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<h1>Professional Development<o:p></o:p></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://my.nicheacademy.com/staffskills">Niche Academy Staff Skills</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Library staff can register for their own unique profile in Niche and take advantage of hundreds of self-paced online training modules created by LM and other organizations. Please allow up to 2 business days for your own account to be activated.
All courses are self-paced – start and stop as you need. This project is made possible in part with funding from the <i>Institute of Museum and Library Services</i>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<h1>ALSC <span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal">The ALSC Intellectual Freedom Committee would like to invite you to a We Are ALSC Chat entitled "Do I Self-Censor? How to Avoid This Pitfall" on Thursday, April 11th from 1-2 p.m. EST. Folks from the ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom
will be present to offer their expertise. Please <a href="https://ala-events.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIkcuiuqTMpEtNZc6D7wAZtVftMA8oBhXCu#/registration">
register here</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<h1>YALSA<o:p></o:p></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Call for Instructors for YALSA eCourses and Webinars</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">The Young Adult Library Association (YALSA) is seeking members and other industry professionals to serve as instructors for our program of eCourses and webinars. If you have a unique approach to a topic
that you feel is of interest to the YA Librarianship audience, we’d love to hear from you. Click
<b><a href="http://ala.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0xMTQ2NzE3NiZwPTEmdT0xMDA3NDQ5NTMxJmxpPTEwNzk2NjQ2NA/index.html" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-weight:normal"> to fill out the proposal form. Our schedule is open beginning in the fall. If you have
any questions, please contact </span><a href="mailto:ce@ala.org" target="_blank">ce@ala.org</a><span style="font-weight:normal">.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Heading1Char"><span style="font-size:16.0pt">In the News…</span></span><br>
<a href="https://wapo.st/3VrvW3T">‘Devil comet’ could soon be visible to the naked eye. How to see it.</a> – The Washington Post, 3/17/24<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://mea.org/michigan-needs-more-school-librarians-to-improve-student-literacy/">Michigan needs more school librarians to improve student literacy</a> – Michigan Education Association, 3/6/24<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.mininggazette.com/news/local-news/2024/03/high-rate-of-return/">High Rate of Return: Hancock Schools Examining Library Funding and</a> Options – 3/9/24<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Enjoy the Snow, like Reba! Spring will be back soon.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please note that all Listservs are experiencing some issues with certain email accounts. Feel free to forward this to colleagues if they’ve missed it. Anyone missing these in their inboxes are invited to check their listserv archives to
catch-up!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">Cathy Lancaster</span></b><span style="color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black">Youth Services Coordinator</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="color:black">Library of Michigan<br>
702 W. Kalamazoo St.<br>
Lansing, MI 48915</span><br>
<i><span style="color:black;background:white">My Pronouns: She/Her/Hers - See </span>
</i><a href="http://www.mypronouns.org/"><i><span style="color:#0563C1;background:white">www.mypronouns.org</span></i></a><i><span style="color:black;background:white"> to learn more<b>.</b></span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:LancasterC5@michigan.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">LancasterC5@michigan.gov</span></a><span style="color:#1F497D">
</span><b><span style="color:black">|</span></b><span style="color:black"> 517-335-8129
<b>|</b> </span><a href="http://www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan</span></a><span style="color:#1F497D">
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</span><span style="color:black">Follow us: </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/libraryofmichigan/"><span style="color:#0563C1">Facebook</span></a><span style="color:black">
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<a href="https://www.instagram.com/libraryofmichigan/"><span style="color:#0563C1">Instagram</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Join the <a href="http://mail2.mcls.org/mailman/listinfo/miyouth">
<b><span style="color:#006EB6;background:white;text-decoration:none">MiYouth</span></b></a>
<span style="color:black;background:white">Listserv, created for Michigan public library staff to share and discuss children and teen programming and services.</span><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="197" height="38" style="width:2.0555in;height:.3958in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01DA7C7A.F3DB70B0" alt="Michigan.gov/Vote logo
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Get personalized voter information on early voting and other topics at
<a href="https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/"><span style="color:#0563C1">Michigan.gov/Vote</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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