As you probably know, CMLE is a multitype library system. That means we have 300+ organizations as members, and they are libraries of all types: schools, public, academic, and special.
(Yes. Of course they are ALL special! But “special” in library lingo means libraries in a big catch-all category, including hospitals, history centers, prisons, insurance companies, military bases, and more.)
We cover the geographic area of twelve counties. If you are a library in one of those counties, you are a CMLE member! Great!! We are so glad you are here
There are seven of us across the state of Minnesota, and while we all do some slightly different things essentially we are all the same: here to help support our members and help them do some advocacy and education!
I think we are pretty great! (I am ever so slightly biased in that opinion!) And we would like to be even more useful to our members across the state.
So we hired a really good library consultant to come work with us on making a strategic plan. Part of that work, of course, is to find out what people all over the state think.
And thus: the Big Ask!
If you are reading this, and work in a library in Minnesota – no matter what you do, no matter whether you are certified/degreed or not, whether you are full time or part time, no matter whether someone else said it was okay to do it, WE WANT YOU!
(I’m learning to speak Minnesotan, so trying to make sure there are NO shrinking violets in the background thinking “oh, she doesn’t mean me.” YES! I MEAN YOU!!!)
Fill out our survey, right here.
Then, send it to a friend or a colleague!! That person sitting next to you? Forward it to them! Someone in a neighboring school library? Forward it to them! Someone you might not really know yet, but know their email address in their library? Forward it to them, and enjoy this great opportunity to meet nice new people!
Thanks so much for doing this!!!
We want to be helpful, we want to do good things for our members. We are spoiled, because our members are always out doing neat things. We want to be ready to provide whatever help we can to help you do even more neat things!!
The seven multicounty multitype library systems (MCMT) are developing a strategic plan to guide future cooperative efforts. We are conducting a survey to learn more about the needs of member libraries to understand more about your satisfaction with past programs and your ideas for future programs.
Your voice is very important! Please help us design a flexible plan that will help us make day-to-day and long-term decisions.
This survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete. All responses are anonymous and will only be shared in a summary report with the MCMT coordinating council members.
Please CLICK HERE to register to join a virtual focus group to give additional feedback to us.
We encourage you to forward this survey to others in the Minnesota library sector.
Please respond by: 11:59 p.m. on Monday, September 30
Thank you for your time! If you have any questions about the survey, please contact Amanda Standerfer (strategic planning process facilitator) at amanda@standerferconsulting.com.