Reminder!! MeL Early Literacy and Elementary School eResources Workshops Scheduled for late August: Please Share!
August is flying!? In preparation for the new school year, the Library of Michigan has put together a week long training on Michigan eLibrary resources so you can help your pre-schoolers through 4 graders when they're back in school this Fall! The week of August 25th the following libraries will host our vendor trainers in a day long session at which you will learning how the eResources found most easily in MeL's Kids Gateway (Homework Helpers), http://mel.org/kids can best be used with your youth, students and so you can inform their parents and teachers, and academic librarians, your pre-service teachers and faculty! Each session will run 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with training beginning at 9:00 a.m. Five vendors will be joining us this week to showcase the eResources that we make available statewide in MeL: Gale, ProQuest, EBSCO, Scholastic, and WorldBook. The trainers will take you through their resources and show you how they align to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Morning coffee and lunch provided. Below you will find all the locations that we'll be visiting: August 25 - Canton Public Library, Canton, MI For more information and to register, contact: Laurie Golden, goldenl@cantonpl.org<mailto:goldenl@cantonpl.org> August 26 - Jackson College, Jackson, MI For more information and to register, contact: Stephanie DeLano Davis, davisstephand@jccmi.edu<mailto:davisstephand@jccmi.edu> or 517-796-8482 August 27 - Pere Marquette District Library, Clare, MI For more information and to register, contact: Irene Bancroft, ibancroft@mmlc.info<mailto:ibancroft@mmlc.info> or 810-232-7119 August 28 - Pickford Community Library, Pickford, MI (eastern Upper Peninsula; 45 minutes NE of St. Ignace) For more information contact: Ann Marie Smith, amsmith@uproc.lib.mi.us<mailto:amsmith@uproc.lib.mi.us> or 906-647-1288 To register contact: Pam Malmsten, pamm@uproc.lib.mi.us<mailto:pamm@uproc.lib.mi.us> or 906-228-5627 August 29 - Kent District Library Service Center, Comstock Park, (Grand Rapids area) MI For more information contact: Sheryl VanderWagen at 616-559-5253 x210 To register, go to: http://arwen.llcoop.org Please let me know if you have any questions and please feel free to share this training opportunity with your children's librarians and pre-school through 4th grade teachers or homeschool parents you may know. Looking forward to meeting you at the end of August! Kind regards, Deb Deb Biggs Thomas, MA AMLS Michigan eLibrary & Outreach Coordinator Library of Michigan/Michigan Dept. of Education 702 W. Kalamazoo St. Lansing, MI 48909 Phone: 517-373-4466 [LMSigforEmail] Visit MeL at: http://mel.org<http://mel.org/> and on Facebook at: http://facebook.com/mel.org The Library of Michigan is pleased to share a new video series highlighting Michigan libraries and how they are making a difference in their communities. To experience Michigan libraries in a new light, visit http://brightside.cedam.info/ and watch the 21st Century Libraries episode.
Hi All--this is a last reminder about the great opportunity to attend a training at 5 locations next week on MeL's early literacy/elementary school subscription eResources. Please see below for more information and registration! Thank you! Deb Deb Biggs Thomas Michigan eLibrary & Outreach Coordinator Library of Michigan 517.373.4466 Visit MeL at http://mel.org and http://facebook.com/mel.org ________________________________________ From: BiggThomas, Deb (MDE) Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2014 7:46 PM To: Michlib-l@lists. mcls. org (Michlib-l@lists.mcls.org); 'acad-ref@lists.mlcnet.org'; mi-acad-dirs@lists.mcls.org; mamelist@mail.mlcnet.org; meldatabases-list@mcls.org Subject: Reminder!! MeL Early Literacy and Elementary School eResources Workshops Scheduled for late August: Please Share! August is flying!? In preparation for the new school year, the Library of Michigan has put together a week long training on Michigan eLibrary resources so you can help your pre-schoolers through 4 graders when they’re back in school this Fall! The week of August 25th the following libraries will host our vendor trainers in a day long session at which you will learning how the eResources found most easily in MeL’s Kids Gateway (Homework Helpers), http://mel.org/kids can best be used with your youth, students and so you can inform their parents and teachers, and academic librarians, your pre-service teachers and faculty! Each session will run 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with training beginning at 9:00 a.m. Five vendors will be joining us this week to showcase the eResources that we make available statewide in MeL: Gale, ProQuest, EBSCO, Scholastic, and WorldBook. The trainers will take you through their resources and show you how they align to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Morning coffee and lunch provided. Below you will find all the locations that we’ll be visiting: August 25 – Canton Public Library, Canton, MI For more information and to register, contact: Laurie Golden, goldenl@cantonpl.org<mailto:goldenl@cantonpl.org> August 26 – Jackson College, Jackson, MI For more information and to register, contact: Stephanie DeLano Davis, davisstephand@jccmi.edu<mailto:davisstephand@jccmi.edu> or 517-796-8482 August 27 – Pere Marquette District Library, Clare, MI For more information and to register, contact: Irene Bancroft, ibancroft@mmlc.info<mailto:ibancroft@mmlc.info> or 810-232-7119 August 28 – Pickford Community Library, Pickford, MI (eastern Upper Peninsula; 45 minutes NE of St. Ignace) For more information contact: Ann Marie Smith, amsmith@uproc.lib.mi.us<mailto:amsmith@uproc.lib.mi.us> or 906-647-1288 To register contact: Pam Malmsten, pamm@uproc.lib.mi.us<mailto:pamm@uproc.lib.mi.us> or 906-228-5627 August 29 – Kent District Library Service Center, Comstock Park, (Grand Rapids area) MI For more information contact: Sheryl VanderWagen at 616-559-5253 x210 To register, go to: http://arwen.llcoop.org Please let me know if you have any questions and please feel free to share this training opportunity with your children’s librarians and pre-school through 4th grade teachers or homeschool parents you may know. Looking forward to meeting you at the end of August! Kind regards, Deb Deb Biggs Thomas, MA AMLS Michigan eLibrary & Outreach Coordinator Library of Michigan/Michigan Dept. of Education 702 W. Kalamazoo St. Lansing, MI 48909 Phone: 517-373-4466 [LMSigforEmail] Visit MeL at: http://mel.org<http://mel.org/> and on Facebook at: http://facebook.com/mel.org The Library of Michigan is pleased to share a new video series highlighting Michigan libraries and how they are making a difference in their communities. To experience Michigan libraries in a new light, visit http://brightside.cedam.info/ and watch the 21st Century Libraries episode.
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