Category Archives: CMLE

CMLE, Communication, General

We Celebrate the life of Patricia Elizabeth Peterson

We love CMLE, the work we do, and the wonderful people across our library system. And a lot of that wonderful work here was started by our first Director: Patricia (Trish) Peterson. She passed away April 2, and we share information below about her life and her many community and family contributions.

“A Celebration of Life will be held at 4:00 p.m., Sunday, May 5, 2019 at Grace United Methodist Church in Paynesville, MN for Patricia Elizabeth Peterson, age 76, who died April 2 at The Waters of Edina Assisted Living surrounded by family and beloved caregivers. Internment will be at a later date in Iowa City, IA.

A gathering of relatives and friends will be held prior to the service from 2:00 to 3:45 p.m. at the church. A fellowship meal will follow the service. Arrangements are with Wenner Funeral Home in Cold Spring, MN.

Trish was born July 25, 1942 in Iowa City, IA to Gregory and Ruth (Green) Patterson. She married Sylvan Peterson on June 14, 1964 and together they raised two daughters. Trish graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor’s degree from Mayville State College. She earned a Master’s degree in Library Science from St. Cloud State University in 1979. Trish worked at Nekoma and Gackle High Schools in North Dakota; Lester Prairie and Kimball High Schools in Minnesota; and was Director of the Central MN Libraries Exchange. Trish was a member of ALA, AAUW, FEW, Friends of the Library, Friends of the Great River Regional Library, MN Library Association, Cold Spring Lioness Club, the Red Hat Society, and Phi Delta Kappa. After being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2003, she became an active member and contributor to the Parkinson’s Pipeline Project.

Trish was a true partner to her husband, Sylvan, of 55 years. She was a devoted mother, sister, and friend to many others. She will be remembered for her love of fishing and camping, her sense of humor, her strong work ethic, and her never-ending drive to be the best that she could be. Through her long battle with Parkinson’s disease she endured with an uncomplaining strength and grace. She will be dearly missed.

Survivors include husband, Sylvan; daughters, Deborah (Damien) and Christine; grandchildren, Madison, Elizabeth, Max, and Noah; sisters, Jean Prybil and Susan Berry, as well as many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Robert Patterson, brother-in-law, Gerald Prybil, sister-in-law Joanne (Smolak) Peterson; niece Kristen Peterson, and nephew, David Berry.

In lieu of flowers memorials are preferred to The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research

. P.O. Box 5014, Hagerstown, MD 21741-5014 www.michaeljfox.org

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CMLE, Programs

This Sunday, May 5th! Have Tea with CMLE!

Just a friendly reminder that this Sunday, May 5th at 10:30 is our CMLE Tea and Postcard Event at the Mad Hatter Tea House! Thank you to everyone that has RSVP’d, we are going to have a great time!

Yum!
  • Our reservation is for the Queen of Hearts tea service at 10:30am on Sunday, May 5th.
  • We will be covering the cost of the tea service for members that RSVP in advance! (Make sure you RSVP by Fri. May 3rd!)
  • We will also be providing postcards for members to sign that CMLE will mail to library stakeholders across our system. Spreading the word about the value of libraries (particularly school libraries!) is something we always strive for at CMLE.
  • This is our second time having a member tea event at the Mad Hatter. Read about our first event here.
  • Please email me with any questions: ajordan@cmle.org

Since our members work in school media centers, history centers, archives, public, and academic libraries, we really appreciate hearing about the variety 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! 

If you have not already RSVP’d, you can do so here:

CMLE, Guest Blogger, School Media Specialist, Services

Mary Berning CMLE Mini Grant Report: Author Visit

Tracy Nelson Maurer sharing her presentation with students.

This is a guest post from Mary Berning, District Library Media Specialist at Chisago Lakes Area Schools. Need a Mini Grant to purchase materials or try an interesting new program at your library? Apply today!

Who loves author visits? Students at Taylors Falls Elementary, that’s who!

Students participating in activities.

As part of this year’s I Love to Read month festivities, students met author Tracy Nelson Maurer. Tracy is the author of over a hundred books including Noah Webster’s Fighting Words and John Deere, That’s Who!, which won the 2018 American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture Book of the Year. Tracy presented three sessions. She shared props and photos with the students; she talked about being a writer. Kindergarten and first graders enjoyed listening to her read and sang a song about John Deere with her. Second through fifth graders learned how she became a writer, how she conducts research, and about the revision process. At the end of each session, Tracy gave students time to ask questions.

It was a fun and valuable learning experience for all! Thanks to CMLE for funding part of Tracy’s visit.

Watch this very fast, very cute video of students singing along:

CMLE, Podcast

Tomorrow: Season Five of Linking Our Libraries premieres!

Library community, we’ve got great news for you! Tomorrow will begin the fifth season of Linking Our Libraries podcast!!

We began our adventure into podcasting what feels like forever ago and are so happy we are able to continue sharing library information, skills, and leadership strategies with our community.

In Season Five we’ll be talking about practical skills that library people need to be successful in their work. For example, some of the episodes that we’ve already recorded include customer service, social media, and answering tech questions! All of these feature Guest Hosts that have experience in the areas they are discussing, and have plenty of tips you can use in your job.

Feel like getting a refresher? We have all our previous seasons available to stream on our website, or subscribe to our podcast on whatever app you like best! And THANK YOU for listening!

Season Four

Season Three

Season Two

Season One

CMLE, Programs

May is approaching and so is our tea event!

Come see this pretty place in person!

We are looking forward to Sunday, May 5th and our CMLE Tea and Postcard Event at the Mad Hatter Tea House in Anoka!

As one of Minnesota’s multitype systems, we’re always working to connect our members with each other. Library life can be challenging and isolating; come have tea with other library people from the area and share your stories of success and/or struggles!

Thank you to everyone that has already RSVP’d, we can’t wait to see you! If you are still thinking about joining us (and we hope you do!) here are more details:

  • Our reservation is for the Queen of Hearts tea service at 10:30am on Sunday, May 5th.
  • We will be covering the cost of the tea service for members that RSVP in advance!
  • We will also be providing postcards for members to sign that CMLE will mail to library stakeholders across our system. Spreading the word about the value of libraries (particularly school libraries!) is something we always strive for at CMLE.
  • This is our second time having a member tea event at the Mad Hatter. Read about our first event here.

Since our members work in school media centers, history centers, archives, public, and academic libraries, we really appreciate hearing about the variety 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! 

Please RSVP below, as we need to make reservations!