Please let your Friends groups know about the upcoming "FOML Spring Workshop and Fred Ruffner Symposium" that will be held on Thursday, April 23rd at the Rochester Hills Public Library. For a full agenda and link to register online, visit: http://foml.org/eventsconferences/2015-spring-workshop/ The theme is *“Community Engagement: How Friends Can Promote the Value of Your Library”* ​The synopsis ​:​ Friends can play a vital role as advocates for the library and its services. What are some of the strategies that Friends can undertake to promote and increase the value of the library? How can Friends work with the director, library staff, and trustees to carry out cooperative and collaborative activities which make the library a center of community engagement? ​ Topics ​and speakers ​ include: - "Telling Your Library Story" by our Fred Ruffner Symposium speaker John Pelegrino from Gale/Cengage Learning - "Success Stories: How Our Friends Promoted Our Millage" with Doreen Hannon, Director of the Salem-South Lyon Library - and Kris Rzepczynski, Archivist at the Archives of Michigan, speaking about "Our Michigan Archives" ​ FOML will also hold the annual meeting for the membership and present the 2014 Outstanding Friends of the Library Merit Awards. These workshops are a great time to network with other Friends groups, tour the Rochester Hills Public Library, and spend a day learning how to support your library! ​with regards, Paul Snyder, FOML President attachment: workshop registration form ​ -- Linda Pierce Administrative Specialist Kettering Library Phone: (810) 762-9840 Fax: (810) 762-9744 1700 University Avenue ~ Flint, MI 48504 Kettering University