Category Archives: Communication

Communication, Resources

Call for proposals – case studies for distance education book

Lighthouse Ameland distance
We are passing on this call for chapters by people working with distance patrons. As with any call, grant proposal, or policy – if you are interested but not sure how to get started, you can contact us at CMLE Headquarters. We are ready to help you with ideas, writing, and editing of your work, to support you in offering interesting new ideas to the profession or to your community!

Call for Proposals:

Book Title: Library Services for Online Patrons: A Manual for Facilitating Access, Learning, and Engagement

Publication spring/summer 2018, ABC-CLIO/ Libraries Unlimited

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Communication, Resources

State Library Services Update!

Updates from State Library Services

Libraries Serving Youth Meetup
The Libraries Serving Youth Meetup is an annual opportunity for school librarians and public librarians to meet, network and share ideas. This year, attendees will have a chance to connect and develop creative ideas with colleagues around the topic of makerspaces.

School and public librarians are invited to join us at SPNN in Saint Paul (550 Vandalia Street, Suite 170) for the Meetup on Saturday, April 22, 2017, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., followed by an optional stop-motion animation workshop, 2-4 p.m. Register today for the Libraries Serving Youth Meetup. Attendees should plan to bring a bag lunch. Please contact Jen Verbrugge (651-582-8356) if you have questions.

Learn How Your Library Can Fill Hungry Bellies
Begin planning your library’s participation as a summer food site by attending an informational webinar on March 7, 2017, at 11 a.m. Jenny Butcher, USDA Summer Food Service Program coordinator at MDE, will share how you can get involved. There is no need to pre-register. Please join the Summer and At-Risk Food Programs for Kids WebEx meeting online (meeting number 591 243 422) or call in at 1-888-742-5095 (conference code 874 403 3672). Please contact Jen Verbrugge (651-582-8356) if you have questions.  Continue reading State Library Services Update! →

Communication, Programs, Resources

Does your library use programs in a box?

CMLE is passing on this survey, available to any of our members who are using programs in a box!
“I’m gathering information about what kinds of “Programs in a Box” or “Kits” programs public libraries around the country offer for kids and/or teens.
If your library offers this kind of all-inclusive program please fill out this short survey (only 7 questions): https://goo.gl/forms/oMNuZDifaPNilfJl1″
Books, CMLE, Communication, General

Goodreads for March!

We are excited to continue our Goodreads book groups into the month of March! Nothing like some good books to help us look forward to spring. Join us in our Librarian Professionals group, our Librarians Enjoying Books group, or both! Feel free to read along with us and add your thoughts to the discussions.

For our professional development group, Librarian Professionals, we will be reading What If I Say the Wrong Thing?: 25 Habits for Culturally Effective People by Vernā Myers

Goodreads describes this book as featuring “innovative and surprising ways to keep your personal diversity journey moving and the diversity commitment of your organization. Written to make this information bite-size and accessible, you’ll find quick answers to typical What should I do? questions, like: What if I say the wrong thing, what should I do?”

For our fiction group, Librarians Enjoying Books, we will be reading Love Overdue by by Pamela Morsi. It’s the story of a shy book-loving woman that takes a job at the library in a small town only to run into someone from her past!

We hope you will read with us this month!

 

Academic, CMLE, Communication, Tech

Journal of Academic Librarianship: call for column contributors

We know that several of our CMLE members are working with technology, so wanted to pass on this call for contributors to  a column for the Journal of Academic Librarianship, Even if you are not working in an academic library, you may still have experience that would be valuable for this audience. I would guess there would be interest in the work high school library people are doing to get students ready for higher education of all sorts. And of course people working with technology in college libraries of all types would have something valuable to contribute.

If you are interested, but but not sure where to start; feel free to check in with us at CMLE Headquarters! We can help brainstorm ideas, get your work outlined, and help edit before you submit it.

Share your ideas and your experience with the profession!! Your voice is valuable and important to hear!

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