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CMLE Announcements

Please review a couple of important updates from our office:

  • Monday, February 18th, the CMLE office will be closed in observance of President’s Day. Normal office hours will resume on Tuesday.
  • Due to the short week and a number of other competing service areas, the CMLE Weekly Review will skip a week and be back in your in-box on Thursday, February 28th
  • Please feel free to send us your stories about what is cool in your library,  or your other ideas for blog posts. Send all to cmle@stcloudstate.edu and use Subject Line: Possible Blog Post
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Welcome to New Board Members and Officers

January 22nd, marked the first CMLE Governing Board meeting for some new people, in addition to two new individuals rising into our officer ranks. Here is a snapshot of  our current Board. New Board members appear in blue. Heartfelt thanks to all who serve on our Board to help us fulfill our strategic focus areas, and meet our Mission: CMLE serves as the Central MN library hub, a clearinghouse of talent, materials, and expertise for all types of libraries. CMLE leads, supports, encourages, engages, and connects library personnel with the resources they need.

New CMLE Board Officers (annual appointments)

President: Gerry Ruda

Vice President: Dr. Lin Holder

Secretary: Joanne Kudrna

Treasurer: Kathy Parker

Librarian Seats on the CMLE Board

 Academic: Kathy Parker, Director of Libraries & Media, College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University

Public: Barbara Misselt, Director of East Central Regional Library System (ECRL)

School: Maria Burnham, Sauk Rapids-Rice High School

Special: Susan Schleper, St. Cloud Hospital – Health Service Library

Citizen Appointments

 GRRL Appointees                   ECRL Appointees

Seal Dwyer                                 Charlotte Kramersmeier

Lin Holder                                  Audrey Misiura

Joanne Kudrna

John Meyerhofer

Gerald Ruda

Ex-Officio (Non-Voting Seat) Interim Dean Keith Ewing, Miller Center Library (SCSU)

Board Alternates (to back up primary board members when needed) 

Academic:       Vi Bergquist, Library & Information Services Director, St. Cloud Technical & Community College

Public:             Kirsty Smith, Director of Great River Regional Library system (GRRL)

School:            Kari Erickson, Milaca High School

Special:           Teri Hams, MN Correctional Facility – St. Cloud

ECRL:            Tom Sauer & Commissioner Genny Reynolds, Citizen Appointees

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Academic Librarians — Register for Ebooks and Academics: Video Presentations and Discussion

Register today for Ebooks and Academics: Video Presentations and Discussion!

Academic Librarians from all Colleges in Central MN

St. Cloud State University New Welcome Center (easy parking)

Friday, November 30, 9:00AM-12:30 PM

Academic librarians, please join your colleagues from around the region for this local event with outstanding national content!! Attendees may include personnel from: College of St. Bens/Johns, Rasmussen College, St. Cloud Technical & Community College, SCSU, Cambridge Campus of ARCC, and Pine Technical College. Recently, CMLE staff participated in the virtual SEFLIN eBook conference called eBooks: Benefits, Challenges, and the Future, and paid for group access to the recordings of the five national presenters.  We selected the messages of national ebook experts, Sue Polanka and Chad Mairn, as being of most interest to you for this first event.  Besides listening to their best thinking on ebooks, we would like to offer this opportunity to network informally and discuss local ebook developments and ideas too. CMLE is hosting and arranging this free event.

Come ready to listen, engage, and discuss!! Light refreshments will be served.

Agenda

9:00-9:15              Introductions & logistics

9:15 – 10:15        Sue Polanka (Head of Reference and Instruction, Wright State Universities Libraries)– eBook Licensing and Access: Now and in the Future

This session will analyze barriers to ebook lending models currently available for libraries including licensing, packaging, DRM, use models, and pricing. Trends in the publishing industry such as self-publishing, enhanced ebooks and digital textbooks, which may impact libraries, will be highlighted, demonstrating new opportunities for the future.

10:15-10:45         Group Discussion

10:45 – 11:00      Break

11:00 – 12:00      Chad Mairn (Information Services Librarian and adjunct professor at St. Petersburg College & Chief Technology Officer, Novare Library Services) – Getting the Most from Your eBook Readers: Tips and Tricks

New examples of electronic reading material — e-books, e-magazines, e-textbooks — are appearing every day as well as devices and software to read them on. Accessing, transferring, and interacting with electronic text via Nooks, Kindles, and other e-reading devices, however, can be complicated. Join Chad Mairn as he offers tips and tricks for library staff to help their patrons use their e-reading devices to their full potential. This session will include information on: dedicated and non-dedicated e-readers, new and innovative e-reading devices and software, current and upcoming e-formats, digital Rights Management, privacy issues, and emerging technologies impacting reading in a digital age.

12:00 – 12:30      Group Discussion

Not enough discussion time? Consider walking to Bo Diddleys, Pacific Wok, Noodles & Company, or Chipotle for lunch on your own and continued conversation/debate with colleagues.

Registration is requested. Deadline is end of day on Wednesday, November 28. Register at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/EbooksAcademics

Kate Bessey will be contacting all registrants by Thursday, November 29 with directions and parking instructions.

We hope you’ll join us! Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.

P.S. Not to worry, similar events will be held in the near future for our other library types as well! Be on the look out!