It was so nice of Director Bryon Sitler to invite me to join the White Pine Library Cooperative membership for their annual in-service day in Saginaw on November 8th. After giving a brief update on the goings-on here at the Library of Michigan, I got to sit down and just take it all in the rest of the day. What a treat!We learned about the ins and outs of identifying, preventing, and responding to identity theft from Angela Branch of the Michigan Attorney General's Office. We were motivated and inspired about how to deal with stress and difficult people (how to take charge of our own attitudes, really) by the very entertaining Maureen Burns (shown here with Bryon and me). And we learned about the process and what kinds of materials are being written and published by Anne Lewis and her husband at Mackinac Island Press. Great food, great presentations, and great company. I really enjoyed getting the chance to casually get to know some of the White Pine directors and staff.
Before we headed out late in the day, Bryon took me to visit the recently renovated Thomas Township Library, where Director Tari Dusek and Michelle Sosinski gave me the grand tour. They have an unusual fireplace mural that a local artist painted for them before they had a real fireplace installed during their renovation. It looks real, doesn't it!? They were preparing for an evening children's book session as we departed, and I know their community library is well-used and appreciated since I spotted the sign behind the circulation desk on the way out -- you may not be able to read it, but it says, "Over 1.1 Million Items Checked Out Since May 1989! Your Library at Work!" I'm glad I had time for one fun library visit in a very full day.
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