[Michlib-l] *Spring Institute Early Bird Registration ends in 1 week!*

[Jocelyn Baldwin Levin]

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*Michigan Library Association's 2016 Spring Institute for Youth and Teen
Librarians *is less than a month away and this year's event promises to
provide unique ideas, opportunities for connecting with colleagues and
renewed enthusiasm for your profession.


We have an AMAZING line-up for Thursday, April 14th and Friday, April 15th:


*Jason Reynolds* <http://iamjasonreynolds.com/>, author of *When I Was the
Greatest*, *Boy in the Black Suit*, and *All American Boys*, and winner of
the inaugural 2016 Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s
Literature, a Coretta Scott King Award, and John Steptoe Award for New
Talent.


*Lori Nichols* <http://www.lorinichols.com/>, author of Mitten Award
Winner *Maple,
Maple & Willow Together, *and *Maple & Willow Apart.* Her illustrations can
also be seen in: *This Orq. (he cave boy.), *and *This Orq. (he say ugh.)* by
David Elliott; as well as *No, No, Kitten!* by Shelley Moore Thomas.


*Jonathan Auxier* <http://www.thescop.com/> is the author of YouPer Award
Winner *The **Night Gardener*, *Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes,* and,
coming April 4th, *Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard*.


In addition to these awesome authors, we have brought *INSTANT RECESS*
<http://www.instantrecess.com/>*®* <http://www.instantrecess.com/>
<http://www.instantrecess.com/>to Michigan for the first time. This is a
high energy, interactive session where you’ll learn how to increase
alertness and engagement and decrease the harmful effects of prolonged
sitting. You'll gain the skills and resources to lead your own ten minute
Instant Recess® breaks at your library!


We will also have Join Katy Held to teach us about *Brain Gym
<http://www.braingym.org/>, *an easy-to-learn and easy-to-share way to be
more productive and engage your brain in a new way!


*BRAND NEW: Cool Things My Library Does Reception*

This quick engaging networking event will give you an opportunity to check
out fourteen innovative and unique ideas from libraries across the state.
Come discover fun new programs, displays and collection ideas that just
might spark some ideas for your library!  An Ice Cream Sundae Bar from the
MSU Dairy* (YUM!)* will be featured and a cash bar will be available as
well.


This Year's *Frances H. Pletz Award for Excellence in Service to Youth *winner
will be announced during SI and we'll have 15 breakout sessions, 16
vendors, book signings, two continental breakfasts, two lunches, dine
around opportunities and networking activities to round out the two-day
event. Click here
<http://www.milibraries.org/prof-development-networking/spring-institute/sessions/>to
see a schedule with program descriptions.



Registration
<http://members.mla.lib.mi.us/Scripts/4Disapi.dll/4DCGI/events/register.html?Action=Register&ConfID_W=165>

<http://members.mla.lib.mi.us/Scripts/4Disapi.dll/4DCGI/events/register.html?Action=Register&ConfID_W=165>is
open. Two-day, one-day and student pricing options are available. Early
bird discounts ends *Thursday, March 31*.


Questions? Please contact MLA at (517) 394-2774 ext. 223 for assistance.


Jocelyn (Baldwin) Levin, MLIS
​MLA
​​
Spring Institute
​2016 ​
Chair​
​person​

jmb.mlis at gmail.com
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