FYI for those interested in the Institute of Museum and Libraries initiative to bring libraries and museums into the early learning community. The webinar will be an introduction to Michigan library and museum communities’ work with children. The webinar is free. Karren Reish Library Grants Coordinator Library of Michigan 517-241-0021 reishk@michigan.gov<mailto:reishk@michigan.gov> From: Web - BUILD Initiative [mailto:meetings@meetings.readytalk.com] Subject: Meeting Invitation: BUILDing Partnerships for Supportive Communities: Tapping the Power of Libraries and Museums [cid:fbbdc0c2-f69e-4d15-a385-fabbb2b49a19@callinfo.com]<http://www.readytalk.com> BUILDing Partnerships for Supportive Communities: Tapping the Power of Libraries and Museums ________________________________ Meeting Description: Join us for a webinar to hear about the many and varied opportunities available to children and thier families from birth to 5 within and outside of the walls of libaries and musuems. Leaders from museums and libraries share the desire of early childhood state systems' leaders to create high quality early learning opportunities for children. Children live in, and are most significantly shaped by. families and communities. Libraries and museums serve families and are significant assets of the community. The BUILD Initiative and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) are partnering in a year-long effort to better integrate these asset institutions into the statewide early childhood systems being developed and enhanced throughout the country. [Register for Event]<https://cc.readytalk.com/r/rv4dcdxzauc0&eom> Details Date: Tue, Sep 2, 2014 Time: 02:00 PM EDT Duration: 1 hour Host(s): Web - BUILD Initiative Presenter Information Mel Drumm Ann Arbor Hand-On Museum ________________________________ Bob Dean Grand Rapids Children's Museum ________________________________ Tonya Mathews Michigan Science Center ________________________________ Karren Reish Michigan State Library ________________________________ Clara Bohrer West Bloomfield Township Library [Powered by Readytalk]<http://www.readytalk.com>