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Human Library Event at Petoskey District Library Saturday, August 3rd
by Mary Hohlbein 24 Jul '24

24 Jul '24

Hello- This event is in-person only...if you library is within driving distance, please consider posting the flyer on your events board. Thanks! Human Library... come unjudge someone! Petoskey District Library Saturday August 3, 11am-3pm Carnegie Building The Petoskey District Library is hosting a Human Library(c) event on Saturday, August 3, from 11:00am-3:00pm. In the best sense of the word, the Human Library(c) is a library of people and their experiences with prejudice. However, instead of paper books, actual people are on loan for conversations. The concept is about acknowledging and challenging prejudice that we all carry towards one another. For that reason, the Human Library(c) creates a safe space for conversation where topics subject to taboo, marginalization, or stigmatization can be openly addressed without condemnation. The people acting as Books have directly or indirectly been exposed to prejudice, bias, or discrimination based on aspects of their person, heritage, or life experiences. At the Human Library(c), we invite in all questions and our Books engage in sharing their personal experiences with readers. Stop by and borrow an open Book for a conversation about prejudices and diversity. The concept is simple: show up and see what topics are available to borrow. Once you have chosen a Book that you would like to talk to, you can sit down and have an open conversation and learn about people that may be different than you. Mary Hohlbein Petoskey District Library

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Employment Opportunity - Electronic Resources Librarian (full-time) - Rochester Christian University
by Allison Jimenez 24 Jul '24

24 Jul '24

*Rochester Christian University* (formerly Rochester University) - *Ham Library* is searching for a highly motivated individual to fill our full-time *Electronic Resources Librarian* position. Recent MLIS grads are welcome to apply! This position is responsible for managing the library’s ERM resources as well as the library website. This position will also work to ensure that electronic resources are widely accessible as possible and coordinate the library’s response to access issues involving electronic resources. Salary is $36,000. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision. Additional benefits include paid holidays, paid time off, and a tuition discount for employees and family members. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Interested persons can review the job description and employment application at https://rcu.edu/employment/. -- Allison Jimenez (She/Her/Hers) Director of Library Services Ennis & Nancy Ham Library [image: RCU-Email.png] Rochester Christian University 800 West Avon Road Rochester Hills, MI 48307 Phone | 248.218.2268 Rochester Christian University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission, 230 South LaSalle Street, Suite 7-500, Chicago, Illinois, 60604. Phone (800)621-7440

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WebJunction content and upcoming webinars
by Lancaster, Cathy (MDE) 24 Jul '24

24 Jul '24

WebJunction content and upcoming webinars - July 24, 2024 Highlighted Content A Community-Centered Approach to Digital Collections<https://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/community-centered-approach-di…> As you develop digital collections that share and preserve local history, culture, stories, and artifacts, it’s important to pause and take stock of narratives that might have been left out of the popular stories in your community. To best represent the many community voices and narratives in your digital collections, you’ll need to build and sustain respectful relationships that focus on mutual support and trust. This course describes approaches that have proven successful for other libraries, archives, and museums, and illuminates a path forward to build collections that center the voices of many different communities. Whether you’re brand-new to digital collections or ready to further your learning, this course can support your efforts to collaborate with your community as you build your collections. Read this article to learn more, and visit the Course Catalog<https://learn.webjunction.org/course/view.php?id=769> to enroll in the course. Social Library goes wild: Library wildlife education programs<https://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/social-library-goes-wild.html> For this edition of the Social Library, we’re exploring how libraries are bringing nature indoors for their community members through wildlife education programs. Through hands-on activities, expert talks, and interactive displays, libraries are helping inspire curiosity and appreciation for the animals that share our environment. Advancing IDEAs: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, 23 July 2024<https://hangingtogether.org/advancing-ideas-inclusion-diversity-equity-acce…> This is the latest Hanging Together blog post, part of a regular series<https://hangingtogether.org/tag/IDEA/> on issues of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility, compiled by a team of OCLC contributors. WebJunction Webinars This upcoming webinar is open for registration. If you can’t attend a live session, all WebJunction webinars are recorded and available for free in the Course Catalog<https://learn.webjunction.org/>. Work It Out @ Your Library with the Wombats! Thursday, August 8, 2024 ◆ 3:00 pm Eastern / 12:00 pm Pacific ◆ 60 minutes Registration: https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/work-it-out-wombats.html This webinar will introduce you to Work It Out @ Your Library!<https://www.wgbh.org/foundation/gbh-education/early-learning/work-it-out-yo…> a new program for families in your community, built around Work it Out Wombats!,<https://pbskids.org/wombats> a national PBS KIDS television series for 4- to 6-year-olds. Through hands-on activities, library storytime sessions, animated videos, and a family app, this flexible program helps library staff guide families through the exploration of computational thinking. Computational thinking is a creative way of solving problems in more organized ways. When children make believe they're running a restaurant, they explore sequencing by figuring out the steps for serving a customer a meal. When they play with blocks to make a castle, they can practice the design process by creating, testing, and improving the structure. Library staff are uniquely suited to promote this learning with their library families. The webinar will cover why computational thinking skills are important for young children, how the free resources have been used to run fun and engaging programs in libraries, and how you can, too. This program is supported in part 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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Treasures of the DPL Special Collections, Sat 7/27/2024, 11am
by Margaret Bruni 24 Jul '24

24 Jul '24

Bibles to Baseball: Treasures from the Detroit Public Library's Special Collections Saturday, July 27, 2024 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Detroit Main Library 5201 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI 48202 Free and open to the public; Parking available in the Employee's Lot off Putnam St. This is a rare opportunity to see and hear about some of the many items from DPL's collection that hold cultural, historical and literary significance, including: * King James Bible, first edition (1611) * George Washington’s diary (1789-90) * Mark Twain’s unfinished manuscript Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer Among the Indians * Laura Ingalls Wilder handwritten draft of These Happy Golden Years * Kate Greenaway original watercolor and first edition * Belle Isle deed and wampum (1769) * Autobiography of Henry Bibb, an escaped slave, and his antislavery newspaper Voice of the Fugitive * Grace Bedell letter to Abraham Lincoln advising him to grow a beard (1860) * Detroit Tigers team correspondence for the purchase of Ty Cobb’s contract (1905) Reserve your seat at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bibles-to-baseball-tickets-912689748607?aff=eb… [https://img.evbuc.com/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.evbuc.com%2Fimages%2F810484289%2F31…]<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bibles-to-baseball-tickets-912689748607?aff=eb…> Bibles to Baseball<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bibles-to-baseball-tickets-912689748607?aff=eb…> Treasures from the Special Collections of the Detroit Public Library www.eventbrite.com Margaret Bruni Director for Public Services Detroit Public Library 5201 Woodward Ave. Detroit, MI 48202 313-481-1307 mbruni(a)detroitpubliclibrary.org

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Summer Reading 2024 Survey
by Lancaster, Cathy (MDE) 24 Jul '24

24 Jul '24

The Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) has created a survey so they can better assess the usefulness of the materials offered by the program on a national level to better serve you, the CSLP membership! Using your own theme? That's ok, we still love your data so please complete it as best you can, even if you didn't use Adventure Begins at Your Library(tm). The survey will open Friday, July 19, 2024, and close on Friday, September 13, 2024. We will send out a link once it is open. FAQs: Who should complete this survey? The audience for the survey is public library staff who played an active role in administering or running 2024 summer library programming. One person per library could fill it out, or multiple library staff from the same library could complete the sections of the survey most relevant to their work; e.g. children, teen, or adult programs. * Please coordinate with your colleagues on who will fill it out, especially if you are in a multi-branch system. * This does NOT need to be filled out by Directors. (Adult/YA/Children program overseers can complete their own portions.) * EVEN IF YOU DID NOT USE "ADVENTURE BEGINS AT YOUR LIBRARY" AS YOUR THEME, we invite you to complete the survey! Is this survey required? No, it is not required, but we would appreciate your input. Every library that responds helps us get a more accurate picture of overall satisfaction with the program. I want to be prepared. What info will I need to provide? * General feedback on using (or not) the 2024 program theme and materials; * Feedback and info about how/whether you tracked participation, as well as stats for participation and programming for children (ages 0-11), teens (12-18) and adults. You may skip any questions for which you don't have the answers. I suggest you wait until your summer program has ended to complete the survey. When does the survey close? The survey is open tomorrow, until Friday, September 13, 2024. If you would like to view the survey in PDF form, you can find that here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dUE0SiO3G6QhBx_8ZHjfXZHABF9MsShT/view?usp=… Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you in advance for sharing your input! This program is supported in part 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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Program Recommendation - Parkour workshop with Phoenix Freerunning Academy
by Emily Peoples 24 Jul '24

24 Jul '24

Hi all, We had Eric and Jesse(?) from Phoenix Freerunning Academy here last Thursday to do a Parkour workshop for our kids. They were fantastic, and the kids had a blast! It was a 1.5 hour program with a short demonstration and safety discussion, followed by over an hour of hands-on teaching and practice for the kids. We had about 40 kids ages 5+, and the guys were great with them. They kept the crowd moving around to different stations, and tailored their instruction to each kid's abilities. They're based in Livonia, and this is their site: https://phoenixfreerunning.com/. -- Emily Peoples Children's Librarian Romeo District Library emilyp(a)romeodistrictlibrary.org

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MeLCat access restored
by Jackie Licalzi 24 Jul '24

24 Jul '24

Hello everyone - Access to the MeLCat servers is restored - a full day ahead of the estimate! Thanks for your patience. - MeLCat requesting via Classic and Encore is restored. - DCB client login access is restored. - Web Works Quick Edit access is restored. - We are in the process of restoring the DCB bib autoloads. The records will be up-to-date over the next 24 hours. - All libraries can resume any suspended cataloging or batch record updating. We appreciate your cooperation as that helped shorten the overall downtime. We are still troubleshooting an issue with the Z39.50 access with our vendor. We will update the list when more information is available. If you have any problems, please let us know at melcathelp(a)mcls.org<mailto:melcathelp@mcls.org> with the details of the problem you are having and any error messages. Don't forget to include your library's agency code and a brief description in the subject line! Thanks - Jackie The MeL project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library of Michigan. Jackie Licalzi MeLCat System Administrator Midwest Collaborative for Library Services 517-481-2000 licalzij(a)mcls.org<mailto:licalzij@mcls.org> [cid:image001.png@01DADDCA.5F2910B0] mcls.org<https://www.mcls.org/> | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/mcls.org> | X<https://twitter.com/mclsorg> | LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-collaborative-for-library-services>

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Job Posting - PT Library Assistant
by Jaclyn Miller 24 Jul '24

24 Jul '24

Hi everyone, The Baldwin Public Library in Birmingham is currently accepting applications for a Part Time Library Assistant in the Access Services Department. Please see the attached job description, or visit www.baldwinlib.org/employment for the posting and application. Applications will be accepted until August 4, 2024. Have a great day, Jaclyn -- *Jaclyn Miller* (she/her) *Associate Director* Baldwin Public Library 300 W. Merrill St. Birmingham, MI 48009 248-554-4682 www.baldwinlib.org

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[JOB] FT Adult Services Librarian at Plymouth District Library
by Shauna Anderson 24 Jul '24

24 Jul '24

Plymouth District Library is looking for a positive, upbeat individual passionate about books and community engagement to join our Adult Services team. Our librarians manage well-funded collections, present engaging programs, and serve on active public service desks. Bring your enthusiasm and inspire lifelong learning! Find full details and apply online at plymouthlibrary.org/jobs. Learn more about what it's like to work at PDL by viewing our Strategic Plan <https://plymouthlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022-2025-PDLStrategic-Plan.…>, Annual Report <https://plymouthlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2024-Annual-Report-1…>, and Library Policies <https://plymouthlibrary.org/policy/>. Email humanresources(a)plymouthlibrary.org with any questions. -- *Shauna Anderson* (she/her/hers) Library Director, Plymouth District Library 223 S Main Street | Plymouth, MI 48170 734-453-0750 ext. 218 | sanderson(a)plymouthlibrary.org

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Troy Public Library Job Posting - Youth Services Part-time Librarian
by Keegan M Sulecki 24 Jul '24

24 Jul '24

The Troy Public Library is seeking a Part-time Librarian for the Youth Services Department. Under the direction of the Head of Youth Services, this librarian will work in a team environment to provide a positive experience at our information desk for children 0-13 years of age and their families, plan and implement dynamic programs, and purchase and maintain youth collections. For more information visit: https://troymi.applicantpro.com/jobs/3438245 Posting Closes: August 6, 2024. Sincerely, Keegan [TPL Signature Image] Keegan Sulecki Head of Youth Services Troy Public Library 248.524.3543 troypl.org<https://troypl.org/>

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