Category Archives: Communication

CMLE, Communication, Visits

CMLE members are gathering!

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At CMLE Headquarters, our mission is to serve our members. One of the biggest issues our members have talked about with us is the problem of being alone in their libraries, or feeling unconnected from the work other library people are doing.

We are on the job for you!

We have a variety of opportunities for all of us to gather in person to chat about libraries (or other topics – we are fascinating people after all!), and to visit libraries.

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Advocacy, Communication

Call for Proposals 2017 PR Xchange Awards Competition

Libraries everywhere are creating exciting promotional materials:  newsletters, program announcements, reading celebrations, advocacy materials, fundraising messages, and much more. Now is the time to receive recognition for your library’s amazing work. The call for proposals for the 2017 PR Xchange Awards competition is now live!

Submit your proposals online now: 

http://tinyurl.com/2017-prxchange-awards-prop
Deadline: March 15, 2017 

About the PR Xchange Awards Competition
The 2017 PR Xchange Awards Competition recognizes the very best promotional materials produced by libraries in the past year. The PR Xchange Awards Competition is sponsored by the Public Relations and Marketing Section (PRMS) of the Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The PR Xchange Awards Competition is overseen by the PR Xchange Committee.

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Communication, School Media Specialist

TIES Digital Learning Day coming soon!

TIES will be having a one day professional development event on Saturday, April 22, 2017 – the 2017 TIES Digital Learning Day.

We are looking for presenters, and of course, attendees! Are you or someone you know interested in presenting at the 2017 TIES Digital Learning Day? If you would like to present and share a project or practice using technology that impacts student learning, we are looking for you!

We will offer a range of hands-on workshops and Student Keynote Speakers. The day will be filled with game-based learning, app-smashing, makerspaces, and chances to see what digital educators are doing to improve the learning experience for their students.

Proposal form here, feel free to share: https://goo.gl/forms/SqEaDZODdn1CG7K52

Event information here: http://events.ties.k12.mn.us/digital-learning-day/

Book your calendars for April 22!

Look for more information on registration is coming soon! Sincerely, Mary — Mary Mehsikomer, CETL Technology Integration Development & Outreach Facilitator TIES 651-999-6510 Mary.mehsikomer@ties.k12.mn.us @MaryTMM

Advocacy, CMLE, Communication

Advocacy basics (Just add You!)

We all know that advocacy for our libraries is important. We know libraries are wonderful and valuable members of the communities they serve; but other people need to be educated in our value!

But it can be hard to know how to get started, or what to say. So we are starting you off with a few ideas here. These will also be on our website, and we invite members to contribute their advocacy materials so we can share them on the site!

Remember: Minnesota Library Legislative Day is Feb. 22!! If you can go in person: great! If not – I would like to have all CMLE libraries contribute phone calls, emails, and letters to be sure legislators hear about the value of libraries!! Continue reading Advocacy basics (Just add You!) →

Books, Communication

Traveling? Stay at a book-friendly hotel!

You love books. I love books. Heck – we have a whole profession designed to give people books!

So there is no need to give up your books when you travel – stay at a book-friendly hotel!

  • Looking at a local vacation experience? Head to Minneapolis to find the Commons Hotel! How does a Book Butler in your hotel room sound? if it sounds fun to you, you might also like their other “geek chic” offerings: “This industrial schoolhouse chic property embodies a sense of inner geek in a chic setting, embracing diversity through the common desire to discover, with an uncommon experience. Explorers satisfy the whims of their inner geek with a Book Butler, in-room art galleries, alchemist mixology lessons and Sudoku sleep-ins.”

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