Library of Michigan Continuing Education & COVID-19 Resources

Library of Michigan’s COVID-19 Resources, includes re-opening template, State of the Ex. Order’s, MiOSHA Employee/Employer Guides, and more: https://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,9327,7-381-88855_98256---,00.html
Additional Library-Specific COVID Information:

• Re-opening Lives Academy
• A growing, national COVID-19 specific resource set for library staff
• We Are Open During COVID-19: Serving Your Community Via Your Website
• Featuring Tracy Logan-Walker, Cadillac-Wexford Public Library and Laurie Golden, Canton Public Library

Continuing Education on LM’s Staff Skills Academy, includes Youth Services courses!

De-escalation & Customer Service Skills that Address Policy Enforcement:

• De-escalation – Recognizing and Responding to Tense Situations
• De-escalation – Skills and Practices

• Customer Service Strategies
• How to Handle Angry Customers

Our Most Popular Courses:

• Cataloging (from the Pioneer Library System)
• Dewey Decimal Classification System (from the Pioneer Library System)
• Addressing Homeless Issues

CARES Act Grant program

• Eligibility: Public libraries
• Deadline: MONDAY, JULY 6^TH
• Amount:
• PPE and Library Sanitization supplies and services - $500 plus $300 per branch location (NON-COMPETITIVE)
• Digital Inclusion supplies and services - $1,000 to $5,000 depending on Class Size (COMPETITIVE based on local unemployment, SNAP, Broadband availability and poverty levels)
• Grant Period: Summer 2020 to Summer 2021 (Dates TBA)
• Timeline:
• Application Review – June/July
• Grant Contracts Issued – July/August
• More Information: https://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,9327,7-381-88855_89739_99828---,00.html

REALM Project: Reopening Archives, Libraries, and Museums – a Research Project. Read the latest project updates (no findings official yet), sign-up to receive project updates. Provided by IMLS, OCLC and BATTELLE.

Social Justice Resources

School Library Journal Day of Dialog 2020 (Recorded)
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You with authors Jason Reynolds and Ibram Kendi.

The Children’s Books Council has issued an Anti-Racist Books for All list: https://www.cbcbooks.org/2020/06/04/anti-racist-books-for-all/.

Thursday’s #KidLit Rally was recorded on Facebook, featured Kwame Alexander, Linda Sue Park, Jacqueline Woodson,  and so many more, speaking directly to our youth followed with “grown-up” talk. You can find additional resources: https://bit.ly/KidLitLink.

In the News…

Discussing Race with Young Kids – First Steps, from SLJ 9.24.18

Nearly a third of Michigan educators mull quitting because of Coronavirus, Bridge, 6.4.2020.

Finally, please continue to encourage your community to complete the 2020 Census!!!  Resources and information can be found at: http://www.ala.org/advocacy/govinfo/census.

MiYouth meetings will continue on Wednesdays at 10:00 AM for at least a couple more weeks, so do join us! We will be hearing this week on the Social Justice resources in MeL as well as from the “Mi Library Quest” team.
MiYouth Meetings are weekly, at 10am on Wednesdays; they are not recorded.  
Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://michigan-host.zoom.us/j/506813991

Password: 454345

Or Telephone:

    Dial:

    USA 215 446 3657

    USA 8883634735 (US Toll Free)

    Conference code: 519921

If you’ve missed past weeks you can find all the notes/chatboxes here: https://bit.ly/MiYouthMeetings.
For a list of various Virtual Resources, including links to publishers, eBooks, trainings, etc: http://bit.ly/MiYouthVirtual

Have a good weekend,

Cathy Lancaster

Youth Services Coordinator

Library of Michigan
702 W. Kalamazoo St.
Lansing, MI 48915

LancasterC5@michigan.gov | 517-335-8129 | www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan

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