Another great year at MLA! Prior Lake was a new venue for MLA and Mystic Lake did not disappoint! I attended both the 40 in 50 non-fiction and fiction book blasts -- I love listening to people talk about books quickly and effectively. Definitely got some new book ideas! I ran the Intellectual Freedom Committee [...]
The opportunity to attend the Minnesota Library Association Conference held at Mystic Lake Center in Prior Lake was great! I especially enjoyed the keynote speaker, Steve Simon, Secretary of State for Minnesota on Civic Engagement and Voting. I heard about the tremendous number of people it takes to hold an election and the efforts made [...]
ARSL is my favorite conference to attend. This year it was held in Burlington, VT. The first session I attended was "WHY-BRARIAN: How to connect to Your Best". The session used information, insight and inspiration from Simon Sinek's Golden Circle Concept. Jeremy Bloom talked about burn-out between us and our work or organizations we represent. [...]
Recruitment for CSL’s IMLS Grant Project, EXCITE Transformation for Libraries, Minnesota Regional Bootcamp opens September 1st, 2019 early submissions welcome! Who can apply? • Individual librarians (academic, public and school) • Library teams of up to 4 participants OVERVIEW of Standalone Bootcamp Program: Three Days, Four Journeys… • In this fully-immersive EXCITE Bootcamp, you will [...]
This ALA webinar, “36 Adult Program Ideas,” was very good. While we were already doing some of the things mentioned (book club, Star Wars Day activities, family movie nights), we did discover quite a few that we are not doing but sounded perfect for us. The first one we are trying will be in October, [...]
I've attended Camp Read-A-Lot for several years, and this was one of the best yet! David La Rochelle was an inspiring speaker, and the book talks with librarians and teachers were really helpful. I especially appreciated hearing how other librarians will use the books in their programs and the type of patron who may like [...]
Come Together October 10-12 Minneapolis Marriott Northwest Brooklyn Park, MN Registration Form
Libraries: Stronger Together September 19 and 20, 2019 at Mystic Lake Center Join us in Prior Lake to celebrate all the ways libraries and communities are Stronger Together! Through collaboration, whether internally in developing new services to support a growing need within our communities or by strengthening partnerships between different types of libraries to support [...]
I truly enjoyed Camp Read-a-Lot this year. We heard from David LaRochelle, Ralph Covert and John Coy. LaRochelle talked a lot about writing and publishing. The most important thing I heard from him was "Make your someday because somedays never come." I also learned that the revision process is just getting started once you are [...]
Camp Read-A-Lot is a literacy conference. We had 2 authors speak about writing and how to encourage kids to read more. The authors were to Minnesota authors, David LaRochelle and John Coy. Also Ralph Covert showed us how fun can turn into a learning experience. Everyone was great and it was an awesome experience. We [...]