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Are You Coming to the Edible Book Festival?

ediblebooks_button (1)We hope so! This is the first year that CMLE is co-sponsoring and helping to offer this Edible Book event out beyond the St. Cloud State University (SCSU) campus, and we really hope that some staff and/or end users from area libraries and school media centers join us!

Have you always wondered about doing your own Edible Book event in your setting? Participate in ours to get the lay of the land! Looking for an activity to do in your makerspace? Do an edible book entry for April 14th and register as a group; win a group prize!

Prize categories are shown below.  Which category do you think you might have the best chance in winning?

  • Individuals entries will compete for: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place; based on the popular vote of attendees at the event. Individual prizes will be valued at $100, $80, and $65 respectively!
  • SCSU Student Groups ($50 cash; total value of $85) (2nd place, $75 value)
  • Other Group outside of SCSU Student Groups ($85 value)

You only need to register if you are entering an edible creation in the contest. Spectators are encouraged and welcome, bring your friends and family! Everyone will have two hours to vote for favorites on April 14th.

Activities! Wondering what to do during the judging period?  Come to the Miller Center coffee shop (library lobby) and enjoy book-themed music by the campus radio station, KVSC.  There will also be Creation Station table activities to keep those jitters at bay while we wait for the judging results. Just for fun, try your hands-on-skills in several areas, or deduce book titles in a visual edible book trivia activity. But wait, there is more! View the professional entries from five local bakeries too and enjoy refreshments!

A little late to the game?  Get ideas and details here. Got questions? Email CMLE or call us at 320-308-2950.

Registration must be submitted by 12:00 PM (noon) on April 13, 2015.  Register here

Please Complete the CMLE Needs Assessment

Q is for Question MarkIs your library or school a CMLE member? There is an easy way to find out….

  1. Are you a  staff member of a college, public, or  special library in one of the 12 counties in bullet 3 below?
  2. Or, are you school library media personnel including tech integrationists and media paraprofessionals?
  3. If you answered yes to 1 or 2, and you are employed in Aitkin, Benton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Pine, Sherburne, Stearns, Todd or Wright counties, you are a CMLE member!

Check your email inbox.  You should have received an email from CMLE on 3/16, 3/23, or 3/31/15 which included a link to the Needs Assessment.  For all who participate, there will be four chances to win a $25 Amazon gift card. Didn’t receive an email? Email us!

Deadline: Please complete the survey by Monday, April 6th.

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Top 10 CMLE blog posts from 2014

Nailed it! My picture is a perfect 10!Are you tired of 2014 top ten lists yet? We hope not! Here’s one more for you highlighting some of the most popular CMLE posts from last year.

  1. Events, Events, and more Events: The most popular post of the year was our Upcoming Library Events listing. Recently implemented, this was a one-stop place for all the events that might be of interest. We are happy to see you like it!
  2. Know your Copyright: This past November, CMLE hosted a Copyright Event. The event was well attended and the feedback seemed very positive.
  3. Librarians on TV: Coming in at third was our post about the upcoming “Librarians” TV series on TNT. The show has since premiered and seems to be getting positive reviews.
  4. Goodreads Awards: At fourth was our post about the Goodreads Choice Awards. It seems that we all like to read and sometimes award winners are the best place to start.
  5. Teen Read Week: Teen readers are a growing segment of focus for all library workers. This was reflected in our fifth most popular post about YALSA’s Teen Read Week.
  6. Book Store Model: One of the many issues school libraries are wrestling with is Genrefication, or changing to a book-store model with their collection. This was reflected in our sixth most popular post of the year: Genrefication of your school’s fiction collection.
  7. Where are the Media Specialists: Coming in at seven was our post: Where have the media specialists gone in 2014? In the post we looked at regional data about current media specialist employment.
  8. Mindfulness: CMLE also saw that our members are looking for some calm among the storm of their jobs. At eight, the 12 part Mindfulness series proved to be a subject many of you were interested in.
  9. School Visit: At nine was our popular post about a school visit to the Dassel-Cokato High School. Although it was a longer read, we saw that there is always room for sharing each other’s wins and lessons learned.
  10. More Reading Lists: Finally, our tenth most popular post of 2014 was Summer Reading Lists.

So, those are the top ten of 2014. Did you have a favorite CMLE post of 2014? Share with us or post in the comments below what it was! We love to learn what keeps you coming back.

We hope you had a great 2014, and wish you a wonderful 2015!

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Holiday Winter Greeting

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The CMLE Publishing Team is going on a short holiday hiatus!  Publishing begins again on January 2, 2015.

 CMLE would like to extend its warmest wishes for a joyous holiday season
and a New Year filled with peace and joy!

 

Patricia Post                                                        John Meyerhofer                                          Theresa Gilbertson

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