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Presenter Recommendation: Abi Fergus, Conservationist
by Karr,Audrey 04 Sep '24

04 Sep '24

In June, CADL South Lansing hosted Abi Fergus for the presentation “Wildlife with Abi” where they reviewed their experiences with tracking wildlife and exhibited different materials they found in the field. Abi is a great presenter for anyone interested in putting on programs about the outdoors- tracking, foraging, conservation- for all ages. They can be contacted at abigail.fergus(a)gmail.com<mailto:abigail.fergus@gmail.com>. More details: “My name is Abi Fergus (they/them) and I am a conservationist living in the Ann Arbor area. I relocated back to Michigan this year after living in the Lake Superior region of Wisconsin for 6 years. During that time I worked for Tribes in wildlife conservation and food sovereignty employment, freelance, and volunteer positions. I also lived remotely and rustically in the woods for three years heating my home with wood and learning outdoor skills. I have offered classes on wildlife tracking, foraging, and food as medicine/herbal remedies for a watershed organization and a queer outdoors organization I am on the boards of, for a community forest group, through skillshare gatherings, and for CADL. This winter I will begin teaching through the Michigan Folk School. I have a website which further outlines my education and work experience and some of my offerings from writing to wildlife tracking to supporting livestock farmers to coexist with native carnivores (beacanhollow.gracenovie.com<http://beacanhollow.gracenovie.com/>). It was fulfilling to give a presentation and have an interactive table at CADL on wildlife tracking this summer and I'd love to offer this at other libraries in Michigan. I'd also love to host outdoor events to do some tracking especially when conditions are easier for this activity in the fall and winter. I'd love to hear from you if your library is interested in this programming. Thank you for your consideration.” Audrey Karr (she/her) Library Assistant – South Lansing Branch Capital Area District Libraries karra(a)cadl.org 517-272-9840 www.cadl.org<http://www.cadl.org/>

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Free Audio Equipment
by Anna Merritt 04 Sep '24

04 Sep '24

Hello All, We have: 1.) A Wireless mic pack with receiver 2.) 2 wired mics Free to good home. [cid:image005.jpg@01DAFEC3.B825BE10] [cid:image006.jpg@01DAFEC3.B825BE10] Anna Merritt (she/her) Assistant Director / Adult Programmer / Interloan Specialist Richland Community Library 8951 Park Street Richland, MI 49083 (269) 629-9085 ZV283 https://www.richlandlibrary.org/ -- This message has been scanned by E.F.A. Project and is believed to be clean.

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Clarke Historical Library Fall Speaker Series schedule
by Marsh, Carrie 04 Sep '24

04 Sep '24

Monday, Sept. 9th The PBB Disaster at 50: Reflections, Critical Lessons, and a Path Forward Dr. Brittany Fremion, CMU; Dr. Ben Peterson, Alma College; and Dr. Norm Keon, PBB Community Partner and Epidemiologist, Mid-Michigan District Health Department The panel will reflect on the 1973 disaster at the Velsicol Chemical Co. plant in St. Louis, Michigan, that led to large-scale contamination that exposed farm animals, wildlife, and nearly 8.5 million Michiganders. Tuesday, Sept. 24th Christopher Paul Curtis Making of an Author 101 The David and Eunice Sutherland Burgess Lecture We are honored to welcome award-winning author, Christopher Paul Curtis, to CMU. In his talk, he will trace his path to becoming a writer of historical fiction for children and the importance certain people played along the way. Born in Flint, Michigan, in 1953, Curtis was working on an auto assembly line when he began writing. His esteemed novels center on African-American families and tackle tough issues with humor and honesty. Tuesday, Oct. 29th As Sacred to Us: Simon Pokagon's Birch Bark Stories in Their Contexts Dr. Blaire Morseau, MSU Dr. Morseau will discuss her new edited volume about 19th-century Potawatomi author Simon Pokagon and the ways he elevated thousands of years of Indigenous knowledge in his stories. The Clarke's collection of Simon Pokagon's birch bark books, originally printed in 1893 and 1901, will be on view in the Clarke after the talk. Dr. Morseau is a citizen of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi with ancestral ties to the Grand River Bands of Ottawa, and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Michigan State University. All Clarke Speaker Series events will take place in the Sarah and Daniel Opperman Auditorium, Park Library, beginning at 7:00 pm. All programs are free and open to the public. For more information: https://tinyurl.com/uf8wucrm, phone: (989) 774-3864, email: clarke(a)cmich.edu<mailto:clarke@cmich.edu> Carrie Marsh (she/they) Director, Clarke Historical Library Park Library 142B | 989-774-3965 Central Michigan University [cid:image001.png@01DAFEBF.35AB7A50] Carrie Marsh (she, they) Director | Clarke Historical Library Park Library 142B | 250 Preston Street | Central Michigan University | Mount Pleasant, MI 48859 P: 989-774-3965 | E: marsh4c(a)cmich.edu<mailto:marsh4c@cmich.edu> | www.cmich.edu<http://www.cmich.edu/>

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Re: [Michlib-l] [all-tln] Kids Count in Michigan, 2024
by Brenda Dunseth 04 Sep '24

04 Sep '24

Donna, I think asking how we can help with this growing trend is a great first step. Promoting reading and offering great resources is what we do best. Individual libraries are helping in different ways in their local communities but how can we collectively help? The Library of Congress has awards for nonprofits that make major contributions to increasing literacy, [ https://www.loc.gov/programs/library-of-congress-literacy-awards/winners-an… | https://www.loc.gov/programs/library-of-congress-literacy-awards/winners-an… ] . There may be some ideas that help us explore how we, in the TLN community, can make a difference? It is worth exploring. Brenda Dunseth, Library Director Highland Township Public Library From: "Donna Jensen" <djensen(a)trenton-mi.com> To: "all-tln" <all-tln(a)lists.tln.org>, "youth-services" <youth-services(a)lists.tln.org>, "michlib-l" <michlib-l(a)mcls.org>, "Jim Flury" <jflury(a)tln.org> Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2024 9:44:10 AM Subject: Re: [all-tln] Kids Count in Michigan, 2024 Good information! Thanks Jim. Here is a concerning trend; how can we help? One of our local elementary schools has gotten rid of their school library. [ https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.detroitnews.com_st… | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2024/08/28/reading-sc… ] [ https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.detroitnews.com_st… ] [ https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.detroitnews.com_st… | Reading scores at 10-year low for Michigan third-graders, M-STEP scores show ] Results of the 2024 exam known as M-STEP show only 39.6% of third graders statewide passed the state's English language arts (ELA) test. [ https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.detroitnews.com&d=D… | www.detroitnews.com ] From: all-tln-request(a)lists.tln.org <all-tln-request(a)lists.tln.org> on behalf of Jim Flury <jflury(a)tln.org> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2024 1:35 PM To: all-tln <all-tln(a)lists.tln.org>; youth-services <youth-services(a)lists.tln.org>; michlib-l <michlib-l(a)mcls.org> Subject: [all-tln] Kids Count in Michigan, 2024 Link to August 21 news release: [ https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__mlpp.org_2024-2Dkids-2… | https://mlpp.org/2024-kids-count-in-michigan-data-profiles-provide-latest-i… ] Link to 2024 Kids Count in Michigan Data Profiles: [ https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__mlpp.org_kids-2Dcount_… | https://mlpp.org/kids-count/2024-kids-count-in-michigan-data-profiles/ ] Jim Jim Flury Technical Services Manager The Library Network 41365 Vincenti Court Novi, MI 48375 248-536-3100, ext 133 Note New Fax Number: 248-716-5584 Note New Email Address:jflury@tln.org

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NEW Statewide Book and AV Discounts Schedule: October 1, 2024 Through September 30, 2027
by Jim Flury 04 Sep '24

04 Sep '24

Good Morning, Library cooperative directors, please share this email with your member libraries. TLN is pleased to share the news that new Book/AV discount agreements with eight vendors will go into effect October 1, 2024 and cover the period through September 30, 2027. Attached is a copy of the TLN issued RFP covering this project, which is also available on the TLN homepage at [ https://tln.org/general/custom.asp?page=bids | https://tln.org/general/custom.asp?page=bids ] Attached is a Statewide Book and AV Summary document that summarizes the discounts by category for each of the eight vendors. New this year is a second, accompanying document, Statewide Vendor RFP Response Notes. Previously the notes section was incorporated into the summary document. However, this round of RFP vendor responses, and in some cases negotiations concerning same, resulted in the generation of notes of sufficient length so as to warrant a dedicated document for them. JF's editorial comment is that it is important to read the new notes document; the devil is in the details there as it were. The summary and notes documents are also available on the TLN homepage at [ https://tln.org/page/statewide/ | https://tln.org/page/statewide/ ] TLN has electronic copies of all vendor RFP responses. These can be sent upon request to any library that wants/needs one or all of them. Please contact me off list for this. The third paragraph above makes reference to negotiations. When the vendor RFP responses were received, TLN requested alternative terms from three vendors. These were Ingram, Amazon, and Baker & Taylor. Ingram chose to make no change to its originally submitted response. Baker & Taylor did make some changes. Each is summarized in the notes document. Amazon indicated willingness to make changes. But they don't yet have a mechanism in place on their end to facilitate a category by category breakdown of discounts for libraries such as Brodart, Baker & Taylor, and Ingram do. The keyword here is yet. Based on some conversations I had with Amazon, the ability to submit a competitive bid based on the various categories of library materials is something that is in their wheelhouse. Assuming they decide to move forward with this, it is possible that the response from Amazon to the next RFP issuance in 2027 may look very similar (hopefully better!) to what we are used to seeing from B&T, Brodart, and Ingram. Stay tuned! Time to (briefly) enter into the more freewheeling comment/opinion part of this. At the end of the day, we didn't get everything we wanted as a result of this exercise. Of significance, B&T chose to implement a fuel surcharge for the first time. They did agree to lower that fuel surcharge for libraries that spend >$30,000 annually with them, and as part of negotiations also to increase their discount for the hardcover trade category from their initially bid 45.1% to 46%. But the fuel surcharge is still there. Could we have gotten B&T to get rid of the fuel surcharge by telling them that we would exclude their bid from the statewide agreement if they insisted on keeping the fuel surcharge? Possibly. But given the huge presence of B&T in MI libraries that would have been a big leap for us to take. Ingram decided to keep in place the 15 unit minimum, the mechanics of which are explained in the notes document. Neither Ingram nor B&T want to play backup vendor, second fiddle as it were, to the other, hence the fuel surcharge and the 15 unit minimum. Etc. I do believe we had a more positive outcome for libraries on a statewide level by virtue of having this RFP process in place, vs. not. And as I told the reps for more than one of these vendors, at the end of the day MI libraries will choose to vote with their $$$. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns regarding the new statewide Book/AV discounts. Thanks. Jim Jim Flury Technical Services Manager The Library Network 41365 Vincenti Court Novi, MI 48375 248-536-3100, ext 133 Note New Fax Number: 248-716-5584 Note New Email Address:jflury@tln.org

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resources/lesson plans for Mexikid, by Pedro Martin
by Katie Wittenauer 04 Sep '24

04 Sep '24

Good morning! I recently heard from a partner teacher who is looking for resources and/or lesson plans for Mexikid, by Pedro Martin. Does anyone have something that they've used recently? Thank you in advance for your help! katie Katie Wittenauer (she/her) Director of Programs | kwittenauer(a)mihumanities.org<mailto:kwittenauer@mihumanities.org> | LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiewittenauer/> Connecting, Sharing, Growing [A blue and white badge with gold ribbon Description automatically generated] Michigan Humanities 2364 Woodlake Drive, Suite 100 Okemos, MI 48864 517-372-7770, ext. 294 Website<http://michiganhumanities.org> | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/MichiganHumanities> | Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/mihumanities/?hl=en> Mission: Bringing people together through stories, histories, cultures, and conversations.

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Join us TOMORROW for Digital Collections Office Hours!
by Gallo, Biz (MDE) 04 Sep '24

04 Sep '24

Please join us for our next Digital Collections Office Hours tomorrow, Thursday, September 5, 2024 from 10:30-11:30 am. Do you have questions about creating digital collections? Do you have material that you want to digitize and share with your community, but don't know where to start? Are you interested in preserving your digital content and need tool recommendations? Join experts from the Library of Michigan, DPLA Michigan Service Hub, and the Michigan Digital Preservation Network for free advice during new monthly open office hours! Come with questions, like... * What grants are available to support digitization of my collections? (hint: YES!) * What file format should I be scanning to for long-term preservation? * What platforms can I use to publish digital collections? * How do I work with volunteers to create a scanning program? * And much, much more! Office Hours will be held virtually the first Thursday of every month from 10:30-11:30 am and are open to any staff or volunteers at libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, or other cultural memory organizations! Use the link below to register for office hours and receive the Zoom link. Come for a question, stay to join the discussion! Registration Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0lce-upj8oG9XI77qeMfLkRc_04ehDFp… Biz Gallo Statewide Digitization Initiatives Coordinator Library of Michigan, 702 W. Kalamazoo, Lansing, MI 48915 GalloB(a)michigan.gov<mailto:GalloB@michigan.gov> | mi.gov/LMdigitization<http://mi.gov/LMdigitization> | 517-335-1402 she/her/hers [Michigan.gov/Vote logo Description automatically generated]<https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/> Get personalized voter information on early voting and other topics at Michigan.gov/Vote<https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/>. [A picture containing logo Description automatically generated] Do you know an outstanding Michigan educator? Nominate them for 2025-26 Michigan Teacher of the Year! The MTOY Program is accepting nominations through September 25. Nominate an educator using the online form<https://mde.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ctCcizYzjkeUMMC>. For more information visitwww.michigan.gov/mtoy<http://www.michigan.gov/mtoy>.

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Summer Symposium - Save the Date for December 5!
by Lancaster, Cathy (MDE) 03 Sep '24

03 Sep '24

The Collaborative Summer Library Program's annual virtual Summer Symposium<https://www.cslpreads.org/summer-symposium/> will be Thursday, December 5, 2024, from 11:00 am - 4:30 pm EST. Registration will open November 5th. The symposium is for all who plan and work with summer library programming & will address all ages of service. [cid:image001.png@01DAFE1B.A035E670] Highlights: 11:00 am - Welcome & Keynote: "You Belong in Libraries" with Mycal Threets 12:45 pm - "From Planning to Palette to Posting: Summer Reading Marketing with Cari Hillman (OH) & Katie Rothley (MI) 2:00 pm - "A Rainbow of Opportunities for Creative Programming" with Katie Brunner (CO) and Amanda Raiche (ND) 3:30 pm - "Coloring Our World Green: Sustainability and Summer Reading" with Keturah Cappdonia (NY) and Haleigh Mikolajczky (NY) ICYMI - I am thrilled to give you a sneak peek of the 2025 Color Our World posters & slogans<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jspJe3w8NoOPLsleHJhkNKQfcW0w1stW/view?usp=…>. You'll note that there are 3 options: a Children's poster, a Multigenerational poster, and a Slogan only poster. This artwork has not been released for public use yet, so please do not share or use it publicly. Manual Codes will be sent to Directors in October with access to all the art and the CSLP store front. All public libraries in Michigan are members of the Collaborative thanks in part to the Library of Michigan with support by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Thank you, Cathy Lancaster Youth Services Coordinator Library of Michigan 702 W. Kalamazoo St. Lansing, MI 48915 My Pronouns: She/Her/Hers - See www.mypronouns.org<http://www.mypronouns.org/> to learn more. LancasterC5(a)michigan.gov<mailto:LancasterC5@michigan.gov> | 517-335-8129 | www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan<http://www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan> Follow us: Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/libraryofmichigan/> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/libraryofmich> | Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/libraryofmichigan/> Join the MiYouth<http://mail2.mcls.org/mailman/listinfo/miyouth> Listserv, created for Michigan public library staff to share and discuss children and teen programming and services.

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Free: Ellison Pad-It X-press
by Elissa Zimmer 03 Sep '24

03 Sep '24

Would any library be interested in this? Elissa Zimmer (she/they) Assistant Director Van Buren District Library 200 N Phelps St Decatur, MI 49045 269-423-4771

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Public Service extra services
by Elissa Zimmer 03 Sep '24

03 Sep '24

Hi all, I am curious if your library offers any of the following: - Food pantry - however big or small, refrigerated items, dry goods, etc. - What does this space look like for your library and how do you monitor it for use and spoiled items? Do you partner with anyone? - Community gardens - who maintains it (library, municipality, partnership?), where is it located, how do you staff it, etc.? - Menstrual products - does your library distribute these? If in a dispenser, is it free or small fee? Do you keep them behind the desk? In all restrooms? - Bonus - does your library offer anything else somewhat non-traditional that you'd like to share about? If you could also share your library size and setting (urban, suburban, rural), that would also be interesting! Thanks for your help! Happy to document all answers. Surveying this so I can let other staff know what is common across libraries Thanks, Elissa -- Elissa Zimmer (she/they) Assistant Director Van Buren District Library 200 N Phelps St Decatur, MI 49045 269-423-4771

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