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Meetup Events in January (including one this week!)

Happy Monday, friends! The holidays may be over but we have plenty of opportunities to get together and enjoy some book-related fun this month.

This week on Wednesday, January 8th from 5:30-7:30pm we will be having our next Relaxed Readers Meetup event! We will be meeting at Mexican Village Downtown. RSVP here!

Our book group had the option to all read the same book this month (Gretchen Rubin’s The Happiness Project) but this is absolutely not required reading. I loved hearing about all the different books people were reading last month! 📚

Can’t make it this week?

We have more meetups planned this month (read below) and will soon have a February date to share, too!

Tuesday, Jan. 21st 6 – 8pm: Crafting Meetup!
Bring your craft project to the session, and let’s have some time to chat and get some work done. Be prepared to admire other people’s work! Join us in the small meeting room at the St Cloud public library; just come in the front door, turn right, and we are in the second room. RSVP here.

Thursday, Jan. 23rd 6-8pm: Read Your Book Session at Crossroads Center
Did you set a New Year’s resolution to read more books, or do you like to read and lack the time? Join us!
We will be in the food court in Crossroads Mall in St. Cloud, all sitting together with our books. You can snack or have dinner at any of the venues, or just enjoy your book. Come in and out on your schedule – we’ll just be happy to see you! RSVP here.

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Episode 603: Integrating Tech with Literacy Education

This week we look at strategies you can use to connect technology with literacy skills!

Check our show notes page, to get links to all the resources and links to the books we discussed.

Welcome to our Guest Host Jason Menth, Technology Integrationist at Talahi Community School in St Cloud, MN!

Schools are all about building good literacy skills for students, and the library is an important part of that work! Sure, there are probably a bunch of good books to read – and that’s important. And then, what else can we provide to help kids build their literacy skills?

A few tech tools can go a long way toward encouraging kids to connect with reading, to find some books they enjoy, and to improve performance in school and beyond!

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Episode 602: Professional Development

Our full shownotes page is here. We have links to other resources, and to the books we shared this week!

This week we look at ideas about professional development for library people. We are a fast-moving and ever-changing profession. People who are not keeping up with professional development get left behind – and nobody wants that!

This week we have a returning Guest Host, Leah Larson, LSTA Coordinator at the Minnesota State Library Services.

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Season 6 Linking Our Libraries Podcast: Episode 601: Working With Teachers! 🎧

We are so happy to be with you again, as we start Season Six of Linking Our Libraries!

You can get our full show notes page here, with links to all the other resources, and links to the books we shared this week.

This week we will work through one of the most important skills for a school library or media center staffer: connecting your services with the teachers in your school. Even if you are not in a school library right now, these partnership skills will always be useful in connecting with your community members and stakeholders.

Our Guest Host this week is Amy Moe, who can share her experience and suggestions on this topic from her time as an Instructional Technology Specialist at Pine Meadow Elementary school! Thank you so much for recording with us, Amy! 😊

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Join Relaxed Readers in January!

We were so impressed by the great turnout to our first Relaxed Readers Meetup Event last week! Thank you to everyone that came and talked about books with us. The conversation was interesting and engaging and the food was yummy!

The next event we have planned for our Relaxed Readers Meetup Group is on Wednesday, January 8th from 5:30 – 7:30pm at Mexican Village Downtown St. Cloud.

We will have an optional “we’re all reading it!” book; you can vote for your choice here. (This is optional – we are fine if you bring yourself and a book or two you’ve read.)

RSVP here! These events are open to anyone that likes to read, not just CMLE members. As our name implies, we are not going to quiz you about books or tease you about what you like to read. We encourage enjoyment of all books, and love to hear what others are reading!! 📚

You can find more information on our Meetup Group site. Hope to see you next month! 😊