be what you need. eReader Detective: Solving the case for your library patrons:<http://learn.webjunction.org/course/search.php?search=eReader+Detective> Asking the right questions, tracking clues, and following paths of inquiry are part of the process to support your eReading patrons. With all the combination of eReader devices, file formats, and eContent providers, how can we possibly be prepared for each encounter? This free course can help you on your way. If you don’t already have a free account in the WebJunction Course Catalog, you’ll need to sign up to get started, but that will open the door to almost 40 self-paced courses on a wide range of topics to meet your learning needs. WebJunction and associated training is available to all library staff from all library types here in Michigan. Shannon Shannon White Library of Michigan 702 W. Kalamazoo Lansing, MI 48909 www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan<http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan> 517.373.9489 Whites29(a)michigan.gov

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Volunteers in the Library, Compilation
by Sharon Crotser-Toy 10 Sep '15

10 Sep '15

Thanks, everyone, for responding to my information request regarding how you are using volunteers in your library. Someone has asked that I post the compilation, so here goes! I didn't include attachments because I have a vague recollection of there being privacy issues associated with compilations..? If you're interested, I'll be happy to contact the sender. -Sharon Crotser-Toy Assistant Director Allegan District Library Allegan, MI 49010 269-673-4625 .................................................................................. We use court ordered and other volunteers to empty the drop boxes and to feed materials into our automated book return. They also pull MeL requests from our collection, weed our gardens, tend all the plants in the building, help put craft and story time materials together, book sales, staff the gift shop, paint, etc. We have every volunteer fill out our application (attached) which gives us sufficient information to determine whether we can match this person to a task or not. We do ask for birthdate which while not legal on an application for employment was okayed by attorney for this purpose. You might want to check with your own attorney for his/her interpretation of the questions on this form or any similar one you choose to use. Our volunteers (we have about 40 Friends, various Community Service, and only one MiWorks person right now) do all of our shelving taking materials from the sorting shelves out to the library shelving by the cart load. A long term volunteer supervises this work and teaches new volunteers how to shelve. Our Circ Supervisor is ultimately in charge of this task. Volunteers do flatbed scanning of historical materials for us, document copying, sorting of books for the Friends book sale, prep for crafts, read to Young Fives through a program in the schools coordinated by the library, and yes they do dust and clean fingerprints off windows. We also have summer only volunteers who weed and care for our outdoor spaces. Very dedicated volunteers run a D&D program one Saturday per month and a LEGO program is restarting this fall. Volunteers do much of the processing of our books putting on covers, setting RFID tags and general quality control before the books go on shelves. Our Processing Supervisor does the cataloging and is responsible for the work of this set of volunteers. One volunteer checks shelved for lost, missing, and claims returned books using our monthly lists. In general we avoid tasks involving the linking of patron name to materials so volunteers do not checkout or checkin or work with holds. They do the pick list for ILL for us as that has only book names on it. Clearly we would be in trouble if our volunteers deserted us Like you, our most frequent "volunteer" job is cleaning, be it indoors or out (our library has almost an entire block of public grounds including several flower beds). We also use them for prepping craft materials for programming (we don't purchase many kits, so there's always something needing copied, traced, cut, etc.), inventory, and collection weeding projects. Our volunteer policy is attached. We do have other volunteer tasks listed on the policy, but these occur less frequently than those I mentioned above. Our volunteers help with these things... Processing materials Shelf reading Watering plants in the building Gardening outside Book sales (in coordination with Friends of the Library) We have a great group of high functioning adults with mental disabilities who volunteer through the local mental health agency. They generally take care of the following. Washing plastic magazine covers Buffing and cleaning of CD / DVD discs We generally don't have volunteers with court ordered community service. At the Sterling Heights Public Library, our volunteers cut out our craft items for programs, shelf read, pull books from a weeding report, organize drawers of bookmarks, flannel boards, puppets, etc. I don' t think we have any written procedures, I'll ask to make sure and forward them if we do. It depends on their skill set and what they are doing the community service for. If its dishonesty, I don’t want them volunteering for me. We had a contractor that had a DUI that did a lot of painting and repairing this spring. It was really nice.

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100 Years of National Geographic
by Maria Williams 10 Sep '15

10 Sep '15

Listserv- BPL has about a hundred years of National Geographic magazines (back to 1912!) that we need to discard. Does anyone want them before they meet the recycling bin? M. 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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Patron Code of Conduct / Staff Procedures
by Joanna Sturgeon 10 Sep '15

10 Sep '15

Hello, I am in the process of drafting a more comprehensive patron code of conduct. I also need to create staff procedures for handling patrons in violation of conduct codes. Any documentation you could share would be very helpful. We also need recommendations on training resources for staff. Thanks, Joanna Sturgeon Cataloger/Melcat Services Vicksburg District Library 215. South Michigan Ave. Vicksburg, Mi 49097 269-649-1648

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MeL Minute - College Preparation & LearningExpress
by Borrelli, Eunice (MDE) 10 Sep '15

10 Sep '15

Hello all, I read an article recently that indicated the time to start preparing for college is now! It went on to state that by the time students are in 6th grade they can start looking at the PSAT/NMSQT (Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test) and begin working on skill review and building. Fortunately, MeL.org databases<http://mel.org/Databases> include LearningExpress<http://galesupport.com/migeoipcheck/migeoipcheck-lxpress3.php?database=MAIN> which offers learning centers geared for students headed to or already enrolled in college. The School Center offers resources at three levels: Elementary (grades 4 -5), Middle (grades 6-8), and High School. Mathematics, English Language Arts, and Social Studies are covered with practice tests, tutorials, and ebooks. The College Preparation Center covers the ACT(r) and SAT tests as well as AP exams in Calculus, Chemistry, and European History (among others), and How to Write a College Admissions Essay. The College Center is designed to enable students to strengthen skills in Math, Reading, Grammar and Writing, and Science as they progress through their education and build on what they learned in high school. Add MeL.org<http://mel.org/index.php?P=Home> and LearningExpress<http://galesupport.com/migeoipcheck/migeoipcheck-lxpress3.php?database=MAIN> to your students' education resources toolkit and they won't be disappointed. Michigan residents or Michigan library access only. MeL Minutes are brought to you by the Library of Michigan. Want more information on MeL? Stay tuned for next week's MeL Minute available on many Michigan library listservs, email us at contact(a)mel.org<mailto:contact@mel.org> or visit mel.org<http://mel.org/>. We encourage you to share MeL Minutes with your public service colleagues. Eunice Eunice C. Borrelli Michigan eLibrary Internet Librarian, Library of Michigan/Michigan Dept. of Education 702 W. Kalamazoo St., Lansing, MI 48909 Phone: 517-241-4996 Toll Free: 877-479-0021 Fax: 517-373-5700 [Follow MeL on Twitter]<https://twitter.com/meldotorg> [MeL - Michigan eLibrary Logo] <http://mel.org/> [Like MeL on Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/mel.org> [image004]Nourishing Michigan's Future...during school and during the summer! Encourage Michigan's children to Meet Up and Eat Up - and Read Up! Find the Summer Food Service Program site nearest you at: www.michigan.gov/sfsp<http://www.michigan.gov/sfsp>

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MLA 2015 Early Bird Deadline is Tomorrow
by Laura Covey 10 Sep '15

10 Sep '15

If you haven't yet registered for MLA 2015, October 28-30 in Novi, there is still time to take advantage of early bird pricing. But don't delay, this discount is only valid through tomorrow, Friday, September 11 at Midnight ET. Keynotes include presentations from "Unshelved" authors/illustrators Gene Ambaum and Bill Barnes, "Under the Radar Michigan" host Tom Daldin and organizational development expert Pamela Meyer. In addition, attendees can choose from more than 50 program sessions, including the new Executive Exchange, an unconference within a conference for library leaders. Social events such as the President's Reception, All Conference and Poster Reception, Your Professional Connection and Hats Off to Learning all provide a relaxed atmosphere in which to both unwind and engage with fellow library professionals, fostering those important and valuable connections through which we can learn and grow. And as of today, our exhibit space is SOLD OUT, so you know there will be lots of great vendors to talk with about adding value to your library via programs, products and services. To explore the conference opportunities in detail, please visit the following links then register today for maximum savings! * Schedule<http://www.milibraries.org/prof-development-networking/annual-conference/sc…> * Conference Location/Hotels<http://www.milibraries.org/prof-development-networking/annual-conference/lo…> * Featured Speakers<http://www.milibraries.org/prof-development-networking/annual-conference/fe…> * Programs<http://www.milibraries.org/prof-development-networking/annual-conference/pr…> * Special Events<http://www.milibraries.org/prof-development-networking/annual-conference/sp…> * Poster Sessions<http://www.milibraries.org/prof-development-networking/annual-conference/po…> * Exhibitors<http://www.milibraries.org/prof-development-networking/annual-conference/ex…> * Sponsors<http://www.milibraries.org/prof-development-networking/annual-conference/sp…> We look forward to welcoming you to Novi! Laura Covey Director of Membership, Communications and Marketing Michigan Library Association 3410 Belle Chase Way, Suite 100 Lansing, MI 48911 517-394-2774 ext. 225 Fax 517-394-2675 lcovey(a)milibraries.org<mailto:lcovey@milibraries.org> www.milibraries.org<http://www.milibraries.org/> [MLA 2015 logo with dateSMALL]<http://www.milibraries.org/events/mla-2015-annual-conference/> Please join us in Novi this October for the MLA 2015 Annual Conference<http://www.milibraries.org/events/mla-2015-annual-conference/>!

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