We had a great virtual discussion on Monday around making new opportunities for our community members with virtual programming. Our guest, Alyson Lobert, Director of Commerce Township Community Library, provided a lot of information as well as tips and resources on what her library is doing as well as collaborative programming with neighboring libraries. To review the notes and find the recording link to this discussion visit our Google folder here: https://bit.ly/lm-adult (includes chat logs) With the news that libraries can begin with their reopening plans now on the table we are going to skip the June 8 meeting. Join us again on Monday, June 15 at 10:00 am to hear We use the same link each time we meet and all the resources provided can be found in the Google document. You can add your own questions and tips to this as well to share with your colleagues. On June 15 at 10:00 am Eastern we will hear from University of Michigan's Bryan Maxey. He will be sharing on the topic of MOOCs, massive open online courses, and related issues such as how to access MOOC content in low-bandwidth areas, where to find free MOOCs on various platforms, and some samples as well. We hope libraries continue to build on the skills and creativity that they have exhibited during the stay at home environment. Creating new opportunities for library engagement in a virtual environment is still going to be necessary in the current time and into the future. Please let us know if you have questions. Shannon Shannon White Library of Michigan, 702 W. Kalamazoo, Lansing, MI 48909 Whites29@michigan.gov<mailto:Whites29@michigan.gov> 517-335-1507 | www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan<http://www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan> Schedule: Tue-Fri, 8-5 From: White, Shannon (MDE) Sent: Monday, June 1, 2020 6:29 AM To: 'michlib-l@mcls.org' <michlib-l@mcls.org> Subject: New Opportunities in Adult Programming, Monday, June 1 at 10:00 am Eastern Our virtual meeting, New Opportunities in Adult Programming, is back after our Memorial Day holiday. Please join us at 10:00 am on Monday, June 1 to hear about how one library is moving into virtual programming and what they are doing around this new service opportunity from online baking programs, to self-care with a local therapist, and also moving into virtual program collaboration with neighboring libraries. Alyson Lobert, Director of Commerce Township Community Library, will be our guest on Monday, June 1. She will talk about how her library is working with virtual programming as an opportunity rather than a replacement and the successes they have found with the availability of virtual presenters for online programs that were otherwise prohibitively expensive to have in-person. Alyson will delve into making the new virtual experiences more interactive with participant engagement and how the library reached out to the community to find out what they want in the future and how their opinions may differ from what you expect. You can always find our meeting notes from each week's virtual meeting in this Google folder https://bit.ly/lm-adult (includes chat logs). You can also find recordings for each week in this document. We will save the recordings to the cloud for a few weeks each. If you missed an earlier one you can find a recordings there for a few weeks. We use the same connection links every week so join us either online or by phone at: https://michigan-host.zoom.us/j/98381393043?pwd=YkJJUkdGZFV5VEVvckVJY3g3R3hu... Password: 340524 Telephone: 216 706 7005 OR 8664345269 (US Toll Free) Conference code: 579192 Let us know if you have questions. See you this morning. Shannon White Library of Michigan, 702 W. Kalamazoo, Lansing, MI 48909 Whites29@michigan.gov<mailto:Whites29@michigan.gov> 517-335-1507 | www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan<http://www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan> Schedule: Tue-Fri, 8-5