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Notable Dates for your Noggin: May 2016

Calendar BannerEach month we’ll bring you a compiled list of fun national holidays, birthdays of authors, and publication dates of favorite books.  Although it is still April, we share these dates now so you can plan ahead! You can use these for your own personal use or for some library inspiration! Share what inspired you in the comments.

May is National Bike Month. Other things to celebrate in May. . .

May
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  1  Mother Goose Day
 5  Cartoonists Day
 9  J.M. Barrie’s Birthday (1860)
 12  Limerick Day
 16  National Biographer’s Day
 17  Gary Paulsen’s Birthday (1939)
 20  Mary Pope Osborne’s Birthday (1949)
 23  Scott O’Dell’s Birthday (1898)
 24  National Scavenger Hunt Day
 28  Hamburger Day

Did we miss anything?  Let us know if we did!

For our calendar of library events, including conferences and library days, check out our Events/Initiatives page.

And for more Notable Dates for Your Noggin, check out our Notable Dates page.

Academic, General, Public, School Media Specialist, Special

Weekly Review 2/25/16

CMLE Updates: State & Regional News
– ECRL has a new website! More
– Results from Extended Contract Days poll More
– Featured Service: CMLE Grants page More
– CMLE does events! Take a look at this year’s lineup More

Upcoming Events and Registration Information
– Seats still available for CMLE’s Spring Author Event at North Folk Winery! Register NOW! More
– Notable Dates for your Noggin: March 2016 More

 Resources You Can Use
– Tips for library newsletters More
– Special librarians: A Button Museum! More
– AASL Recommended App: Digital Public Library of America More

 Tech Bits and Ideas
– The top 25 idiotic passwords More

 Food For Thought
– Ever heard of your media center as “third place?” More

Just for Fun
– Harry Potter-themed classroom More
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Take a look at our CMLE events!

Snippets and Sneak Peaks: Winter EditionCMLE staff are often asked what CMLE does now that it no longer provides the interlibrary loan service that ended  in 2012. Coming up on 10 years of flat funding, CMLE needs to choose carefully what it can start and what it can sustain. With a small staff of 1.5 people, we do lots of things, one being your receipt of our Weekly Review email each Thursday. In order to send the email, our staff comb through hundreds of bits of information to identify the best to help you manage the clutter in your inbox. We often take complicated subjects and distill them down into manageable bites too. In addition, CMLE offers events, some of a technical nature, and some more lighthearted to provide you time to socialize and build relationships with your peers. Take a look at our events lineup this year….

ELM Expo in partnership with Metronet and Minitex; a full day of face-to-face learning tips and tricks of using ELM: Took place November 6, 2015

Snippets & Sneak Peeks book talk event in partnership with East Central Region of ITEM and Barnes & Noble: Took place Jan. 12, 2016

Genealogy Research Workshop in partnership (for space and laptops) with Great River Regional Library: February 2, 2016 (postponed due to weather, coming soon)

Spring Author Event with Erin Hart and Paddy O’Brien at North Folk Winery in Cambridge in partnership with Scout & Morgan Books: March 10, 2016. Register now! Deadline is March 4th!

New Library Spring Tour and Book Talk event in partnership with St. Cloud Community and Technical College, date is pending, watch our communications.

Supervisory Nuts and Bolts Workshop, coming soon. Have you ever noticed you learned about theory in “library school” but not many practical skills or tips about supervising without authority? The date for this event will be picked based on the wishes of those who are interested in attending.

In addition, CMLE  makes contributions to programming of other organizations in order to provide you with a better attendee experience. Three examples include the ITEM Fall Conference, MLA Fall Conference, and the EdCamp MidMN right here in St. Cloud, Minnesota. If you ever need financial assistance to attend any library-related event or conference, please consider the CMLE Scholarship program. Yes, that is another of our many services which strive to respond to regional needs. The full services list is on our site.

Photo credit: Maria Burnham

 

 

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Gear Up for ARLD Day 2015!

640px-Clock_CogsMark your calendars – ARLD Day is coming up!  The event takes place on Friday, April 24, 2015 from 8:30 AM until 4:00 PM.  This is a great opportunity to connect with fellow librarians, share ideas, and explore new ones.  And it’s close to home – at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chaska.  This year’s keynote speaker is Stephanie Davis-Kahl, the Scholarly Communications Librarian and Associate Professor at Illinois Wesleyan University.  The event is hosted by the Academic and Research Libraries Division of the Minnesota Library Association (MLA).

Click here for more information about the event (including proposal submissions, registration, and Stephanie Davis-Kahl).

For more events like ARLD Day, check out our Events/Initiatives page.

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Events, training, webinars, and more!

UrbaneWomanMagDo you struggle to find online training? Do you have a need for just-in-time education? Looking for events to attend? Look no further than CMLE’s set of event/training resources!

CMLE’s Event Listing – Usually local in nature, events that might be of interest.

Minitex’s Webinars and Training – Come get your webinars and training. Always diverse and extensive!

Notable Dates for your Noggin – Fun ideas for your library or media center.

National Online Training – More training than you can shake a stick at! Check back often, constantly being updated.