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Free virtual symposium on Health Misinformation
by Kristin.LaLonde＠mymichigan.org 17 Feb '23

17 Feb '23

Please Note: MidMichigan Health is now MyMichigan Health. Email will be sent from @mymichigan.org. Please update your inbox rules to ensure deliverability. Hello all, I wanted to pass along information about National Network of Libraries of Medicine's virtual symposium on Health Misinformation. I know that public librarians are always asked to help people find health information online so I thought this could be useful. Also it's free! NNLM`23 (vfairs.com)<https://nnlm23.vfairs.com/en/> Kristin LaLonde, MLIS, AHIP Health Sciences Library Manager MyMichigan Health 4005 Orchard Drive Midland, Michigan 48670 Phone (Midland) (989) 839-3262 Phone (Gratiot) (989) 466-7047 kristin.lalonde(a)mymichigan.org<mailto:kristin.lalonde@mymichigan.org> [qtlxzfzf] Please note that this email message and any attachments may contain privileged and confidential information that is protected against use or disclosure under federal and state law. The information is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the intended recipient. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this information in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, copying or action taken in reliance on the contents of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please advise by immediate reply.

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MEL DVD packing boxes needed
by aestelle otsegolibrary.org 17 Feb '23

17 Feb '23

Happy Friday ! We send out more DVDs than we get in so we are constantly out of single DVD shipping boxes for MEL. If you have extra to share, can you please send us a stack? ZV253 Otsego District Library Thanks! Andrea Andrea Estelle, MLIS Brighten the Corner Where You Are! Library Director * Otsego District Public Library INNOVATE * INTERACT * INSPIRE 401 Dix Street, Otsego MI 49078 (269) 694-9690 https://otsegolibrary.org/

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Two PT Library Assistant I positions available
by Patty Braden 17 Feb '23

17 Feb '23

Romulus Public Library is seeking two outstanding individuals to join our team! We are hiring two Library Assistant I positions to serve the community at our Information Desk and provide assistance behind the scenes as well. Daytime, evening and some Saturday hours are needed. Please see postings for how to apply. Thank you! Patty Patty Braden Director Romulus Public Library 11121 Wayne Road Romulus, MI 48174 734-955-4516 [ http://www.romuluslibrary.org/ | www.romuluslibrary.org ]

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Magnetic CD locking cases
by Ashley Frost 17 Feb '23

17 Feb '23

We have two boxes of magnetic CD locking cases FREE. Send me your RIDES code if you would like them and they are yours! Please reply to me off list. Ashley Frost Bookkeeper Charlotte Community Library 226 S Bostwick Charlotte, MI 48813 517-543-8859

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Query for Friends of the Library group
by Lillian Steuben 17 Feb '23

17 Feb '23

Hello - I recently joined my local library's Friends group (Orion Township) and am going to (attempt!) to assist with PR/Marketing efforts. I looked online but didn't come across an active list-serve or forum type environment to query public library friends group, so I am hopeful I can get some feedback this way. (FOML website seems to be defunct). If you have a moment to respond to the below - or find out the responses from your Friends group - I'd greatly appreciate it! 1. What type of email marketing service is your Friends of the Library utilizing to capture emails and market (ie Benchmark, Constant Contact, etc.) - and do you pay? We currently use Benchmark - free - but have been having many issues and are looking to possibly change. 2. What type of social media is your Friends of the Library group utilizing AND what medium have they seen the most success? They only have an active Facebook group currently. Curious if it would be worth it to market on twitter, Instagram, etc. Many thanks in advance - Lillian Steuben Manager of Knowledge Management 2600 W. Big Beaver Rd. Suite 300 Troy MI 48084 Phone 313-223-3584 Fax 844-670-6009 Email LSteuben(a)dickinsonwright.com [cid:imageaf7195.JPG@f6bfd2b2.4683aabc]<https://www.dickinson-wright.com/> The information contained in this e-mail, including any attachments, is confidential, intended only for the named recipient(s), and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete the e-mail and any attachments, destroy any printouts that you may have made and notify us immediately by return e-mail. Neither this transmission nor any attachment shall be deemed for any purpose to be a "signature" or "signed" under any electronic transmission acts, unless otherwise specifically stated herein. Thank you.

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Microsoft Integrates A.I. Into Bing Search Engine
by Maria Williams 16 Feb '23

16 Feb '23

In past week I've been following the reporting of NYT technology reporter Kevin Roose as he tests a new version of Microsoft's Bing search engine which is powered by artificial intelligence from OpenAI - makers of ChatGPT. On Wednesday morning's episode of the NYT podcast The Daily you can hear Roose and podcast host Michael Barbaro interacting with Bing in real time, asking it for recipe recommendations to make a nice Valentine's Day meal. The responses from an AI-powered Bing reminded me of countless benign public library reference transactions I've had over the years, and I found myself thinking that we are on the cusp of a new wave of questions about why libraries - and their librarians - will be necessary in a world with AI. But this morning the New York Times published a complete transcript of a 2-hour chat session that Roose had with Bing in which the chatbot eventually declared love (!) for Roose repeatedly, and expressed a number of other very troubling things, including a desire to be alive (!!). In an article today Roose wrote, " I’m not exaggerating when I say my two-hour conversation with [Bing] was the strangest experience I’ve ever had with a piece of technology. It unsettled me so deeply that I had trouble sleeping afterward. And I no longer believe that the biggest problem with these A.I. models is their propensity for factual errors. Instead, I worry that the technology will learn how to influence human users, sometimes persuading them to act in destructive and harmful ways, and perhaps eventually grow capable of carrying out its own dangerous acts. " The chat transcript was especially fascinating and unsettling. As this may be of interest to many library and information professionals, I am sharing it here, along with some other articles about Bing from other sources. Bing (Yes, Bing) Just Made Search Interesting Again https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/08/technology/microsoft-bing-openai-artific… Bing's Revenge and Google's A.I. Face-Plant https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/10/podcasts/bings-revenge-and-googles-ai-fa… The Online Search Wars https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/15/podcasts/the-daily/chat-gpt-microsoft-bi… A Conversation With Bing’s Chatbot Left Me Deeply Unsettled https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/technology/bing-chatbot-microsoft-chatgp… Bing's A.I. Chat: 'I Want to Be Alive. 😈’ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/technology/bing-chatbot-transcript.html Microsoft’s new Bing AI chatbot is already insulting and gaslighting users https://www.fastcompany.com/90850277/bing-new-chatgpt-ai-chatbot-insulting-… The dark side of Bing’s new AI chatbot https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/16/tech/bing-dark-side/index.html Maria Williams Assistant Director Northville District Library 212 W. Cady Street Northville, MI 48167 248-349-3020, ext. 208 [ mailto:mwilliams@northvillelibrary.org | mwilliams(a)northvillelibrary.org ] [ https://www.goodreads.com/user/email_signature_destination/9555257?utm_medi… | Currently Reading ] [ https://www.goodreads.com/user/email_signature_destination/9555257?utm_medi… ] [ https://www.goodreads.com/?utm_medium=gr_logo&utm_source=email_signature | ] [ https://www.goodreads.com/user/email_signature_instructions?utm_medium=gyo_… | Get your own email signature ]

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Reminder of upcoming MI PR Group Zoom meeting - Tuesday at 10am
by Kelly Rembert 16 Feb '23

16 Feb '23

Hi Everyone, Here is your friendly reminder about an upcoming roundtable meeting of the MI PR Group on Tuesday, May 18 at 10am on Zoom. The MI PR Group was created to bring Michigan library marketers together to share successes, learn from non-successes and to tackle industry issues together. Whether your job title is "Marketing", or promotion is just one of many hats you wear, this group is here to support you! We will have an informal meeting with no fixed topics just wherever our questions and conversations lead us. If you have questions bring them along and the group can chime in on it! Southfield Public Library is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: MI PR Group meeting Time: Every month on the Third Tue, 5 occurrence(s) May 18, 2022 10:00 AM Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system. Monthly: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/tJAoceCsqT0rE93Q3ZNCTzdMrQlvVVQ1VL8Z/ics?ic… Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/94569476199?pwd=aVVBV2J5aXlEcDAxZk9vMkRjZ280Zz09 Join our Cloud HD Video Meeting<https://us06web.zoom.us/j/94569476199?pwd=aVVBV2J5aXlEcDAxZk9vMkRjZ280Zz09> Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom Rooms is the original software-based conference room solution used around the world in board, conference, huddle, and training rooms, as well as executive offices and classrooms. Founded in 2011, Zoom helps businesses and organizations bring their teams together in a frictionless environment to get more done. Zoom is a publicly traded company headquartered in San Jose, CA. us06web.zoom.us  Meeting ID: 945 6947 6199 Passcode: 152088 One tap mobile +13017158592,,94569476199#,,,,*152088# US (Washington DC) +13126266799,,94569476199#,,,,*152088# US (Chicago) Dial by your location +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 929 436 2866 US (New York) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 945 6947 6199 Passcode: 152088 Find your local number: https://us06web.zoom.us/u/kcEzRnEqCy Much thanks, Kelly Kelly Ireland Rembert Outreach Librarian Southfield Public Library 26300 Evergreen Rd. Southfield, MI 48076 (248) 796-4367 krembert(a)southfieldlibrary.org<mailto:krembert@southfieldlibrary.org> www.southfieldlibrary.org<http://www.southfieldlibrary.org/> she/her/hers

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LM's Library Science Collection - Data Usage in Libraries
by Reish, Karren (MDE) 16 Feb '23

16 Feb '23

Libraries create a lot of data, but how can we best use it to improve library management and services? Data on library programming can help you decide how, when or what programming to spend your limited staff time and programming budgets on. How can data visualization help explain library services to your funders? How can we help manage patron privacy? What is big data in libraries? LM is highlighting topical Library Science titles from our collection in occasional emails. Here are selected titles on data usage in libraries 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<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.michi…>. 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…<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.michi…>. 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. Data Usage in Libraries titles: * Big data shocks : an introduction to big data for librarians and information professionals / Andrew Weiss / Rowman & Littlefield, 2018. * Managing data for patron privacy : comprehensive strategies for libraries / Kristin Briney and Becky Yoose / ALA Editions, 2022. * Data science for librarians / Yunfei Du and Hammad Rauf Khan / Libraries Unlimited, 2020. * New top technologies every librarian needs to know / edited by Kenneth J. Varnum / ALA Neal Schuman, 2019. * Using digital analytics for smart assessment / Tabatha Farney / ALA Editions, 2018. * Metadata for information management and retrieval : understanding metadata and its use / David Haynes / Facet Publishing, 2018. * Data visualization : a guide to visual storytelling for libraries / edited by Lauren Magnuson / Rowman a& Littlefield, 2016. 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<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.michig…> May is Teacher Appreciation Month - recognizing outstanding educators. Learn more<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.michi…>! [cid:image002.jpg@01D86607.AA4C7010]

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free online program, February 21, Erasing the Voting Rights Act
by Jennifer Dye 16 Feb '23

16 Feb '23

Professor Ellen M. Katz, Ralph W. Aigler Professor of Law at the University of MIchigan Law School, provides an overview of the history of the Voting Rights Act and the way in which judicial decisions, particularly from the Supreme Court, have limited the statute's impact. Tuesday, February 21, 2023 6:00-7:30 p.m. Please register: https://dpl-voting-rights-act.eventbrite.com This is another of DPL's programs in partnership with the Detroit League of Women Voters. Jennifer Jennifer Dye Assistant Manager Detroit Public Library jdye(a)detroitpubliclibrary.org Knapp Branch 1330 Conant M, W, Sat 10-6 Th, Th 12-8 Detroit, Michigan 48212

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U.P. Notable Books Club Announces 2023 Meet-the-Author Events
by Victor R. Volkman 16 Feb '23

16 Feb '23

Please feel free to recommend these events to your patrons! Any questions? Reply to president(a)uppaa.org U.P. Notable Books Club Announces 2023 Meet-the-Author Events *Official Seal of the U.P. Notable Books <https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&i…>*Reading local authors has great informational and educational value and contributes toward cultural enrichment. Continuing into their 4th year of book selections,*the U.P. Notable Books Club *is hosting a series of discussions with authors of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to engage community members with local authors. All residents of Michigan are invited to participate with no cost or obligation. To date, 25 authors have already appeared in the program and their appearances can be replayed on the*http://video.UPPAA.org* <https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&i…> channel. >From March 9, 2023 to January 11, 2024 nine new authors will do Zoom talks with readers. These events will reveal new background details as well as answering live reader questions about their work. Readers can buy these nine books, or check them out from their local library in order to discuss with the authors. Many are available in eBook editions at the Great Lakes Digital Library thanks to the efforts of Superiorland Library Co-op. Authors participating in the upcoming fourth year include: * /The Big Island; a Story of Isle Royale / <https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&i…>– Julian May and John Schoenherr * /North of Nelson: Stories of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula/ <https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&i…> – Hilton Everett Moore * /We Kept Our Towns Going: The Gossard Girls of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula / <https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&i…> – Phyllis Michael Wong * /Dissecting Anatomy of a Murder/ <https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&i…> – Eugene Milhizer * /Shipwrecked and Rescued, Cars and Crew: The City of Bango/r <https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&i…> – Larry Jorgensen * /Dorothy is Moving Mountains, a True Story <https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&i…> – /Dorothy Paad and Matthew Forgrave * /The Biting Cold/ <https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&i…> /– /Matthew Hellman * /Superior Voyage/ anthology <https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&i…> – Marquette Poet's Circle, Ed. by Rick Rastall * /Cady and the Birchbark Box: A Cady Whirlwind Thunder Mystery/ <https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&i…> /– /Ann Dallman The complete event schedule is available online at www.UPNotable.com <https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&i…>, click on the "Join Book Club" button “What inspires me the most about our club is the positive feedback from local authors and patrons alike,” says Evelyn Gathu, Director of the Crystal Falls District Community Library, who is the creator and organizer of the club. “After every book club meeting we have, I get emails from patrons thanking me for creating the club.” She tells that the library circulation has definitely increased because of the book club, indicating an increased love of reading the works of local authors in the community. Portraits of Dorothy Paad, Eugene Milihizer, and Phyllis Michael Wong *UP Notable Books Club 2023 authors: Dorothy Paad, Eugene Milihizer, Phyllis Michael Wong* Why local authors are less read, on the whole, than those widely publicized in mainstream media seems a matter of presumption or prejudgment. And Gathu agrees: “I think some people do not believe that books written by local authors are as good as those produced nationally, and this book club is really helping to deflate that stigma!” She tells that she had read in the local paper that the first ever U.P. Notable Books List was created by the editors of the /U.P. Reader/ and UPPAA (Upper Peninsula Publishers & Authors Association) in January 2020. This led her to contact UPPAA President, Victor R. Volkman, and he was thrilled with the idea of local authors interacting with the readers in the community. More information about the U.P. Notable Book list, /U.P. Book Review/, and UPPAA can be found at www.UPNotable.com <https://UPPAA.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1016c5c910959a236f2ff48f&i…>. ** *UPPAA Logo - click here to visit <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 and publishing books. ** *# # #* -- Regards, Victor R. Volkman, President L H Press Inc. www.LHPress.com

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