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Youth & Teen Services Updates
by Lancaster, Cathy (MDE) 12 May '23

12 May '23

Resources Great Michigan Read Informational Webinar Tuesday, May 23, 1-1:30 pm ET Michigan Humanities will be hosting an informational meeting about the Great Michigan Read. If you have questions about the program or want to learn more, this is a great opportunity to learn about this upcoming iteration featuring Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley. The meeting will be held on zoom and there will be plenty of time for Q & A after an informational session. Space is limited so please register via : https://www.eventbrite.com/e/great-michigan-read-informational-webinar-tick…. 2023 Coretta Scott King 2023 John Steptoe Award winners webinar The Coretta Scott King Book Awards Round Table (CSKBART) is celebrating 54 years of award-winning authors and illustrators. In recognition of the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Mrs. Coretta Scott King's courage and determination to continue her late husband's work for peace and world brotherhood, the CSKBART Program Standing Committee is proud to host a webinar featuring the 2023 John Steptoe New Talent award winner, Jas Hammonds and the 2023 John Steptoe Illustrator award winner, Janelle Washington. We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds and Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Helped Spark the Civil Rights Movement by Janelle Washington are published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group. Join the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Round Table (CSKBART) Program Committee on May 25, 2023 at 3:30 p. m. CST as we celebrate Mrs. Coretta Scott King's 96th birthday (1927-2006)! CSK 2023 John Steptoe Award winners, author Jas Hammonds and illustrator Janelle Washington, will share their work and lives in this engaging conversation. Register at https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Bb2o7WWOT9a6ukDoZOCSJw. edWeb: Teen Girls' Mental Health: Strategies for Coping with the Challenges of Social Media Monday, May 15, 2023 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT Join Common Sense researcher Dr. Supreet Mann to explore the latest research findings from their report, Teens and Mental Health: How Girls Really Feel About Social Media. In this edWebinar, you will gain valuable insights into the impact of social media on the mental health of teenage girls, including practical tips and strategies for promoting digital well-being in your classroom and school. Common Sense's content creator, Daniel Vargas Campos, will share his expertise and provide actionable steps to help you fortify your students' online safety and digital well-being. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from experts in the field and enhance your teaching practices! This edWebinar will be of interest to K-12 teachers, librarians, school and district leaders, and education technology leaders. There will be time for questions at the end of the presentation. Details & Registration here: https://home.edweb.net/webinar/commonsense20230515/. 2 Solar Eclipses are coming! Two solar eclipses are coming to North America - an Annular Eclipse in October 2023 and a Total Solar Eclipse in April 2024 - and it's time for public library staff to get ready! Thanks to a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and a supplement to the NASA@My Library Project, the Space Science Institute's STAR Net team is providing 5 million solar viewing glasses. To learn more about the project, including how to register your library for free solar eclipse glasses, visit: www.starnetlibraries.org/about/our-projects/solar-eclipse-activities-librar…<http://www.starnetlibraries.org/about/our-projects/solar-eclipse-activities…>. Solar Eclipse Activities for Libraries (SEAL) from our friends at STAR Net are now offering the following Virtual Trainings and Resources: * Getting started with SEAL recorded webinar: https://youtu.be/ImO9WzHj1sU * Register for monthly Getting Started with SEAL webinars (May, June, July, and August dates open now): https://community.starnetlibraries.org/learn-all-about-solar-eclipse-activi… * Register for our spring SEAL Virtual Training series on Citizen Science and Eclipse Programming: https://community.starnetlibraries.org/seal-citizen-science-registration/ * Getting started with SEAL blog post (contains all sorts of links and goodies): https://community.starnetlibraries.org/get-started-with-seal/ * Using the Sunspotter: SEAL Virtual Training Series: Sunspotter Telescope<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXi-EpT11zA> CSLP Social Media Toolkit is available for libraries to use this summer: https://bit.ly/CSLP_Toolkit23. Stay tuned for a big announcement on the National Summer Reading Championi on May 22nd! In the News... In an era of book bans, sci-fi and fantasy offer an LGBTQ refuge for young readers<https://thehill.com/homenews/education/3994221-in-an-era-of-book-bans-sci-f…> - The Hill, 5/11/23 Intellectual Freedom Round Table announces Michigan Library Association as the recipient of the 2023 Gerald Hodges Intellectual Freedom Chapter Relations Award<https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2023/05/intellectual-freedom-round-…> - ALA, 5/4/23 Have a good weekend, 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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UP Notable Book Club presents a Q&A session with Hilton Everett Moore about "North of Nelson: Stories of Michigan's Upper Peninsula - Volume 1"
by Victor R. Volkman 12 May '23

12 May '23

Please feel free to invite your patrons For Immediate Release… *Contact: Victor Volkman (734) 417-4266 President(a)UPPAA.org* www.UPPAA.org <https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&i…> UP Notable Book Club presents a Q&A session with Hilton Everett Moore about "North of Nelson: Stories of Michigan's Upper Peninsula - Volume 1" *Official Seal of the U.P. Notable Books <https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&i…> UP Notable Book Club:* the Crystal Falls Community District Library in partnership with the U.P. Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) has scheduled author events with winners of the /UP Notable Book List/. The 28th event is with Hilton Everett Moore's debut short story collection North of Nelson: Stories of Michigan's Upper Peninsula - Volume 1 <https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&i…>. Follow the ups and downs of residents over a span of 150 years in a fictional small community somewhere in Baraga County in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Some have compared the series from Silver Mountain Press to a Michener saga, albeit on a smaller scale. You can enjoy the book in paperback, hardcover, eBook, and audiobook editions. /*When: */June 8th, 2023 at 7 pm Eastern / 6 pm Central /*Where: */on the Zoom platform -- please contact Evelyn Gathu in advance by egathu(a)crystalfallslibrary.org <mailto:egathu@crystalfallslibrary.org?subject=UPNotableBooks&body=Please-send-me-the-zoom-link>, or by phone at (906) 875-3344. We recommend you borrow a copy of these books from your local library or purchase from your local bookseller in advance to get the most out of these events. *HILTON EVERETT MOORE* is a published short story author who lives and writes at his remote cabin in the near wilderness of Baraga County in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He has held many positions in his life including: a stint as a kennel man for a Humane Society, a factory worker, later as a certified pipe welder in the oil fields of West Texas, and also as an assistant manager of a lumber company. Ironically in a chapter he would like to forget, a gut-wrenching failed attempt at owning a restaurant. After a midlife crisis he went back to college and received a Master’s Degree in Social Work. Upon graduation, he was employed in the Michigan prison system as a Clinical Social Worker. Presently he enjoys writing in his cabin in the wilderness. He likes to fish with worms..** <https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&i…>The short stories, such as “A Shotgun Wedding", in /North of Nelson /are relatable to anyone. In this chapter, a woman felt forced to get married because of pregnancy and then found out she was not happy with the result. Many people have struggled when it came to pets and they were presented with problems that were not easily solved which was described in the chapter called “A Dog Named Bunny.” And the situation described in “The Irascible Pedagogue” is equally relatable. If only the protagonist had asked her to dance with him instead of getting cold feet, things would have turned out so much differently. That story reminded me of the movie /My Best Friend’s Wedding/ with Julia Roberts. Julia’s character did a whole host of things to win back her friend and take him from the person he was going to marry. I recommend this book because of the stories filled with touching moments about real-life situations and how the characters struggled to overcome their life challenges. Sometimes a problem took on a whole new life of its own without any solution. Moore provided the reader with the ramifications of many of the hardships the characters in his stories faced. I wanted to find out what was going to happen to the well-developed characters, individuals who resembled people I have met throughout my life. Moore brought to life the pain Nimkii experienced as a Native American woman and the pain of loneliness for a boy while he dealt with polio. I highly recommend North of Nelson, Vol. 1 <https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&i…> if you want to learn more about life during The Depression, about life at the Baraga orphanage, and other experiences from the past concerning the characters from Moore’s book who lived in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. -- read the full review <https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&i…> by Sharon Brunner, /U.P. Book Review/ More information about the U.P. Notable Book list, /U.P. Book Review, /and UPPAA can be found on www.UPNotable.com <https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&i…> *<https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&i…>About the Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association (UPPAA)* Established in 1998 to support authors and publishers who live in or write about Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, UPPAA is a Michigan nonprofit association with more than 100 members, many of whose books are featured on the organization’s website at www.uppaa.org <https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&i…>. UPPAA welcomes membership and participation from anyone with a UP connection who is interested in writing. # # # -- Regards, Victor R. Volkman, President L H Press Inc. www.LHPress.com

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Is there a link to sign up for the Eclipse kits?
by Beaver Island District Library 11 May '23

11 May '23

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LM's Library Science Collection - It's Storytime!
by Reish, Karren (MDE) 11 May '23

11 May '23

One of the highlights of children's library services is Storytime. It's an engaging way to introduce books and early literacy skills to children and parents. What are the current trends? Do you need some new ideas for themes or books? LM is highlighting topical Library Science titles from our collection in occasional emails. Here are selected titles on Storytimes purchased recently. You can search MeLCat for LM titles and you can also check our New Library Science Collection titles at https://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/libraries/libsci. Click on the ANSWER catalog link and use "Library Science Collection" as one of the search terms in the Advanced Search - Notes field and you will pull only the library science collection titles. REMINDER: Titles are available through interlibrary loan only right now, as our MeLCat delivery is temporarily offline while we prepare to move to a new catalog. You can find the information on interlibrary loan borrowing from the Library of Michigan here - https://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/about/libuseguidelines/guideforl…. The page references state employees, but libraries may also borrow from the collection through interlibrary loan. Please feel free to contact me if you have any issues getting a title. Storytime titles: * Storytime and beyond : having fun with early literacy / Kathy Barco and Melanie Borski-Howard / Libraries Unlimited, 2018. * Supercharged storytimes : an early literacy planning and assessment guide / Kathleen Campana, J. Elizabeth Mills, Saroj Nadkarni Ghoting / ALA Editions, 2016. * Get real with storytime : 52 weeks of early literacy programming with nonfiction and poetry / Julie Dietzel-Glair and Marianne Crandall Follis / Libraries Unlimited, 2016. * Let's talk about race in storytimes / Jessica Anne Bratt / ALA Editions, 2022. * Move, play, learn : interactive storytimes with music, movement, and more / Alyssa Jewell / ALA Editions, 2020. * Stories, songs, and stretches! : creating playful storytimes with yoga and movement / Katie Scherrer / ALA Editions, 2017. * 200+ original and adapted story program activities / Rob Reid / ALA Editions, 2018. * Early learning through play : library programming for diverse communities / Kristin Grabarek and Mary R. Lanni / Libraries Unlimited, 2019. The Library Science Collection at LM is made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Have a title you'd like us to purchase? Let me know! 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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Microfiche reader available
by bellairelibrary＠torchlake.com 11 May '23

11 May '23

We messed up and got a microfiche reader instead of a microfilm reader. It was purchased through eBay, and not only works, but is in the original packaging. The seller apparently have a few of these in his storage room and wanted to get rid of them. Free to whomever wants to either pick it up out pay for shipping. -- Cindi L. Place, MLIS Director, Bellaire Public Library bellairelibrary(a)torchlake.com 231-533-8814

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Locking CD cases
by Lorry Traver 11 May '23

11 May '23

Hi library land, The Ruth Hughes Library in Imlay City has approximately 200 locking CD cases to send to a new home. If you are interested, please let me know how many you would like and what your ZV code is. Thank you! -- “It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.” – S.I. Hayakawa *Lorry Traver* Pronouns: She/Her Youth Services Coordinator Ruth Hughes Memorial District Library 211 N. Almont Ave. Imlay City, MI 48444 ltraver(a)ruthhughes.org 810-724-8043 ext. 203

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Date Due Slips Are Gone
by Julia Eisenstein 11 May '23

11 May '23

Thanks everyone! -- Julia Eisenstein Library Professor University of Detroit Mercy

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Job Opportunity
by Abigail Vervaras 11 May '23

11 May '23

Job OpportunityPart Time Library AssistantRuth Hughes Memorial District Library is currently looking for an energetic, friendly, detail oriented person to join our staff as a Library Assistant. Please see below for all the details! *Library Assistant The Ruth Hughes Memorial District Library is looking for a friendly, public service oriented person to perform the duties of a Library Assistant. * *Regular duties include (but are not limited to) the following: * *General Summary: * Under the supervision and direction of the Service Area Coordinators, performs circulation related duties at both library branches. Serves as the manager at the Attica branch during assigned shifts. Provides direct service to patrons including locating and checking out materials. Training period of 90 days. *Essential Functions:* 1. Checks materials in and out to patrons, registers patrons for library cards, collects fees, and verifies information. 2. Assists library patrons by locating and reserving books and materials owned by the library and VLC libraries. 3. Educates the public in use of the Dewey Decimal System and HIP, Horizon Information Portal. 4. Instructs library patrons on the use of reference sources, digital resources, computers and the Internet, and efficient use of library services. 5. Maintains responsibility for properly handling any funds given in payment or contribution to the library. Maintains records as required including library usage. 6. Assists Department Coordinators in training and providing orientation to substitute staff. 7. Processes new and donated materials. 8. Assists in planning and preparing bulletin boards and displays. 9. Assists with maintaining the library in a clean, orderly and safe condition. 10. Performs other duties as assigned; some tasks may vary between library branches. *Employment Qualifications: * *Education:* High School Diploma or equivalent required. A minimum of two years of experience in libraries or in a customer service oriented field preferred. *Experience: *This is an entry-level position. Basic computer skills required; proficiency in Microsoft Office and experience with SirsiDynix Horizon desired. *Other Requirements:* Ability to work varied shifts including days, evenings, and weekends. *The qualifications listed above are intended to present the minimum skills and experience levels associated with performing the duties and responsibilities contained in this job description. The qualifications should not be viewed as expressing absolute employment or promotional standards, but as general guidelines that should be considered along with other job-related selection or promotional criteria. * *This job requires the ability to perform the essential functions contained in this job description. These include, but are not limited to, the following requirements and working conditions. Reasonable accommodations will be made for otherwise qualified applicants unable to fulfill one or more of these requirements.* *Physical Requirements: * a.) Stooping, bending and kneeling to package and unpack books and materials. b.) Prolonged periods of standing to assist patrons, search shelves and retrieve materials. c.) Ability to lift and carry books and other materials. d.) Ability to access office files. e.) Ability to enter and access information to a computer terminal. f.) Ability to operate the library and related equipment. g.) Ability to access all areas of the library including the branch location. h.) Ability to effectively communicate with others. i.) Ability to sit for long periods of time entering data. *Working Conditions: * a.) Exposure to books and other materials with molds, mildews and dust. b.) Requires some travel to the library branch and other locations for meetings and other purposes. *Wage and Benefits* Part-time: 10 - 15 hours per week, with some evenings and weekends. Wage: $12.00 per hour. Application Information Deadline: Open until filled. *Please send a current resume and cover letter to: * Ruth Hughes Memorial District Library Attn: Tracy Aldrich, Director 211 N. Almont Ave. Imlay City, MI 48444 taldrich(a)ruthhughes.org -- Abigail Vervaras, Technical Services Coordinator Ruth Hughes Memorial District Library 211 N. Almont Ave. Imlay City, MI 48444 avervaras(a)ruthhughes.org <taldrich(a)ruthhughes.org> 810-724-8043 ext. 206

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Date Due Slips Available
by Julia Eisenstein 11 May '23

11 May '23

Good Morning, Detroit Mercy has several boxes of date due slips available for anyone who wants them. We have three boxes of the three column (approximately 500/box) with adhesive backs. [image: 3 column.jpg] We have one almost full box of 2 column with the adhesive backs. [image: 2 column.jpg] We have about 200 of the 4 column with adhesive strips. [image: 4 column.jpg] Let me know if you want any of these. Thanks all! -- Julia Eisenstein Library Professor University of Detroit Mercy

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free color toner - zv341
by Joyce Gendron 10 May '23

10 May '23

Greetings all.. We have three unopened magenta color toner cartridges that would fit an HP 454dw laser jet printer. They are NOT HP brand and do not have chips. Give me your RIDES number and they're yours. Thank you, Waldron District Library ZV-341

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