Linking Our Libraries

We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

This week we admire Douglas County. It is named after Stephen Arnold Douglas (1813-1861), former United States Senator from Illinois (1847-1861). We suggest this week you read a book about a person from Illinois or set in Illinois.

We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

This week we admire Clearwater County. The Itasca Bison Kill Site is the oldest archaeological site within Itasca State Park. The site dates back to the Early Eastern Archaic period. We suggest you read a book about large animals with four feet this week.

We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

This week we admire Polk County. The Red Lake River flows west through the upper central part of the county, discharging into the Red at Grand Forks. In the best tradition of reference questions asked, we suggest you read a book with a red cover.

We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

Today our prompt is inspired by Dakota County! This county is located in the southern area of the Twin Cities. The reading prompt comes from the Dakota language, after a local tribe Dakota that means "Allies" so this week, read a book about friends.

We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

Today our prompt is inspired by Beltrami County! This county is located in the northern part of the state and includes the Red Lake Reservation. Our prompt comes from Giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer who explored the northern reaches of the  Mississippi River in 1823; read a book set in Italy or with an Italian character.

We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

Today our prompt is inspired by Clay County! This county includes Moorhead MN, just across the river from Fargo. The reading prompt comes from Henry Clay (1777-1852), Kentucky statesman and ninth secretary of state of the United States (1825–1829); read a book set in Kentucky or with a Kentuckian.

We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

You can find our full show notes here, with links to everything we discussed today.

Earlier this season we talked about the three required courses in this certification program. This week we are talking about one of the competencies that is optional: Youth Services. Today is our last topic! It’s been great talking about all of these ideas with you!

“These competencies are for support staff working in a public library in service to youth, from birth through age seventeen. Services to youth include collection development, programming, providing readers’ advisory and reference services, and teaching information literacy skills and related activities.”

This was a quick overview of all ten of the topics in the ALA/APA’s certification topics for library staffers. And if you want to find out more about getting certified yourself, check the website (linked in our show notes), or just email us at [email protected].

It has been great talking about library skills with you all season! This is our final show of season nine - but don’t worry about us leaving you. We will be back here on Tuesday with another season of our series Browsing Books. We will keep looking at counties in Minnesota, finding an interesting fact about each, and suggesting books you can enjoy for yourself or recommend to your patrons. Subscribe today to our sister podcast: Reading With Libraries! We will start a new season of this book group next Thursday. Join us each week for a new genre, tasty beverages to share, and a lot of books to discuss!

Earlier this season we talked about the three required courses in this certification program. This week we are talking about one of the competencies that is optional: Supervision and Management. We have two entire seasons, from Seasons Three and Four, talking about different management competencies that might be useful to you. So check those out for more information!

You can find our full show notes page here, with links to everything we are sharing today.

“Library Support Staff often hold positions that involve supervision and management. These staff members may also need to demonstrate the competencies specific to a department in which they work.”

Let’s take a look at a few of the fourteen different components the ALA has identified as important here, and talk about a little information on each one. You can get more information about the full list on their website.

“Library Support Staff who work in collection functions support coworkers and library users by assisting with the processes that put library materials on the shelf or online. This work requires knowledge and abilities in many aspects of this fundamental library work, including understanding publishers, vendors, budgets and accounting, how to resolve problems, preparing items for use, and caring for items after they have been well used.”

You can find our full show notes page here, with links to everything we shared today.