[Michlib-l] Michlib-l Digest, Vol 131, Issue 1

Tue Sep 2 18:54:48 EDT 2025

JOB POSTING
Part-Time Reference Librarian
Should send Resume, Cover Letter and completed application (can be found on
library website https://www.fraserpubliclibrary.org/employment) to
fplemployment at libcoop.net for consideration. Pay is $22-24 an hour
depending on qualifications.

*Fraser Public Library*

*Job Description*

*Job Title: *Adult Reference Librarian – Part-time

*Reports To: *Head of Adult Services and Library Director

*FLSA Status: *Non-Exempt

*Summary: *Responsible for overseeing the reference desk, assisting with
various forms of technology, and performing the following duties:

*Duties and Responsibilities *include the following.  Other duties may be
assigned.

   1. Assists patrons with reference questions and readers advisory
   activities, and keeps stats based on reference questions.*
   2. Aids patrons with questions, places holds, issues library cards,
   provides public computer help, helps with faxing, printing, answers phone,
   solves problems, and assists in Children's Area when unstaffed.*
   3. Assists with cataloging of materials, including books, AV materials,
   and magazines.*
   4. Opens and/or closes the library and turns on computers and lights.*
   5. Walks around the library and performs closing duties, checks for and
   reminds patrons of closing time, checks the Children's Area for patrons and
   ensures that lights are off, checks to make sure bathroom lights are off,
   and locks the doors.*
   6. Performs collection weeding, as needed.
   7. Maintains the circulation desk when unstaffed.
   8. Maintains neatness of all library areas.
   9. Assists with updating the Library’s website and maintaining the
   Library’s calendar, including room reservations.*
   10. Assists with the public printing system maintenance and documents as
   well as the 3-D printer.*
   11. Assists with library social media, creating promotional materials
   and programs.*
   12. Acts as Librarian in Charge as needed, temporarily supervising up to
   5 employees present in the building.
   13. May help with displays and programs as needed.
   14. Must meet the public and serve people of all ages; maintain a
   pleasant, approachable demeanor.

*Qualifications:*

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform
each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are
representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.

*Language Ability:*

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals,
professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from
groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

*Math Ability:*

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure,
using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute
rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

*Reasoning Ability: *

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid
conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical
instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract
and concrete variables.

*Computer Skills: *

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of
Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Google Suite, and Polaris. Be familiar
with other library software that is frequently used.

*Education/Experience:*

Master's degree (M.A./M.S.) or equivalent; and equivalent combination of
education and experience.

*Physical Demands:*

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must
be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of
this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required
to sit, use hands, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear. The
employee is frequently required to stand, and walk. The employee is
occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must
occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.

*Work Environment:*

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of
those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of
this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally
exposed to animal programs.

The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

On Tue, Sep 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM <michlib-l-request at mcls.org> wrote:

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>    5. New Documents for July & August 2025 (Bruce Sarjeant)
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Tahquamenon Library Director <tqdirector at tahquamlibrary.org>
> To: michlib-l at mcls.org
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 09:16:41 -0400
> Subject: [Michlib-l] Tahquamenon Area School Public Library; New Director
> Announcement
> Hello Librarians,
>
> On 8/28/25, the TASPL Library Advisory Board updated my title to be the
> Director of the Tahquamenon Area School Public Library.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Ross Wine
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Whitledge, Bryan R" <whitl1br at cmich.edu>
> To: michlib-l <michlib-l at mcls.org>
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 13:24:31 +0000
> Subject: [Michlib-l] FW: Today! Clarke Speaker Series: Unsolved Mystery on
> Beaver Island
>
>
>
> Today! We are pleased to welcome James P. Hill, to discuss his new novel,
> The King Must Die.
>
>
>
> [image: Clarke Historical Library]
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>
>
> *CLARKE SPEAKER SERIES*
>
> *Death of an American King: The Fall of the Mormon Kingdom on Beaver
> Island*
>
> Dr. Hill is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at CMU.
>
> We are pleased to welcome James P. Hill, to discuss his new novel, *The
> King Must Die.*
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> In this novel, a future CMU professor explores the unresolved issues
> behind the conspiracy to assassinate King James Jesse Strang of Beaver
> Island in 1856. In his research journey, the professor faces political
> threats from those who do not want this issue resurrected and evidentiary
> hurdles to re-examine an old issue most historians considered settled. His
> unusual methodology results in new insights into the King Strang
> assassination plot.
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Deb Hemmye <dhemmye at hwoodslib.org>
> To: Tahquamenon Library Director <tqdirector at tahquamlibrary.org>
> Cc: Michlib <michlib-l at mcls.org>
> Bcc:
> Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 06:36:16 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] Tahquamenon Area School Public Library; New
> Director Announcement
> Congratulations!  It sounds like you've been doing the job already for a
> while - nice to have your hard work recognized.  Hope it came with an
> appropriate (if not wildly astronomic) pay change as well.  :)
>
> *Deb Hemmye*
> Library Director
> Huntington Woods Public Library
> 26415 Scotia Road
> Huntington Woods, MI 48070
> 248-543-9720, ext. 686
>
> Currently reading* The Wide Wide Sea:  Imperial Ambition, First Contact
> and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook, *by Hampton Sides
>
> ------------------------------
> *From: *"Michlib" <michlib-l at mcls.org>
> *To: *"Michlib" <michlib-l at mcls.org>
> *Sent: *Tuesday, September 2, 2025 9:16:41 AM
> *Subject: *[Michlib-l] Tahquamenon Area School Public Library;        New
> Director Announcement
>
> Hello Librarians,
>
> On 8/28/25, the TASPL Library Advisory Board updated my title to be the
> Director of the Tahquamenon Area School Public Library.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Ross Wine
>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jean Fellows <progcoord at gladl.org>
> To: Deb Hemmye <dhemmye at hwoodslib.org>
> Cc: Tahquamenon Library Director <tqdirector at tahquamlibrary.org>, Michlib
> <michlib-l at mcls.org>
> Bcc:
> Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 10:02:57 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] Tahquamenon Area School Public Library; New
> Director Announcement
> Agree!🎉🎉🎉
>
> On Tue, Sep 2, 2025 at 9:37 AM Deb Hemmye via Michlib-l <
> michlib-l at mcls.org> wrote:
>
>> Congratulations!  It sounds like you've been doing the job already for a
>> while - nice to have your hard work recognized.  Hope it came with an
>> appropriate (if not wildly astronomic) pay change as well.  :)
>>
>> *Deb Hemmye*
>> Library Director
>> Huntington Woods Public Library
>> 26415 Scotia Road
>> Huntington Woods, MI 48070
>> 248-543-9720, ext. 686
>>
>> Currently reading* The Wide Wide Sea:  Imperial Ambition, First Contact
>> and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook, *by Hampton Sides
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From: *"Michlib" <michlib-l at mcls.org>
>> *To: *"Michlib" <michlib-l at mcls.org>
>> *Sent: *Tuesday, September 2, 2025 9:16:41 AM
>> *Subject: *[Michlib-l] Tahquamenon Area School Public
>> Library;        New Director Announcement
>>
>> Hello Librarians,
>>
>> On 8/28/25, the TASPL Library Advisory Board updated my title to be the
>> Director of the Tahquamenon Area School Public Library.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Ross Wine
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Michlib-l mailing list
>> Michlib-l at mcls.org
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>
> --
> Jean Fellows
> Programming Coordinator
> Grand Ledge Area District Library
> 131 E. Jefferson St.,
> Grand Ledge, MI 48837
> 517-627-7014
>
>  *MelCat & Mel Are at Risk!*
>
> saveimls.org
>
> A federal Executive Order may cut *all funding* for these essential
> library services by Sept 2025.
>
>  MelCat = 34 million items from 435 MI libraries
>  Mel = free eBooks, magazines, research tools & more
>  Small libraries like GLADL *depend* on them!
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Bruce Sarjeant <bsarjean at nmu.edu>
> To: michlib-l at mail2.mcls.org
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 10:58:24 -0400
> Subject: [Michlib-l] New Documents for July & August 2025
> Good Morning.
>
> A new list of government documents has been posted to the GODORT of
> Michigan wiki.  Of note for the past two months:
>
>
>    - Line 5 pipeline: relocation and permitting [updated June 2025]
>    - Importance of Great Lakes icebreaking to the regional economy.
>    - Detect and Connect: Michigan State Police Office of School Safety's
>    Video Series.
>    - How mass deportations will separate American families, harm our
>    armed forces, and devastate our economy.
>    - Secret messengers: disseminating SIGINT in the Second World War: the
>    story of the British SLUs (special liaison units) and American SSOs
>    (special security officers)
>    - Unknown, unnamed, forgotten, the River Raisin American dead: a
>    special history study, River Baisin National Battlefield Park, Michigan.
>    - A Finite Resource: Managing the Growing Water Needs of Data Centers,
>    Critical Minerals Mining, and Agriculture in the Great Lakes Region.
>    - 2024 Election Report Access Matters: Michigan #3 in Voter Turnout.
>
>
>
> http://godortmi.pbworks.com/w/page/161636334/July%20and%20August%202025%20New%20Documents%20%28and%20online%20resources%29
>
> --
> Bruce Sarjeant (pronouns: *he, him, his*)
> Reference, Documents & Maps Librarian
> Lydia Olson Library, Gries Hall #36
> Northern Michigan University
> 1401 Presque Isle Ave
> Marquette, MI  49855
> (906) 227-1580
> https://nmu.libguides.com/c.php?g=1418950
> bsarjean at nmu.edu
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>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: hr at aadl.org
> To: michlib-l <michlib-l at mcls.org>
> Cc: hr <hr at aadl.org>
> Bcc:
> Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 07:32:27 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: [Michlib-l] AADL Job Opportunities - Production Technician -
> Part-time
> Hello,
>
> The Ann Arbor District Library is currently hiring for a part-time
> Production Technician in our Public Experience and Desk Service - Events
> department. Applications will be accepted until 8:00 pm on September 16,
> 2025.
>
> If you are interested in applying, please visit:
> aadl.org/aboutus/employment for the posting and information on how to
> apply.
>
> Thank you,
>
>
> Heidi Pratt (she/her)
> HR Staffing Coordinator
> Ann Arbor District Library
> pratth at aadl.org | hr at aadl.org
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