[Michlib-l] MI KidLib Unconference is returning!!

[Lancaster, Cathy (MDE)]

Just a quick reminder/follow-up to Dena's email below that the MI KidLib<https://sites.google.com/site/mikidlib/> <https://sites.google.com/site/mikidlib/> unconference is back!!! It'll be held Wednesday, September 24th, at the BCLS Alice & Jack Wirt Public Library with registration now open<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdPc7wHaCOPKGSdCKcfj_46Zu38OfhNSdZaa6i6CygLRBIfKw/viewform>. Doors open at 9:30, with the event starting promptly at 10:00 am. You're welcome to bring a lunch or use the lunch break to walk to one of the many restaurants in downtown Bay City. A full schedule with breakout sessions (voted on by participants) will be provided to you the week before MI KidLib.

So be sure to register<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdPc7wHaCOPKGSdCKcfj_46Zu38OfhNSdZaa6i6CygLRBIfKw/viewform> <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdPc7wHaCOPKGSdCKcfj_46Zu38OfhNSdZaa6i6CygLRBIfKw/viewform> today and then you can get started by voting on breakout topics!

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If you are registered, please select no more than 4 topics that are of the highest interest to you on our voting submission form<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeNdRpV28BusTfAh5Hd-idUm-0N6N8HIMllRJDbufrMsaxrHw/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=111845546272494808031> by Friday, September 12th. The topics with the most interest will be slotted into our 9 breakout sessions for the day.

Please feel free to reach out to anyone on the MI KidLib 2025 planning team at MiKidLib at gmail.com if you have questions.
On behalf of the MI KidLib Team; Dena Moscheck (Bay County Library System), Julie Moore (Clinton Macomb Public Library), Leigh Verburg (Kent District Library) -- we look forward to seeing you in September!

Thank you,

Cathy Lancaster

Youth Services Coordinator

Library of Michigan
702 W. Kalamazoo St.
Lansing, MI 48915
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Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2025 4:35 PM
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Subject: [Michlib-l] MI KidLib Unconference is returning!!



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We are excited to announce that MI KidLib, an annual FREE unconference for youth services and teen services staff (current, aspiring, retired) in Michigan is returning!

While the unconference has been on hiatus since 2020, mark your calendars for September 24, 2025 to join us in this event.

Registration and more information can be found here<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdPc7wHaCOPKGSdCKcfj_46Zu38OfhNSdZaa6i6CygLRBIfKw/viewform?usp=header>.

MI KidLib is run by Dena Moscheck (Bay County Library System), Julie Moore (Clinton Macomb Public Library), and Leigh Verburg (Kent District Library).

MI KidLib was started in 2014 by Lisa Mulvenna, Andrea Vernola, and Anne Clark.

We hope to see you there!

Dena Moscheck (she/they)

Children's Coordinator

Bay County Library System

500 Center Ave, Bay City MI 48708

(989) 893-9566 x2130

dmoscheck at baycountylibrary.org<mailto:dmoscheck at baycountylibrary.org>

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