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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:white">ichigan Notable Books announced, a new LSTA grant from LM, a focus on library programming, a Michigan-based data conference
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img width="700" height="73" style="width:7.2916in;height:.7583in" id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/MILOM/2018/12/2294087/2394068/lom-horizontal-rgb_crop.jpg" alt="Library of Michigan logo"><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white">Library of Michigan
</span></strong><em><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white">Dispatch Newsletter</span></b></em><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white"> - January, 2019</span></strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="#link_1"><span style="color:#006EB6">New Year, New Ways to Engage With Your Community</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:5.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="#link_2"><span style="color:#006EB6">LM Announces 2019 Michigan Notable Book Awards</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:5.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="#link_3"><span style="color:#006EB6">Introducing the New MeL Engagement Specialists</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:5.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="#link_5"><span style="color:#006EB6">Evaluating Your Library's Programming</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:5.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="#link_8"><span style="color:#006EB6">How a Bill Becomes a Law</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:5.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="#link_13"><span style="color:#006EB6">New Grant Program from LM for Collections and Access</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:5.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="#link_17"><span style="color:#006EB6">Michigan Research Institute for Public Libraries (RIPL) Data Conference Announced: August 7-8, 2019</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:5.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="#link_21"><span style="color:#006EB6">LM releases ‘Michigan Men in the War’ letters online</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<a name="link_1"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#006EB7">New Year, New Ways to Engage With Your Community</span></a><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#006EB7"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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Riley, State Librarian, Library of Michigan (LM)</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">With the new year comes the opportunity to look at our personal and professional lives and asses how we are doing. We are surrounded by
advice and tips on how to lose weight, get organized or how to become the best “you” possible. Each January presents us with an opportunity to make positive changes, try new things and hit the restart button looking at the future. The new year is a great time
to look at what your library is doing and consider how it can be strengthened.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Through programs like the Harwood Institute the LM is committed to helping create more community centered libraries and librarians across
the state. Consider these library resolutions focused on helping to make sure that your library remains an essential and irreplaceable community institution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Worry more about the needs of your community and less about trends.</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">It is important to be aware of current trends impacting libraries, but not every new trend is the best fit for your library or unique community. We should not feel compelled to chase
every new trend discussed in library journals and at conferences. Every community will benefit from librarians who take the time to get to know their community and find creative ways to serve patrons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Get out into the community more in 2019.</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Surveys are a great tool for gathering feedback, but they do not replace community conversations. Responses to surveys are often limited and questions do not allow patrons to provide
broader answers to complicated questions. Combine surveys with an increased level of visibility in the community. Join organizations, serve on committees, host town meetings and talk to people wherever and whenever possible. Librarians embedded in their communities
almost always have a better understanding of the needs of their patrons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Make programming a job requirement for all staff.</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Community centered libraries offer opportunities for people to learn together. Making one person responsible for this duty will not work.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Learn something new.</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Learn something new that will help make your library a better place.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Claim your seat at the table.</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Advocate for your library at every opportunity. Request to be on the agenda of local meetings of the city council, chamber of commerce, etc. and strive to keep the community more aware
of who you are and what you do. Make sure that you have something to say and be willing to say it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Send library “believers” out into community.</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Librarians already love libraries. Create opportunities to send your supporters into the community to spread the “good word” about libraries. Their positive message often has a greater
impact on community members and funders.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">All the best in 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a name="link_2"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#006EB7">LM Announces 2019 Michigan Notable Book Awards</span></a><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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Murphy, Michigan Collection Coordinator, LM</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hockey, music, and mermaids are some of the themes in the list of Michigan Notable Books (MNB) for 2019, released by the LM.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This year’s list of 20 titles are as diverse as the communities throughout the state.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwMjAxLjk3NzcxMSZtZXNzYWdlaWQ9TURCLVBSRC1CVUwtMjAxOTAyMDEuOTc3NzExJmRhdGFiYXNlaWQ9MTAwMSZzZXJpYWw9MTc1ODQ2MDYmZW1haWxpZD1ub3JyaXNzMkBtaWNoaWdhbi5nb3YmdXNlcmlkPW5vcnJpc3MyQG1pY2hpZ2FuLmdvdiZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&100&&&https://michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,2351,7-160-50206_86008-485952--,00.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#006EB6">Is
your library interested in hosting a Notable Book author? Apply by January 31</span></a>. The application process has been simplified with an online form.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The celebrated books encompass the entire Great Lakes basin from the 1970s Detroit music scene, to wild rice harvesting in Northern Michigan,
to the history of Michigan’s own beloved soft drink, Faygo.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">“This intriguing collection of books represents a spectrum of Michigan’s people, places and the history that makes our state unique,”
Interim State Superintendent Sheila Alles said about this year’s list. “I’m continuously impressed by the ever-increasing strength and popularity of the Library of Michigan’s Michigan Notable Book list. The abundance of quality writing generates more interest
every year among bookstores, writers, libraries, and readers from all walks of life.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">“The more we can instill a love of reading in our communities, the greater our efforts to become a Top 10 education state in 10 years,”
Alles said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Each year, the Michigan Notable Book (MNB) list features 20 books, published during the previous calendar year, which are about, or set
in, Michigan or the Great Lakes region, or written by a Michigan author. Selections include a variety of genres, both fiction and nonfiction, that appeal to many audiences and explore topics and issues close to the hearts of Michigan residents.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Two past selections have found even greater notoriety after being named. The 2015 Michigan Notable Book,
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bird Box</span></em> by Josh Malerman, has been made into a Netflix original movie starring Sandra Bullock. The 2010 Michigan Notable Book,
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Leisure Seeker</span></em> by Michael Zadoorian, was made into a 2017 film, starring Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">MNB is a statewide program that began as part of the 1991 Michigan Week celebration, designed to pay tribute and draw attention to the
many people, places, and things that make Michigan life unique and vibrant.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">“The MNB selections clearly demonstrate the rich subject matter Michigan offers to writers,” said State Librarian Randy Riley. “Everyone
will find something of interest that speaks to their lives or experiences in our great state.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This year’s MNB selection committee includes representatives from the Library of Michigan; the Library of Michigan Foundation; Muskegon
Area District Library; Capital Area District Library; Clinton-Macomb District Library; Cooley Law School; Lansing City Pulse newspaper; Michigan’s State Historic Preservation Office; Wayne State University; Michigan Department of Education; Michigan Center
for the Book; and the Michigan Humanities Council.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information or questions about the Michigan Notable Book program, contact the LM at 517-335-1454, visit
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<span style="color:#006EB6">www.Michigan.gov/NotableBooks</span></a>, or email <a href="mailto:librarian@michigan.gov">
<span style="color:#006EB6">librarian@michigan.gov</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2019 Michigan Notable Books</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><strong><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Abbott</span></i></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> by Saladin Ahmed
- Boom Studios</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">While investigating police brutality and corruption in 1970s Detroit, journalist Elena Abbott uncovers supernatural forces being controlled
by a secret society of the city’s elite. The hard-nosed, chain-smoking tabloid reporter Abbott investigates a series of grisly crimes that the police have ignored. Crimes she knows to be the work of dark occult forces. Forces that took her husband from her.
Forces she has sworn to destroy. Saladin Ahmed presents one woman's search for the truth that destroyed her family amidst the systemic societal constructs that haunt our country to this day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><strong><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Across the Great Lake
</span></i></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">by Lee Zacharias - University of Wisconsin Press</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">85-year-old Fern Halvorsen reflects back upon her five-year-old self traveling with her father on a huge and powerful ship with a tall,
handsome pilothouse and big smoking stacks. It’s 1936 and he captains a great coal-fired vessel,
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">the Manitou</span></em>, transporting railroad cars across Lake Michigan. The girl revels in the freedom of the ferry, making friends with a stowaway cat and a gentle young deckhand. The sighting of a ghost ship,
though, presages danger for all aboard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><strong><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Beautiful Music
</span></i></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">by Michael Zadoorian - Akashic Books</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Set in early 1970s Detroit, a divided city still reeling from its violent summer of 1967,
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Beautiful Music</span></em> is the story of one young man’s transformation through music. Danny is a husky, pop radio–loving loner balancing a dysfunctional home life with the harsh realities of freshman year
at a high school marked by racial turbulence. <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Beautiful Music</span></em> is a funny and poignant story about the power of music and its ability to save one’s soul.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><strong><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Betty Ford: First Lady, Women's Advocate, Survivor, Trailblaze
</span></i></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">by Lisa McCubbin - Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster, Inc</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Betty Ford: First Lady, Women’s Advocate, Survivor, Trailblazer
</span></em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">is the story of a lady thrust onto the world stage. Setting precedents, she refused to be silenced by her critics as she publicly championed equal rights for women and spoke
out about issues that had previously been taboo—breast cancer, depression, abortion, and sexuality. Her decision to speak out publicly about her own struggle with addiction sparked a national dialogue and helped to revolutionize treatment and inspired the
modern concept of recovery.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><strong><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Building the Modern World: Albert Kahn in Detroit
</span></i></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">by Michael H. Hodges - Painted Turtle/Wayne State University Press</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Building the Modern World: Albert Kahn in Detroit</span></em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
tells the story of the German-Jewish immigrant who rose from poverty to become one of the most influential architects of the 20<sup>th</sup> century. Kahn’s work ethic and approach to his craft spurred his influence on both industry and architecture. His willingness
to design factories for the Soviets and munition facilities for the U.S government placed the Allied Powers on stronger footing at the outbreak of the Second World War. His proximity to epochal world events makes his life story a tableau of America’s rise
to power. Albert Kahn’s designs are reflected in modern buildings today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><strong><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Drum Roll, Please
</span></i></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">by Lisa Jenn Bigelow - Harper/HarperCollins Publishers</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">A fresh take on the awkwardness of being a teenager,
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Drum Roll Please</span></em> is a story about a girl who finds that music makes her a stronger person. Melly only joined the school band because her best friend, Olivia, begged her to. She finds that with playing
music, she doesn’t feel like a mouse. Summer band camp brings on big changes for Melly: her parents split up, her best friend ditches her, and Melly finds herself unexpectedly falling for another girl at camp. While her rock-and-roll future is in question,
she finds her path forward.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><strong><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Elemental: A Collection of Michigan Creative Nonfiction
</span></i></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">by Anne-Marie Oomen, Editor - Wayne State University Press</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Elemental: A Collection of Michigan Creative Nonfiction</span></em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
comes to us from 23 of Michigan’s most well-known essayists. The writings approach Michigan at the atomic level. This is a place where weather patterns and ecology matter. A celebration of the elements, this collection is both the storm and the shelter. Contributors
include: Jerry Dennis, Jessica Mesman, Toi Dericotte, Mardi Jo Link, and Keith Taylor amongst many of Michigan’s finest writers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><strong><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Faygo Book
</span></i></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">by Joe Grimm - Painted Turtle/Wayne State University Press</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Starting with little more than pots, pails, hoses, and a one-horse wagon, Ben and Perry Feigenson reformulated cake frosting recipes into
carbonated beverage recipes and launched their business in the middle of the 1907 global financial meltdown. Out of more than 40 bottlers in Detroit’s "pop alley," Faygo remains the last one standing.
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Faygo Book</span></em> is the story of a pop, a people, and a place.
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Faygo Book</span></em> is the social history of a company that has forged a bond with a city and its residents for more than a century.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></i></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">by Wayne Kramer - Da Capo Press</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The MC5 reflected the late 60s and early 70s: exciting, sexy, violent, chaotic, and out of control.
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hard Stuff: Dope, Crime, the MC5, and My Life of Impossibilities</span></em>, is a story of the personal struggle of an addict and an artist. From the glory days of Detroit to the junk-sick streets of the East
Village, from Key West to Nashville and sunny L.A., in and out of prison and on and off drugs, his is the classic journeyman narrative, but with a twist: he’s here to remind us that revolution is always an option.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><strong><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Lake Michigan Mermaid: A Tale in Poems
</span></i></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">by Linda Nemec Foster and Anne-Marie Oomen - Wayne State University Press</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Raised in a ramshackle cottage on the shores of Lake Michigan, a girl takes refuge in her beloved lake in the face of her disrupted homelife.
One day she spots a creature in the water, something beautiful and inexplicable. Thus, begins a telepathic conversation between a lost young girl and the mermaid who saves her in more ways than one. Accompanied by powerful illustrations,
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Lake Michigan Mermaid</span></em> offers a tender tale of friendship, redemption, and the life-giving power of water.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><strong><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Manoomin: The Story of Wild Rice in Michigan
</span></i></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">by Barbara J. Barton - Michigan State University Press
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Manoomin: The Story of Wild Rice in Michigan</span></em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
focuses on the history, culture, biology, and economics surrounding the wild rice plant. The story travels through time from the days before European expansion and winds its way forward in and out of the logging and industrialization eras. It weaves between
the worlds of the Anishinaabek and Euro-American immigrants. Barton discusses rice beds that once existed in Michigan, why many disappeared, and the efforts to restore and protect the plant.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><strong><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Nature's Friend: The Gwen Frostic Story
</span></i></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">by Lindsey McDivitt - Sleeping Bear Press</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sara Gwendolen Frostic was born in Sandusky, Michigan in 1906. When she was eight months old, she suffered from an unknown illness that
left her with lifelong symptoms similar to cerebral palsy. She went on to attend college, contribute to the war effort in Detroit, and started her own printmaking business.
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Nature's Friend: The Gwen Frostic Story</span></em> tells the story behind Gwen's life and art. She dedicated her work and her life to reminding people of the wonder and beauty in nature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><strong><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Notes from a Public Typewriter
</span></i></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">by Michael Gustafson, Editor and Oliver Uberti, Designer - Grand Central Publishing</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In the beginning, there were no editors, agents, or audiences. Book browsers were provided a blank page, an old-fashioned typewriter and
the opportunity to express themselves. From such a streamlined foundation sprang the work
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Notes from A Public Typewriter</span></em>. Editor and designer have combined their favorite left behind notes with essays and photos to create an ode to community and the written word that will surprise, delight,
and inspire.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><strong><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Page Fence Giants: A History of Black Baseball's Pioneering Champions
</span></i></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">by Mitch Lutzke - McFarland & Company, Inc</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Page Fence Giants were an all-star black baseball team based in Adrian, Michigan. >From 1895-98, they played teams from local communities,
along with games against minor and major league squads and other black baseball nines. In 1896, the Giants won the Black Baseball Championship series. Despite their winning ways, a championship, and a roster that includes one member of the National Baseball
Hall of Fame, this is the first book written about this all-star team.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><strong><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Poisoned City: Flint's Water and the American Urban Tragedy
</span></i></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">by Anna Clark - Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">When the people of Flint, Michigan, turned on their faucets in April 2014, the water pouring out was poisoned with lead and other toxins.
It took 18 months of activism by city residents and a band of dogged outsiders to force the state to admit that the water was poisonous. Anna Clark's
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Poisoned City</span></em> recounts the gripping story of Flint’s poisoned water through the people who caused it, suffered from it, and exposed it. It is a chronicle of one town but could also be about any
American city.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><strong><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Russian Five: A Story of Espionage, Defection, Bribery and Courage,
</span></i></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">by Keith Gave - Gold Star Publishing</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">When the Detroit Red Wings were rebooting their franchise after more than two decades of relative futility, they knew the best place to
find world-class players who could help turn things around were players from the Soviet Union. What ensued was a series of secret meetings to help enable the players to exit their homeland. This is their story from the day Detroit drafted its first two Soviets
in 1989 until they raised the Stanley Cup in 1997, then took it to Moscow for a victory lap.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><strong><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sister Pie: The Recipes & Stories of a Big-Hearted Bakery in Detroit
</span></i></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">by Lisa Ludwinski - Lorena Jones Books/Ten Speed Press</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">With 75 recipes the Sister Pie cookbook pays homage to Motor City ingenuity and all-American spirit. The granddaughter of two Detroit
natives created a little corner pie shop in a former beauty salon on the city’s east side where no one leaves empty handed. Those who don’t have money in their pockets can simply cash in a prepaid slice from the “pie it forward” clothesline strung across the
window. This unique and fruitful business model is detailed beside tasty recipes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><strong><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">So Tall Within: Sojourner Truth's Long Walk Toward Freedom
</span></i></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">by Gary D. Schmidt - Roaring Brook Press</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Originally from Ulster County, New York, Sojourner Truth was born into slavery and was sold several times during the course of her life.
Yet she possessed a mind and a vision that knew no bounds. <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">So Tall Within</span></em> traces her life from her painful childhood through her remarkable emancipation to her incredible leadership in the movement
for rights for both women and African Americans.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><strong><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Truth Lies Here
</span></i></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">by Lindsey Klingele - HarperTeen/HarperCollins Publishers</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">An aspiring journalist, Penelope, teams up with the nerdy boy next door to find her conspiracy theorist father after he goes missing and
several other townspeople turn up dead in the woods. Things get weird with townspeople repeating the same phrases verbatim and men in black suits strolling around the main street of a very small northern Michigan town. With help from her parents and friends,
she learns that the truth is not always simple.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><strong><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City
</span></i></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">by Mona Hanna-Attisha - One World/Random House</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">“The eyes don’t see what the mind doesn’t know” is a quote from D. H. Lawrence that guided Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha’s medical training and
inspired her medical practice in Flint. This is a book about how the right doctor was in place to discover the elevated lead levels in the children of Flint. The result is a story of how doctors, along with parents and community leaders, discovered the medical
crisis in the city’s most vulnerable citizens. Flint was a city on the ropes that came together to fight for justice, self-determination, and the right to build a better world for its children.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are excited to officially introduce the Michigan library community to the new Michigan eLibrary (MeL) Engagement Specialists who started
their positions with the Midwest Collaborative for Library Services (MCLS) at the beginning of December.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">These Engagement Specialist positions have been created to support you. Whether you need to connect a teacher in your school with quality
content aligned to a lesson they’re teaching, or you want to provide your local community members with job resources, Theresa and Ann are here to support our library communities with<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Theresa Runyan is the MeL Engagement Specialist for Public Libraries. Her position is to support the public library community in using
Michigan eLibrary resources. Her most recent experience has been with the Jackson District Library, where she served as a Branch Manager, Circulation Coordinator and Customer Service Specialist. She has a background in management, training, end-user trouble
shooting, and marketing. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">“I’m looking forward to working with all of you in this new position and finding ways to use MeL to support you and your patrons.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><a href="mailto:runyant@mcls.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:#006EB6">runyant@mcls.org</span></a><br>
</u>800-530-9019 x151<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Ann Kaskinen is the MeL Engagement Specialist for K-12. Her position is to support the K-12 community in using Michigan eLibrary resources.
She worked as a K-12 Library-Media Specialist for nearly 16 years but her career started as a high school teacher in the English, social studies, and public speaking subjects. She has also served as a consultant for Allegan Area Education Service Agency (AESA)
and Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District (ISD). More recently, she completed an internship at the Kalamazoo Public Library and served as a teen librarian for Bay County Public Library in Panama City, Florida. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">“As an advocate of MeL for most of my career, I am more than excited to assist school personnel with the navigation of the new eResources that
can support K12 curriculum. I know it can be a challenge finding and utilizing new tools for instruction, but the new suite of EBSCO databases does not disappoint!”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Ann Kaskinen<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The new year brings with it a natural time for reflection. Why not apply this to programming at the library as well? Consider answering
the following on your own or with your team. You may need to break the questions down for various demographics you serve. These are not meant to be yes or no questions; when possible, follow your response with a why explanation. Be curious as you reflect
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">What program created the most buzz online? Around town?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:5.25pt;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo8">
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">How did we evaluate a "successful" program in the last year: attendance, feedback, other?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:5.25pt;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo8">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">What do we do solidly for a core group of people but never seem to see new faces there?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:5.25pt;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo8">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Is there a program that needs to be discontinued? Re-imagined? Re-scheduled for a different time? Re-staffed?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:5.25pt;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo8">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">When was the last time we surveyed our patrons/community to help inform our programming?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Have we invited local people/organizations in to program with us lately?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:5.25pt;mso-list:l9 level1 lfo9">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">How are we taking library programming out of our building?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:5.25pt;mso-list:l9 level1 lfo9">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Did some programs help us serve people we do not usually see? <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:5.25pt;mso-list:l9 level1 lfo9">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">What programs did we offer that were multi-generational?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:5.25pt;mso-list:l9 level1 lfo9">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">What are we/should we be intentional about when creating a program?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:5.25pt;mso-list:l9 level1 lfo9">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">How might a new program create a community of learners/makers/doers?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">What programs am I personally most enjoying preparing for/leading? <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:5.25pt;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo10">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Are there programs I need to let go or pass on to someone else?<span style="color:white"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:5.25pt;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo10">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">How do we tell the story of successful programs to those who aren't able to attend?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">You probably ended up creating some of your own reflection questions and/or notes along the way. The real work is considering how you
can apply the answers/information to planning efforts. Look for opportunities and low hanging fruit; start there. Most of all, be honest. If it doesn't light you up, you may not the right person to lead that program. Try to work with other staff as part of
a team so everyone is working from a place of true investment and shining their light on your community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white">The 2019 theme for Dispatch is Library Programming<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white">Do you have words of wisdom about library programming to share?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white">Contact Sonya Schryer Norris at
<u><a href="mailto:norriss2@michigan.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:white">norriss2@michigan.gov</span></a></u>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Legislative Process</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">A flurry of legislative activity during 2018 lame duck sparked questions about how laws are passed. The Michigan Legislature can develop
and consider legislation on any subject not prohibited by the state or federal constitutions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Every potential legislation must go through the same process. One challenge of lame duck – defined as the time between November elections
and the end of the legislative session – is the sheer number of bills considered in that relatively short period of time. During this time bills can be fast tracked and passed or they can be killed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">An Idea Becomes a Bill</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The idea for some bills come from constituents who report a problem uncovering a legislative need. We educate lawmakers and bring ideas
and knowledge to the lawmaking process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">A Bill Becomes Law</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Bills may be introduced in either chamber where they are referred to committees. Once the bill is referred to committee, MLA and librarians
may contact those legislators’ offices to educate them on how the proposed legislation might affect libraries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Committee Action</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Committee members consider the bill and may hold public hearings. MLA may submit a request to testify for or against the bill. Once the
committee votes to send the bill to the House or Senate floor, we might ask you to contact your legislator and let them know how the bill’s passage would affect your library.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Enactment by the Legislature</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If a bill passes, it is sent to the other chamber of the Legislature where it follows the same procedure resulting in defeat or passage.
If a bill is passed by both chambers in identical form, it then goes to the Governor. If a bill is passed in a different form by the second chamber, the bill must be returned to the chamber of origin for passage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Governor Action</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Upon receipt of an enrolled bill, the Governor has 14 days to consider the bill and may:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Choose not to sign or veto the bill. If the Legislature has adjourned by the time the bill reaches the Governor, she has fourteen days to approve the bill or it dies.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If the Governor vetoes a bill while the Legislature is in session or recess, the Legislature may override the veto by a two-thirds vote
and it becomes law.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">It can all be confusing, but the best explanation remains with the 1970s video
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I’m just a Bill on Capitol Hill</span></em>. If you’ve never watched it, take a minute and you’ll come away with some insight to the federal process. If you grew up watching Schoolhouse Rock, it’s a sweet moment
of nostalgia. Either way, it highlights the fact we have both rights and responsibilities to help establish the policies that govern our state and nation. Fair warning: after viewing the video you may be humming the “I’m just a bill” song all day long.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To follow a bill’s activity, visit:
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<span style="color:#006EB6">Get Bill Status from the Michigan Legislature Website</span></a> If you have questions about pending legislation, contact me at
<a href="mailto:gmadziar@milibaries.org"><span style="color:#006EB6">gmadziar@milibaries.org</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a name="link_13"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#006EB7">New Grant Program from LM for Collections and Access</span></a><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are pleased to announce the LM will have three competitive grant programs in 2019. We will continue the Collaborative Library Services
program (large grants) and the Public Library Services program (small grants). We are excited to start a new Improving Access to Information program, which is a medium-sized, one-year grant program with a $5,000 to $25,000 funding range and the possibility
of applying for a second year depending on program outcomes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Improving Access grant program provides Michigan public and academic libraries the opportunity to improve access to information in
their communities. Programs can focus on increasing a library’s capacity to offer services and resources in several areas, including literacy (ESL, early literacy, digital literacy); local history or special collections; and improving digital or other access
opportunities to community users with limited access. Applications are due May 31, 2019 and approved grants begin October 1, 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">As in previous years, the Collaborative Library Services program is for projects that include a library and at least one community partner
and are developing a program that serves an underserved population, such as at-risk youth. The focus of these grants is a community program with some level of innovation. These grants are for one to three years and for $50,000 to $500,000. For those interested
in this program, an Intent to File form is required and is due January 31, 2019. Applications are due May 31, 2019 and approved grants begin October 1, 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Public Library Services grant program helps public libraries with small grants of $500 to $2,000 for summer programming supplies for
children and youth, literacy or technology-related programs for youths. These can be used for activities like a maker club for teens or summer reading programs, financial literacy or digital literacy programs, etc. Check the web site for some sample programs.
Applications are due March 8, 2019. Grants will be awarded in April for summer 2019 programs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Eligibility guidelines, detailed timelines and application information for the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant programs
are at <a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTkwMjAxLjk3NzcxMSZtZXNzYWdlaWQ9TURCLVBSRC1CVUwtMjAxOTAyMDEuOTc3NzExJmRhdGFiYXNlaWQ9MTAwMSZzZXJpYWw9MTc1ODQ2MDYmZW1haWxpZD1ub3JyaXNzMkBtaWNoaWdhbi5nb3YmdXNlcmlkPW5vcnJpc3MyQG1pY2hpZ2FuLmdvdiZmbD0mZXh0cmE9TXVsdGl2YXJpYXRlSWQ9JiYm&&&106&&&http://www.michigan.gov/lsta">
<span style="color:#006EB6">www.Michigan.gov/LSTA</span></a>. Check out informational and application webinars scheduled for this spring. Please contact Karren Reish with any questions at 517-241-0021 or
<a href="mailto:reishk@michigan.gov"><span style="color:#006EB6">reishk@michigan.gov</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.</span></em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a name="link_17"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#006EB7">Michigan Research Institute for Public Libraries (RIPL) Data Conference Announced: August 7-8, 2019</span></a><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Save the date for a Research Institute for Public Libraries (RIPL) Regional event on August 7-8, 2019, in East Lansing. What is a RIPL
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<span style="color:#006EB6">national data boot camp</span></a> – two days, four instructors, and up to 50 public library participants from Michigan and beyond – that provides the training necessary to begin using data and evaluation for managing, planning,
and demonstrating impact. This event is hosted by LM in partnership with the Colorado State Library and the Colorado Library Consortium.
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Registration opens for Michigan residents on March 18, 2019.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Registration is $50 and includes breakfast and lunch both days of the event. Some travel stipends (covering the registration fee, transportation,
lodging, and meals), provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the LM, are available to participants working in small and rural public libraries in the U.S. Information about the travel stipend application process will be available
on February 4, 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#006EB6">event webpage</span></a>. Questions? Email Joe Hamlin at
<a href="mailto:hamlinj2@michigan.gov"><span style="color:#006EB6">hamlinj2@michigan.gov</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.</span></em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The LM proudly announces
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Michigan Men in the War</span></em>, a series compiled by E. Elden Davis, is available online at the LM’s digital repository, Governing Michigan. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">With quirky titles like “Brag is a good dog, but holdfast is better,” and ‘The boys call them Sharpfellers,” these booklets contain transcripts
of selected letters authored by Michigan soldiers during the Civil War. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Originally published during and after the 1860s in Michigan newspapers such as the Detroit Advertiser and Tribune; Wolverine Citizen;
Detroit Free Press; and others, the letters provide insight into both the significant and mundane events of this conflict through the eyes of the Michigan men who experienced them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Civil War enthusiast Elden Davis has dedicated decades, and travelled thousands of miles in Michigan and elsewhere, to research and compile
this series. The letters he transcribed contain detail about troop movements, camp conditions, and the general health and outlook of the soldiers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Each letter is written with a unique style and voice, taking the reader back to a time of danger and apprehension through first person
accounts and original poetry that communicate a broad spectrum of emotion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In addition to the soldiers' writings, Davis has included (when available) factual data on the individual soldier, photographs of monuments
or other relevant sites and uniquely appropriate illustrations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">“This series reflects exactly what the Library of Michigan is about, collecting and showcasing unique Michigan stories, by Michigan authors,”
said State Librarian Randy Riley. “We are excited to provide access to this material and grateful to Mr. Davis for sharing his work with us and the rest of the state.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">These works are provided by the LM and available on the library’s digital repository,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. </span></em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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but interior pages need to be updated in your bookmarks or on your website.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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