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Save the date: Jan.12th book lovers event!

QoR8Bv1S2SEqH6UcSJCA_TeaDo you believe you may have been born in a bookstore in a past life? Do you crave spending time with other people who love books? Do you feel unable to keep up with your voracious readers (or yourself) and all of the new possible titles?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may really enjoy an upcoming FREE “bookish event” that CMLE, ITEM, and Barnes and Noble are offering. One hour of solid gold book talks will take place over a variety of genres, Pre k-12 age groups including adult books that would be age appropriate for teens, and items for your personal growth too! Please send your email reservation, Subject line:  RSVP for January 12. All are welcome!

Location:     St. Cloud Barnes and Noble store
Date:             Tuesday, January 12, 2016

3:30 – 4:00      Social time and light refreshments
4:00 – 5:00      Book Talks
5:00 – ??           Social time and shopping

Tip: Check with your employer to see if they have already set up a B&N Institutional Account or a B&N Educator Discount Card. If so, you could have important discounts already in place just waiting for you!

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Academic, General, Public, School Media Specialist, Special

Save the Date! The ELM Expo is Coming

Have you noticed that ELM is big and multi-faceted? Have you wondered how you could just spend an entire day picking and choosing what you need to learn about ELM. Well look no more….for the first time ever, we are offering an ELM Expo! Raise your awareness of all that is available and increase your hands-on skillset in a comfortable lab/wifi friendly setting with your peers.  Registration and more information is coming soon!

What: ELM Expo
When: Friday, November 6, 2015
Where: Anoka-Hennepin Staff Development Center
2727 North Ferry Street
Anoka, MN 55303

This event is co-sponsored by CMLE, Metronet, and Minitex.

Academic, General, Public, School Media Specialist, Special

CMLE Featured Service: Scholarships

More fall leaves...Are professional development funds tight in your work setting? Is the money to pay your registration to a conference in the budget, but there is no money for hotel or mileage, or to pay a sub so you can be away from your workplace?

CMLE offers scholarships of up to $200 per fiscal year per individual for staff affiliated with any type of  library in Aitkin, Benton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Pine, Sherburne, Stearns, Todd and Wright counties in Central Minnesota. The scholarships can be used to attend workshops, conferences, library meetings or task forces, and other library-related activities to promote engagement and/or professional development. All expenses mentioned earlier are appropriate and we encourage you to use the scholarships even if it can’t cover all of the costs. And, if you use our scholarship to help with costs, feel free to mention to your administrator that you have used our program!

Need help paying for that sub? CMLE scholarships come in very handy in settings that require your employer to pay for a “sub” while you are off enhancing your library skill sets. When you fill out the form, just indicate the amount you need to cover that expense. The ITEM Conference is coming up the first week in October and is in St. Cloud, the MLA Conference follows during the second week of October in S. Paul. We would love to help you get there through the use of our scholarship program, but now is the time to apply!

We all owe it to ourselves to keep our skill sets sharp. Confidence and new energy often result when we  take time to invest in ourselves and spend time with our peers. CMLE would like to support you to that end. For all of the details and to apply for a scholarship, go to https://cmle.org/services/scholarships/. The application is quite simple and should take no more than 10 minutes if you know what you want to attend and have the event information in hand.

For more info on the ITEM and MLA conferences and links to registration, go to our Upcoming Library Events listing.

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CMLE Has Moved!

186HThis summer has been a time of fast change and activity for CMLE!

During the past 35+ years, St. Cloud State University and CMLE have cooperatively succeeded in accomplishing many things which have benefited both organizations. In fact, CMLE members lobbied strongly with the Minnesota Legislature to secure the funding for the building of the university library back in the late 90’s! It was portrayed to be the information hub for Central Minnesota. With 265 K-12 schools benefiting from the interlibrary loan service, SCSU and CMLE lived up to that promise. Books and other materials were shared by both organizations to the benefit of students at SCSU as well as at other colleges, prisons, schools, and hospitals within the CMLE service area.

It has been a great partnership, but like many relationships there comes a time when the needs of each partner change. It was the decision of the staff and Governing Board in June that it was time for a separation. CMLE needed more flexibility in providing staff and expertise than the SCSU union environment could provide. The 2013 sunsetting of the CMLE interlibrary loan  service also changed previous reasons for physical proximity too.

CMLE has moved into the offices of cmERDC in East St. Cloud, and we are on a fast track to become 100% operational. At the time of this writing, we are still working out of boxes, but our laptops don’t care! Please change our contact information as soon as possible….you can find it here on our website. See pictures on our Facebook page of our space progress thus far; stay tuned for updates!

ERDC staff have welcomed us, and have been nothing but gracious, friendly and helpful. We are open and optimistic about the future!

Patricia Post
CMLE Executive Director

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