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CMLE, Programs

A Delightful and Tasty Tea Event

Last weekend, CMLE members came together to celebrate libraries! We met at the Mad Hatter Tea House in Anoka and were immediately charmed by the house and the grounds.

Leading up to the entrance were these informative signs that told us all about the history of the Woodbury House and how it came to be the tea house it is today!

Look how inviting the entrance is! Colorful and happily decorated for fall!

The dining room where we sat made me want to completely redecorate my living room. The Alice in Wonderland theme was incorporated in a subdued way that gave the room a classy yet comfortable feeling. We made our introductions and happily got down to a library discussion while waiting for our first tea selections to arrive.

Many of the members who came to tea are true tea aficionados. I am not, but definitely enjoy the beverage. However, this tea service made me want to drink tea (especially from gorgeous china) all day, every day!

And then the food arrived!

Yes, it was even better than it looks. Scones, savory sandwiches with various types of cheeses, and decadent desserts were heartily enjoyed by all.

We had a fabulous time at the Mad Hatter! It was great to see both old and new faces and enjoy some library conversation.

If you didn’t make it but want to meet some other people in the CMLE library world, mark your calendars for Tuesday December 18th! Our next Library Advocacy Postcard Party will take place at the Local Blend in St. Joe from 3pm – 5pm. It won’t be quite as fancy as this event but we’re still looking forward to it, and to seeing you there!

 

 

Advocacy, CMLE, Communication, Programs

Tomorrow: Location change! Postcard Party held at CMLE HQ instead

While we are definitely disappointed after looking at the weather forecast for tomorrow (chilly with a side of rainy) we will not be discouraged from our library advocacy efforts! Keep in mind this is Banned Books Week, and writing to library stakeholders about the importance of libraries is a great way to celebrate the right to read!

Stop by our CMLE office tomorrow between 11am – 1pm (although we’re here all day!) to fill out postcards to send to legislators, stakeholders, school board members, principals, and anyone else that needs to learn about the value of libraries. As an additional treat, Official Office Dog Lady Grey will be in attendance to offer encouragement!

We’ll have the postcards, sample text you can use, library facts, and of course, snacks. We will mail your completed postcards too.

Hope to see you tomorrow! We are located inside the cmERDC building at 570 1st St. SE St. Cloud MN 56304. The photo is the outside of our building.

CMLE, General, Programs

RSVP today for a scholarship to attend CMLE’s Tea Social Event!

We are very excited for our upcoming event at the Mad Hatter Tea House in Anoka, taking place Sunday Sept. 30th at 10:30am.

If you’d like to come to this event, we want to make it as easy on you as possible. That’s why if you RSVP by the end of today, Monday Sept. 24th, we will cover the cost of your Queen of Hearts tea service. Really, if you are a library person, we want you to be able to come and connect with other library folks in the system! RSVP at the bottom of this post.

CMLE is a multitype library system. Our members work in school media centers, history centers, archives, public, and academic libraries, and more. We work to provide opportunities for our members that work in these different libraries to get together and discuss the various library victories and challenges that everyone faces in some form in the library world.
Who knows, you could make a new friend or form some useful professional connections! (Plus, there’s tea and fancy sandwiches involved!)

We hope you can make it! Please RSVP below:

CMLE, Programs

Are you coming to tea with CMLE?

Getting together with our members in person is always something we value at CMLE. Since our members work in school media centers, history centers, archives, public, and academic libraries, we really appreciate learning about the diversity of tasks and challenges you handle every day! Plus, we love when our members get to meet each other and form connections across different types of libraries.

So, with that in mind, we are excitedly looking forward to our CMLE Tea event on September 30th! This will take place at the Mad Hatter Restaurant, in Anoka at 10:30am. (Have you been there before? We have not and are really excited, it looks like a delightful place!)

To make this event more accessible to our members we are also offering “scholarships” to CMLE members who RSVP to us by Monday, Sept 24. We will cover the cost of your Queen of Hearts tea service if you respond below. (We need to make reservations!)

Advocacy, CMLE, Communication, Programs

Two Upcoming CMLE Social Events!

There are so many reasons September is great: back to school, pumpkin spice lattes, and TWO opportunities for you to connect with other awesome library folks! We want to meet in different places, so we can try out new things, and we can be closer to different members at different times.

On Tuesday, September 25th, we’ll be having a Postcard Party in the Park! Join us at Munsinger Gardens in St. Cloud from 11-1pm and let’s do some library advocacy! We provide postcards and postage, along with sample text, and we write to our legislators and local decision makers to urge them to support all types of libraries.

 

And on Sunday, September 30th, we’re doing something a little extra special: having tea! Join us at the Mad Hatter Restaurant, in Anoka at 10:30am. We do ask that you RSVP if you plan to join us for this event. We’ll talk libraries, hear about summer adventures, and enjoy delicious refreshments!

 

We hope to see you at one or both of our events. One of our goals as a multitype system is to connect members of the library community with each other, to network and share ideas and challenges. We can’t wait to see you!