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Library Compensation: How to Create an Equitable Market-Based Compensation System

Compensation is a significant part of each library’s annual budget. This presentation provides information on evaluating market compensation levels for both library-specific and non-specific roles; to identify a nondiscriminatory, competitive compensation strategy in today’s labor market.

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Leveraging MiSEN to Deploy High-Speed Internet to Michigan Libraries

Michigan is positioned to be one of the leading states in the nation to provide high capacity bandwidth needs to all of our K-12 students. The Michigan Statewide Educational Network has brought 10 Gigabit capability to Michigan Intermediate School Districts. Kalamazoo Public Library is one of the first Libraries in the state to take advantage of the MISEN network. Panelists will discuss the process and advantages of using this resource to provide broadband to libraries.

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Mindful Stress Resilience: In the Time of COVID-19

We are human beings, not human doings. As a culture, we are stressed to point of sickness because we equate rest with laziness. Our bodies need time to rest and relax if want to be healthy. The COVID-19 pandemic served to highlight how stress impacts our health. In this session, participants will learn how stress and health are connected and how to make changes to reduce stress and improve health.

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Michigan Center for the Book: What is It and How Can Your Library Get Involved?

The Michigan Center of the Book was founded in 1986. Since then, the Center for the Book has been giving grants to libraries and sponsored popular programs such as Michigan Notable Books. The Center for the Book has been able to do this with the help and support of libraries across Michigan. Find out how this work is done and how you and your library can get involved in promoting the literary life of our state!

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Instructional Design in Niche Academy: On-demand Microlearning for Libraries

Ensuring that your adult learners stay engaged is essential. Learn about instructional design best practices and know-how in this two-part workshop to get up to speed on the necessary elements of teaching adult learners. These skills can be used to create training experiences for patrons or for library staff. Attendees will learn both the methodological underpinnings of adult learning in an online environment as well as receive a check-list of tools for course production.

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