National Library Week
Celebrate National Library Week Celebrate National Library Week April 8-14, 2018 with the theme, "Libraries Lead."
Teen Summit and Summer Reading Kickoff
Teen Summit Reading Takes You Everywhere April 5th-Murray County Courthouse 12:45 – 3:45 pm April 6th-Willmar Public Library 12:45 – 3:45 pm Register for Kickoff and/or Summit Summer Reading Kickoff Reading Takes You Everywhere April 5th-Murray County Courthouse 9:00 am - 12:00 pm April 6th-Willmar [...]
Health Information for Public Librarians
The National Network of Libraries of Medicine is offering stipends of up to $500 to support travel and lodging to attend the Health Information for Public Librarians Symposium. Stipends are offered on a first-come, first-serve basis with an emphasis on equal distribution across the nation. A deadline of March 1st is in place for first [...]
Teen Tech Week 2018
Teen Tech Week Grant Application March 4-10 Apply By March 2, 2018
Director’s Retreat by Michele Leininger / Marshall-Lyon County Library
For me, the Retreat was worthwhile for two reasons: 1. To hear Valerie Horton from Minetex speak. Not only was the topic valuable, but it was good to have her exposed to our situation, especially given that it was a small group and we got to chat more than a typical presentation like that usually [...]
SAMMIE Online Conference – Reaching Teens
February 2, 2018 Reaching Teens A SAMMIE Online Conference Marge Loch-Wouters Sparking the Connection: Tips on Great School Library/Public Library Cooperation Linda Braun Teen Community Engagement = Listening, Learning, and Leaving Luke Miller Code at Your Library Registration is closed
Fall SRP Resource Fair by Bronwyn Wenzel / Rock County Community Library
SAMMIE gave me the opportunity to attend the 2017 Fall SRP Resource Fair in St. Cloud. There were 3 different sessions. The first one was for early childhood (birth-age 3), 2nd presentation was for school-age/tweens, and the final presentation was on teens/adult programming. Each section covered displays, passive and active programs, as well as hints [...]
What’s New In Young Adult Literature by Lauri Fox / Tracy Area Schools
I was delighted to be able to attend the "What's New in Young Adult Books" workshop in Sioux Falls, SD, as last year I was "blizzard-ed out" on the day of the workshop. The presenter was a 20 year veteran Teacher/Librarian, having experiences throughout the Middle School and High School grade levels. There were all [...]
Summer Reading Program Resource Fair by Patricia (Trish) Grieme / Slayton Public Library
Thank you for the opportunity of attending the SRP Resource Fair in Saint Cloud. The knowledge and resources shared have given me ideas to start planning for our SRP in Slayton as well as sharing with others in the Plum Creek network. The staff in Saint Cloud put together a nice presentation offering ideas and [...]
MLA Conference 2017 by Gabby Fountain / Glencoe Public Library
This year the annual MLA conference gave me a big boost to try some new ideas and programming at my libraries. Something that I cannot wait to try will be what I learned from session "Locking in Literacy: Using Breakout Boxes for Library programming". Breakout boxes are going to be a big hit in our [...]