![]() Learn why voter support for funding libraries is dropping in many places, and what support is for your library looks like in your community. MLA Connect Coffee Hour: Are You Prepared for Your Next Ballot Proposal?Īre You Prepared for Your Next Ballot Proposal? The MLA Connect September Coffee Hour is all about how to build community support for your library. On Thursday, December 16, join Lance Werner, Director of the Kent District Library, and Amber McLain, Director of the Patmos Library, as they talk about intellectual freedom rights, share personal experiences, and open a conversation about book challenges, censorship, upholding rights to privacy, library audits, and MLA’s statement of principle. Each month, we will address a new topic and share any pending legislation introduced in the House or Senate that could impact the Michigan library community. Open discussion and Q & A will follow this interview-style agenda. MLA’s new Advocacy Hour Conversations are an opportunity for the library community to learn more about MLA's advocacy and legislative priorities including funding, elections, property taxes, literacy, internet access, privacy, intellectual freedom and more. MLA Connect Advocacy Hour: Intellectual Freedom Senator McBroom represents Michigan’s 38th Senate District, located in the Upper Peninsula, and Chairs the Senate Natural Resources and Oversight Committees. Join us to learn more about civil fines and penal fines, how these fines fund libraries, and the laws that surround them. Join us for a special Friday afternoon edition of our MLA Connect Advocacy Hour! On Friday, January 21 at 3:30 PM, we will welcome Michigan State Senator Ed McBroom and MLA Lobbyist Bob Devries for a discussion on the difference between penal fines and civil fines, and the ripple effects on library funding as a result of criminal justice reform. SPECIAL DAY AND TIME! Friday, January 21, 2022 MLA Connect Advocacy Hour: Penal Fines, Civil Fines and Library Funding Join MLA and MAME for a discussion with EveryLibrary Executive Director John Chrastka about ways to anticipate and answer highly politicized challenges with integrity to your mission and compassion for the community or students your library serves. However, there is an entirely different class of book bans that are political, politicized, and performative which must be understood in order to be properly engaged. When a book or materials challenge is made by people with legitimate interests in the outcome, however difficult it is to discuss, there will be an outcome in line with the First Amendment and your library's values. M LA Connect Advocacy Hour: Intellectual Freedom: When the Challenges Are Truly Political Learn tried and true techniques to get better visibility with potential candidates and legal considerations to drafting job descriptions from the American Society of Employers. MLA Connect Exploration: Keynote discussions with field leaders exploring the most pressing questions for our field today and into the future.Ĭreating quality job descriptions is arguably one of the toughest aspects of HR and recruiting because you cannot adequately interview and hire candidates, create an equitable offer, or assess employee performance without a valid and reliable description. Drafting Job Descriptions to Get the Candidates You Want
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