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IN THIS ISSUE

Learning Live: Roundtable Discussions 3/8 and 3/15

The United for Libraries Learning Live for March will be two roundtable discussion opportunities. Attendees will participate in small group discussions via breakout rooms in Zoom using audio and video (optional). Registrants will indicate first and second choice breakout topics in the registration form.

Library Boards & Trustees

Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at 2 p.m. Eastern

Friends, Foundations, and Fundraising

Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 2 p.m. Eastern

Roundtable discussions will *not* be recorded. Each breakout will be asked to provide the top three suggestions/tips from the breakout room. These will be compiled for access by all personal and group members, and those in Statewide Group Member states and Statewide All Access states.

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Free ‘Keeping Governance on Track’ webinars March 29 and 31

Library boards are facing an increase in disruptions during board meetings, often making it difficult to conduct necessary board business. With the rise in challenges to library materials and programs, boards can be impacted internally (conflict/dissent among board members) and externally (public comment and disruptions from meeting observers).

In “Keeping Governance on Track,” professional parliamentarian Nancy Sylvester will share actions, training, and preparation boards and library directors can take now to be ready for problems and issues, and tips/best practices for handling in the moment problems/issues in board meetings. The March 29 webinar will address actions, training, preparation, etc. boards and library directors take to be prepared for problems/issues. The March 31 webinar will be a mock board meeting. This series is made possible by the Jack Neal Fund and organized by the United for Libraries Intellectual Freedom Task Force.

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New United for Libraries e-newsletter coming next week!

Watch your inbox for a new monthly e-newsletter from United for Libraries! Each issue will feature Good Ideas from the Network, upcoming events, curated content for Trustees, Friends, and Foundations, and more.

United for Libraries statewide membership is provided for all Michigan public library staff members and boards courtesy of the Library of Michigan and funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services..

This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Shannon White
Library Development Manager
Library of Michigan, 702 W. Kalamazoo, Lansing, MI 48909
Whites29@michigan.gov  517-335-1507 | www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan