From now until we officially launch the website <https://nrr.ninja/> at the MLA Conference in October, we simply ask that you submit “No Reservation” company contact information. If it’s for a category not on the list above,
Please forgive the redundancy, but we’re going to send out reminders on a regular basis to build up our database. To date we have nearly 70 entries for 11 Cooperatives. The breakdown is as follows: Woodlands = 27 TLN = 25 White Pine = 9 All other co-ops: 0-1 In order to help everyone easily identify three bids or more (by Co-op boundaries), we need you to please consider adding your recommended vendors. We also want to encourage Co-op Directors to submit their recommended vendors (the more, the better!!) and nudge their directors to contribute. One of our goals is to eliminate the need to post to a listserv to ask for recommendations. We want NRR to fill your needs quickly and efficiently! Thanks, Rebecca *From:* Rebecca Higgerson <rhiggerson@brandonlibrary.org> *Sent:* Friday, July 19, 2019 2:57 PM *To:* 'michlib-l@mcls.org' <michlib-l@mcls.org>; 'directors@lists.tln.org' < directors@lists.tln.org> *Subject:* No Reservation Recommendations Dear Director Colleagues, In May 2018, the Woodlands Library Cooperative Continuing Education Committee, under Director Kate Pohjola Andrade, offered a workshop titled, “The care and feeding of our library buildings” in Jackson, Michigan. I attended and at the conclusion of the program Kate and I began discussing how public libraries could better share facilities-related information. As it often happens, the discussion grew into the larger issue of how libraries can share a wide variety of vendor information with each other without redundancy. The concept on which we settled was to offer a moderated website where directors can provide contact information for companies with whom they’ve had a positive experience. Thus “No Reservation Recommendations” (NRR) was born! Shauna Quick, Circulation Manager at Brandon Township Public Library, was brought into the project to design the website and ensure its functionality. Our “No Reservation Recommendations” website <https://nrr.ninja/> will provide you with more vendor options in an ever expanding area of categories and *arranged by cooperative boundaries*. However, in order to ensure that we have a robust database, we need all of you to submit those positive recommendations. Because, as we know, there is nothing better than recommendations from our trusted colleagues. To date we have the following categories (PLUS we are adding new ones as you let us know): · Attorneys · Auditors · Branding/Logos · Carpet · Doors · Electricians · Flooring · Maintenance Plans · Millage Campaigns · Other · Painters · People Counters · Phones · Plumbers · Printing/Copiers · Roofs · Security Staff · Security Systems · Strategic Plans (in-house) · Strategic Plans (contracted) please submit under “Other” and we’ll be happy to create a new category. *Also, if you are seeking information in a category not yet on the list, we are happy to put out a request to the listservs and ask our fellow directors to submit; simply email me directly and let me know.* We have a list of “rules” on the “Submit a Recommendation” page: - Only Library Directors may submit recommendations - Library Directors submit vendors with whom they have had positive experiences - Library Directors respond to requests from other libraries seeking more detail - It is the responsibility of the Library Director seeking recommendations to fully research the vendors beyond the NRR website - Anyone can access and review NRR recommendations This project will work only if directors state-wide get behind it and submit recommendations <https://nrr.ninja/>. So please submit always and often! https://nrr.ninja Sincerely, Rebecca Higgerson *Rebecca Higgerson* Director Brandon Twp Public Library 304 South Street Ortonville MI 48462 248-627-1474 *ENGAGE • EDUCATE • ENRICH • EMPOWER*