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Save the date: Michigan Health Sciences Libraries Annual Education Conference
by Norris, Sonya (MDE) 15 May '14

15 May '14

Posted on behalf of: Susan Kendall Save the Date! Michigan Health Sciences Libraries Annual Education Conference --"InfoJackpot" When: October 15-17, 2014 Where: Soaring Eagle Resort, Mount Pleasant, MI More details and registration information to come. Watch the MHSLA website at http://mhsla.org Sonya Schryer Norris Library Consultant and Plinkit Coordinator Library of Michigan 702 W. Kalamazoo St. Lansing, MI 48915-1609 517-373-4457 fax: 517-373-5700 http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan http://www.mel.org<http://www.mel.org/> http://www.michlibrary.org<http://www.michlibrary.org/> Invest in a child's future today. Support the MDE Culture of Reading. www.michigan.gov/cultureofreading<http://www.michigan.gov/cultureofreading> [Culture of Reading-A (2)]

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8th Annual Book' n Trilogy is Saturday May 17th!
by Doreen Hannon 14 May '14

14 May '14

*Join us for the 8th Annual Book'n Trilogy on Saturday, May 17th! **What:* Three Events (10K/5K/Fun Run) to benefit the Salem-South Lyon District Library! There will be a pancake breakfast from 8:00-11:00 AM (cost included in race entry). *When:* Saturday, May 17, 2014 8:00 AM: Storytime Challenge (A Fun Run for Kids!) 9:00 AM: 10K Run/5K Run/Walk *Where:* Starting and ending at Millennium Middle School, 61526 Nine Mile Rd., South Lyon, MI 48178. *Why:* Support your local Library! What better reason to get out for a run or walk? *Sign Up: *To register for the Book'n Trilogy, click here<http://ssldl.info/bookntrilogy/register> . *For more information about the Book'n Trilogy, click here <http://ssldl.info/bookntrilogy>.* -- Doreen Hannon Doreen S. Hannon <dhannon(a)ssldl.info>, Director Salem-South Lyon District Library <http://www.ssldl.info/> 9800 Pontiac Trail South Lyon, MI 48178 (248) 437-6431 x206 FAX:(248) 437-6593

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Fwd: Indies First Storyime Day at Book Beat, Sat., May 17!
by Connie Ilmer 14 May '14

14 May '14

From: Connie Ilmer <connie.ilmer(a)baldwinlib.org> Date: Wed, May 14, 2014 at 5:47 PM Subject: Fwd: Indies First Storyime Day at Book Beat, Sat., May 17! To: michlib-1(a)mcls.org Below is a wonderful event happening this Saturday at BookBeat bookstore in Oak Park. Please feel free to share with your patrons. Thank you. Connie Connie Ilmer Head of Public Services 300 West Merrill Street Birmingham, MI 48009 phone: 248.554.4651 fax: 248.647.6393 www.baldwinlib.org Indies First Storytime Day is Sat., May 17th! <http://www.thebookbeat.com/backroom/2014/04/22/indies-first-storytime-day-i…> [image: indiesFirst]<http://www.thebookbeat.com/backroom/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/indiesFirst.…>On Saturday May 17th from 11:00am-5:00 PM, *Book Beat* will be participating in a *nation-wide* event sponsored by the American Booksellers Association – *“Indies First Storytime Day <http://www.bookweb.org/news/kate-dicamillo-and-aba-launch-indies-first-stor…>.” The Book Beat is located at 26010 Greenfield in Oak Park. Please call 248-968-1190 <248-968-1190> for more information. * [image: KD_2014_vertical209x299]<http://www.thebookbeat.com/backroom/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/KD_2014_vert…>This event is the inspiration of children’s author, Kate DiCamillo, who is the current National Ambassador of Young People’s Literature for the United States. She’s also a two-time Newbery winner for *The Tale of Desperaux *and 2014?s *Flora & Ulysses. * In celebration of *Children’s Book Week,*authors have been asked to visit local independent bookstores and read from their favorite children’s books. We have confirmed the following Detroit area [image: storytimeWWW]<http://www.thebookbeat.com/backroom/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/storytimeWWW…>author appearances; *Kathryn Allen, Wong Herbert Yee, Matt Faulkner, Jean Alicia Elster, Jenny Risher, Rick Lieder, Terry Blackhawk, Renee Prewitt, Susan Whitall, ML Liebler and Michael Zadorian*. Additional authors and reading times will be announced later. We will also have the guest authors’ books available for purchase and autographing. We hope you will join us in promoting this festive occasion of books and authors. This event is *free* and open to the public. *Let the reading begin!* This event will be held at: The Book Beat Bookstore, 26010 Greenfield, Oak Park, MI 48237– For more information contact us and ask for Colleen 248-968-1190 TheBookbeat.com<http://www.thebookbeat.com> - We are here - An independent bookstore - In the Metro-Detroit community - Since 1982 view more<http://www.thebookbeat.com/backroom/2014/04/22/indies-first-storytime-day-i…> kate_DICAMILLO_LETTER_2014<http://www.thebookbeat.com/backroom/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/kate_DICAMIL…> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, please click on the link below Unsubscribe now<http://www.thebookbeat.com/backroom/wp-content/plugins/sendit/delete.php?ac…>

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New DemographicsNow Live Webinar Scheduled!
by BiggThomas, Deb (MDE) 14 May '14

14 May '14

Hi All-a new webinar is available now for registration on MeL's DemographicsNow for May 15th at 10 am. Please go to http://tinyurl.com/n2q2as7 to register. At that site, you will also find many recorded webinars on the business resources we have in MeL from Gale as well as others on the Common Core State Standards. Please let me know if you have ideas on how we can best tailor these training opportunities to your specific needs. Kind regards, Deb Deb Biggs Thomas, MA AMLS Michigan eLibrary & Outreach Coordinator Library of Michigan/Michigan Dept. of Education 702 W. Kalamazoo St. Lansing, MI 48909 Phone: 517-373-4466 [LMSigforEmail] Visit MeL at: http://mel.org<http://mel.org/> and on Facebook at: http://facebook.com/mel.org The Library of Michigan is pleased to share a new video series highlighting Michigan libraries and how they are making a difference in their communities. To experience Michigan libraries in a new light, visit http://brightside.cedam.info/ and watch the 21st Century Libraries episode.

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Darcy/Benzonia Off the Page author series
by Heather Doran 14 May '14

14 May '14

The 2nd annual Off the Page series, hosted by Darcy Library of Beulah and Benzonia Public Library, begins the 23rd of May with Steve Luxenberg. All events in 2014 will be held at Darcy (40 min. southwest of Traverse), so if you think your patrons would be interested, we'd appreciate you posting our flyers. I've attached jpegs for the Luxenberg event as well as an all-author line-up (runs through Sept.). Cheers - Heather -- Heather Doran Director Darcy Library of Beulah <http://www.darcylibraryofbeulah.org/> (231) 882-4037 Like Us on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/DarcyLibrary>

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Net Neutrality
by BiggThomas, Deb (MDE) 14 May '14

14 May '14

Interesting article from the NY Times that also features the man who coined the phrase, Prof. Tim Wu: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/11/business/defending-the-open-internet.html… Kind regards, Deb Deb Biggs Thomas, MA AMLS Michigan eLibrary & Outreach Coordinator Library of Michigan/Michigan Dept. of Education 702 W. Kalamazoo St. Lansing, MI 48909 Phone: 517-373-4466 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Visit MeL at: http://mel.org<http://mel.org/> and on Facebook at: http://facebook.com/mel.org The Library of Michigan is pleased to share a new video series highlighting Michigan libraries and how they are making a difference in their communities. To experience Michigan libraries in a new light, visit http://brightside.cedam.info/ and watch the 21st Century Libraries episode.

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SLA-MI May Event: ProQuest Tour
by Randy Dykhuis 13 May '14

13 May '14

The SLA-Michigan Chapter is sponsoring a tour of ProQuest's Digital Factory, and we have some openings for those who may be interested. Registrations will be taken until all the space is filled. Sorry for the late notice. We hope to see some of you next week. What: Tour of ProQuest’s Digital Factory In this unique opportunity, come tour the “production” floor where content is digitized, archived, and indexed on a daily basis. When: Thursday, May 22, 2014 from 8:00am – 10:00am Where: ProQuest Headquarters 789 E. Eisenhower Parkway Ann Arbor, MI, 48108 It is on the corner of State Street (exit 177 of 94) and Eisenhower (across from Briarwood Mall) Event Details: Due to security, you MUST RSVP in ADVANCE by May 16th Arrive at ProQuest HQ by 8am Light refreshments will be available Attendees will be split into groups with both groups taking the tour and participating in the network/product updates Tour of ProQuest’s Digital Factory Product Updates / Refreshments / Networking Tour takes approximately 45 to 60 minutes with a 30 minute round trip shuttle from their HQ offices to the factory “floor.” Program Sponsorship: ProQuest connects people with vetted, reliable information. Key to serious research, the company’s products are a gateway to the world’s knowledge including dissertations, governmental and cultural archives, news, historical collections and ebooks. ProQuest technologies serve users across the critical points in research, helping them discover, access, share, create and manage information. As the global leader in providing mission-critical information that drives innovation by professionals of all kinds including scientists, engineers, legal practitioners and business analysts, ProQuest’s Dialog is renowned for enabling precision search of content from the world's most authoritative publishers. Sources include massive deep web repositories of scientific, technical and biomedical literature, patents, and thousands of industry, news and company information sources — now being made accessible through the powerful and intuitive ProQuest Dialog™ search service. Professional searchers such as librarians, researchers and information users from corporate, professional and government organizations in more than 100 countries prize Dialog for depth of content, advanced searching and the ability to provide complete solutions. Cost: SLA Michigan Chapter Members – Free All Library Science Students – Free Non-student who are non-members – $15 SLA Members who attend this event will have a chance to win a $50 Amazon gift card, which will be awarded at the holiday party in December. Register at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SLA-MI-ProQuest Not a Michigan member but want to become one? Join or add the Michigan chapter to your membership. Christine Flott Publicity Coordinator

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Wilson selection guides
by Colleen Leddy 13 May '14

13 May '14

Getting rid of these Wilson guides; would anyone like them? Public Library Core Collection: Nonfiction, 13th edition Fiction Catalog, 15th edition Thanks, Colleen -- Colleen Leddy, Director Stair Public Library 228 W. Main St. Morenci, MI 49256 517/458-6510

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Free copies of "Blessings of the Animals"
by Michele Pratt 13 May '14

13 May '14

I have nineteen free copies of the fiction title "Blessings of the Animals" by Katrina Kittle if anyone is interested. Michele Pratt Library Director Baker College of Auburn Hills

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Re: [Michlib-l] renewals and library record access
by nussk＠libcoop.net 13 May '14

13 May '14

Hi All, Response to the question on renewal policy and library record access. At Center Line library we renew items without hold request once. We will access a patron's record with a picture ID. We like them to have their library card and encourage replacement if it is lost. Kathy Collection Assistant Center Line Public Library

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