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Library Outreach Survey from ABOS
by Lancaster, Cathy (MDE) 04 Aug '23

04 Aug '23

Does your library provide outreach services to patrons? The Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services<https://abos-outreach.com/> (ABOS) is seeking your input! ABOS, in partnership with PLA and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), is conducting a survey focused on library and outreach services, homebound services, outreach by mail, early literacy outreach, and other community services. ABOS is collecting information about each of these topics to augment the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Public Library Survey (PLS). The data they collect will be shared in PLA Benchmark<https://librarybenchmark.org/> and through an IMLS-funded study<https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/lg-252313-ols-22> at ICPSR. Please consider contributing a response for your public library (administrative entity). The person who responds from your library should be: 1) your designated point-of-contact for annual data collection, or 2) a library administrator positioned to answer questions about bookmobile and outreach services. The survey has a maximum of 44 questions, but not all may apply to your library. Before starting the survey, you can review a PDF<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qT1vFchriKOeNMezF9ZfNMXFmbpVHP2x/view?usp=…> with the questions. Visit www.surveymonkey.com/r/ABOS2023<https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ABOS2023> to participate! If you have any questions about the survey, please contact Cathy Zimmerman, ABOS Executive Director, at ExecDir(a)abos-outreach.com<mailto:ExecDir@abos-outreach.com>. [ABOS logo]

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LLC Continuing Education Presents: Make a Makerspace
by Alison Anderson 04 Aug '23

04 Aug '23

We hope you can join us! Join three librarians - one with a well-established makerspace collection, one with a newly-established makerspace collection, and one that is just beginning to establish a makerspace collection - in discussion about the ins and outs of housing, cataloging, and circulating a collection centering around makerspaces. *Date: Thursday, August 17th @ 2:00pm* Register here: https://llcoop.org/calendar/#/events/96aqsWKZUF/instances/XLd9Oo7bXJ/ Location: Montague Branch of MADL 8778 Ferry St, Montague, MI 49437 Thank you, Alison Anderson (Taylor) Library Services Manager (616) 840-3756 [image: facebook icon] <https://www.facebook.com/SpringLakeDistrictLibrary/> [image: instagram icon] <https://www.instagram.com/springlakedistrictlibrary/> sllib.org

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FREE National Parks Entry Today, Friday, August 4
by Jim Flury 04 Aug '23

04 Aug '23

[ https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/08/04/national-p… | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/08/04/national-p… ] Be sure to share via your social media! 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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Library of Michigan Public Library Financial Management - 3rd Cohort application open!
by Reish, Karren (MDE) 03 Aug '23

03 Aug '23

A reminder to consider the Public Library Financial Management cohort for your professional development in the next year. Please see below for details and the application survey. Karren Reish Library Grants Coordinator Library of Michigan >>> The 3rd Round of the Public Library Financial Management Cohort is open! The first two cohorts have been a great success, thanks in large part to the great work by the participants. If you have managerial financial responsibilities and want to learn more about public library financial management, please review the information below and sign up! The Library of Michigan works to provide library specific administrative training for public library staff. As part of this goal, LM is working with the University of Georgia's Carl Vinson Institute of Government to provide a public library financial management certificate program for a cohort of up to 30 public library staff members. Recommended participants are public library directors, budget administrators, and other public library staff with managerial financial management responsibilities. The cohort is a one-year series of classes focused on governmental financial accounting and policy development. The cohort does not include software or basic accounting instruction. The 3rd Cohort group timeline is October 2023 through September 2024. The Library Financial Management Certification Program includes six online courses: * Budgeting for Libraries * Purchasing * Governmental Accounting for Libraries * Internal Control for Libraries * Payroll Administration * Writing Financial Policies The Library of Michigan is underwriting the program costs. You can find more information on the cohort and classes as well as the application to participate here<https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/6187764/Library-of-Michigan-Public-Library-F…>. The application deadline is August 24th. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. Karren Reish Library Grants Coordinator Library of Michigan 517-241-0021, www.michigan.gov/lsta<http://www.michigan.gov/lsta> Michigan's Top 10 Strategic Education Plan<https://www.michigan.gov/mde/resources/michigan-top-10-strategic-education-…> provides focused direction to drive educational achievement in support of all learners. [Logo, company name Description automatically generated]

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Register for TALK Marketing Office Hour!
by Mary Ruthko 03 Aug '23

03 Aug '23

[An orange table with coffee cup, part of a laptop and folder. TALK Text and Learn for Kindergarten logo followed by Marketing Office Hour with Mary Ruthko.] Current TALK libraries: Join us for TALK Marketing Office Hour (Zoom) Join MCLS Marketing and Communication Coordinator Mary Ruthko to review and discuss the current TALK: Text and Learn for Kindergarten promotional toolkit. We will explore the available content and determine which are working well for your library, what you'd like to see added to the TALK toolkit, and any other resources you may need before and after TALK transitions to an MCLS service. Tuesday, Aug. 8 10-11 a.m. Eastern (9-10 a.m. Central) REGISTER<https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErduyhqTwrGtZV43816bAIVwMmpBn0ku…> Wednesday, Aug. 16 2-3 p.m. Eastern (1-2 p.m. Central) REGISTER<https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMocO6srD8vE9KMBv60eUcltjoav9TBHe…> To view the promotional toolkit, login to your TALK library account here<https://talk.mcls.org/library_portal/login.php>. Mary Ruthko (she/her) Marketing and Communication Coordinator Midwest Collaborative for Library Services 517-507-4149 ruthkom(a)mcls.org<mailto:ruthkom@mcls.org> [cid:a28ff7ac-7272-4c8d-86fa-6c92b91f129f] mcls.org<https://www.mcls.org/> | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/mcls.org> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/mclsorg> | LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-collaborative-for-library-services> Schedule a meeting with me<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/82504839b07649009896aaa10a3d2395…>

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Lockers for Class 1 & 2 size Libraries
by Christy DeMeulenaere 03 Aug '23

03 Aug '23

Looking for any Class 1 & 2 Libraries that have outdoor lockers available for your patrons? If so could you please provide the size of the lockers that you have, where you purchased them from, and where they are located? Thank you for your help. --

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LM Library Law Office Hours - Registration is open!
by Membiela, Clare (MDE) 03 Aug '23

03 Aug '23

Hi! Starting Thursday August 17 from 3:00pm to 4:30pm, LM will hold Library Law Office Hours with the Library Law Consultant. The office hours will be an opportunity for participants to ask questions and immediately receive information. To attend the office hours, please register in advance for the Zoom session using this URL: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqdO6uqD8pEt31yRiFFRZkHDc96mWbdi… After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Office Hours will occur monthly on the Third Thursday of each month. Registration is required for each session. I look forward to seeing you! Sincerely, Clare Clare D. Membiela, MLS, J.D. Library Law Consultant Library of Michigan MembielaC(a)michigan.gov<mailto:MembielaC@michigan.gov> 517-335-8132 The research and resources above are for informational purposes only and not for the purpose of providing legal advice. You should contact your attorney to obtain advice with respect to any particular issue or problem. "The dissemination of ideas can accomplish nothing if otherwise willing addressees are not free to receive and consider them. It would be a barren marketplace of ideas that had only sellers and no buyers." Lamont v. Postmaster General, 381 U.S. 301. Michigan's Top 10 Strategic Education Plan<https://www.michigan.gov/mde/resources/michigan-top-10-strategic-education-…> provides focused direction to drive educational achievement in support of all learners. [Logo, company name Description automatically generated]

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Library Murder Mystery Party
by Anna Merritt 03 Aug '23

03 Aug '23

Hello All, A few weeks ago we held our first Murder Mystery Party at our library and it went great! We created the mystery from scratch and called it Murder in the Stacks. We recruited volunteers with community theatre experience to be our suspects and let the attendees play detective and interview all of them. There was a puzzle element for each suspect which made it similar to an escape room. We had around 30 attendees and hosted it on a Saturday, after close, for about 2 hours. Pre-event registration allowed us to have personalized detective badges for all attendees, as well as completion certificates at the end. We offered appetizers and lemonade. Having the entire library free allowed us to use the whole space and spread out the suspects. If we had to change one thing, we would either have made the program a bit longer (2.5 hours) or reduced the puzzles/suspects to 4 or 5 rather than 6. We worked so hard on the event that we want to share it with other libraries! Here is the link for Google Drive folder featuring everything you need to host your own Murder in the Stacks! Please take a look. Feel free to email amerritt(a)richlandlibrary.org for any specific questions. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_ENFoQt0IO-EXAZxCwYbs8w35Sv_Lat1?us… Anna Merritt Assistant Director Richland Community Library 8951 Park Street Richland, MI 49083 (269) 629-9085 https://www.richlandlibrary.org/ -- This message has been scanned by E.F.A. Project and is believed to be clean.

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Another FREE author program--for everyone--tonight!
by Betsy Myers 03 Aug '23

03 Aug '23

If you remember last week we hosted Suzanne Woods Fisher via Zoom, thank you everyone who joined us. She was fantastic and I learned a lot about ice cream! TONIGHT, we are hosting Aimie Runyan <https://aimiekrunyan.com/> (also via Zoom) at 6:30pm. Her newest book, A Bakery in Paris <https://catalog.tadl.org/main/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=bakery+in+paris+r…>, just came out on Tuesday. Anyone can join so please, please share with your patrons and fellow colleagues. Summer is hard for adult programming for us but I so love when authors donate their time for libraries and I could not pass up the opportunity (again). *People do need to register and can do so here: tadl.org/runyan <http://tadl.org/runyan>* This will be a meeting via Zoom so you can ask her all the questions you would like. Just a side note, we are hosting a Michigan author, Susie Finkbeiner <http://tadl.org/finkbeiner>on August 15, same format, time, etc. -- *Betsy Myers* Reference Department Interlibrary Loan/Programming *Traverse Area District Library* 610 Woodmere Ave Traverse City, MI 49686 231 932-8502

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Mount Clemens Public Library is Hiring PT Public Services Clerk
by Kathy McKinney 02 Aug '23

02 Aug '23

Mount Clemens Public Library is dedicated to serving our community of over 19,000 residents. The library underwent a major renovation during 2021 - 2023 bringing in state of the art technology, doubling its usable public spaces, and providing new services to the residents. We are amplifying our staff workforce to provide excellent service. We are looking for candidates who are customer service oriented, energetic, aspiring, and innovative. If this sounds like you, we’d love to meet you. Thank you! Kathy McKinney Assistant Director | Mount Clemens Public Library 150 Cass Ave Mt. Clemens, MI 48043 586-469-6200 ext 108 kmckinney(a)mtclib.org

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