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The recordings from the Collaborative Summer Library Program’s “All Together Now!” Summer Symposium are now available, including the powerful keynote address from ALA Executive Director, Tracie D. Hall. Along with the recordings are links to the handouts, slides, and chatbox information. Please go to the CSLP Summer Symposium website for details: https://www.cslpreads.org/all-together-now-2022/ [cslpreads.org]. There is also a symposium survey [cslpreads.org], open through January 6, 2023, and an education unit certificate available for printing.
The CSLP Symposium sessions are also already listed in ASPeN, so you can find those under the "Independent Learning Event" drop down menu, and register for the credits there.
The Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP), the leading national summer library program, is currently seeking an Executive Director. This position reports to the CSLP Board of Directors and is responsible for internal management of all of CSLP’s projects, staff, and vendor relationships. CSLP is a unique organization and is seeking a leader who can smoothly guide the organization as it seeks to continually improve the summer reading experience for both the staff and patrons of public libraries through our products, artwork, and partnerships for the children, teens, and adults we serve in our communities.
This is a remote work position with some travel required. Library Experience preferred.
Salary range $75,000 - $85,000, depending on experience. Salary will be reviewed based on the successful completion of the first year. Benefits include an additional monthly stipend for insurance as well as an annual technology stipend, plus paid holidays and time off.
Timeline:
- Application closes January 31, 2023, at 8:00pm Eastern Time
- First round virtual interviews for those selected will take place late February.
- Finalists will be notified by March 1 and will be asked to travel to an in-person interview the week of March 20, 2023. (Adjustments can be made for extenuating circumstances.)
- Hire by goal of April 1, 2023.
For the full job description and information on applying, please visit https://www.cslpreads.org/about/employment-opportunties/ [cslpreads.org].
Contact via email: employment@cslpreads.org.
Please share this job opportunity with anyone you think might be interested!
The Montana Library Network Virtual Programming series will be starting again in 2023! Please take a look at the following programs, and reach out to Amelea Kim at akim@mt.gov if your library is interested in co-hosting any or all of these events. As a reminder, as an official co-host, you can choose to participate in at least one of the following ways:
- Share and publicize the event information and registration for your patrons to join individually from home
- Host a watch party at your library for patrons to come and watch together
- Host a watch party somewhere in your community outside the library for patrons to come and watch together
All co-hosting libraries will receive publicity and outreach templates to help with outreach, as well as follow-up generalized statistics of attendees from their service area to report in the Public Library standards report.
January 2023: Montana Fibershed - Connecting Montana folks with Montana Fiber
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Date: January 26th, 2023, from 6:30 - 8 pm
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Program Description: The concept of a “fibershed,” a term coined by Rebecca Burgess, and popularized in her 2019 book* of the same name, has spread all over the U.S. and the world. Like a watershed, which defines a catchment and drainage area for a given landscape, a fibershed is a geographically-defined area in which natural fiber resources are produced and then used by the people living within its boundaries. Montana Fibershed seeks to educate Montanans on the benefits of a place-based, local fiber system. A parallel concept to the local foods movement, this local cloth movement highlights the origins of our fiber and clothing. Just like our food, our natural-fiber clothing also comes from the land. We are working to connect our fiber producers, the farmers and ranchers, to our local designers, makers, businesses, and other end-users of Montana-raised natural fiber, and in so doing, to bolster the Montana textile economy and its supply chains, and to promote regenerative agricultural practices for healthy soils and a more balanced ecosystem across our great state.
*Fibershed: Growing a Movement of Farmers, Fashion Activists, and Makers for a New Textile Economy, by Rebecca Burgess, Chelsea Green Publishing, 2019.
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Barbara French Biography: Barb French is a maker with a life-long devotion to natural fibers who learned to sew and knit from her mother at a young age. MT Fibershed encompasses all of Barb’s interests, from the love of fiber and fashion, to the sustainable growth of Montana’s textile industry and the fascinating subject of regenerative agriculture within the fiber economy.
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Helen Harris Biography: Helen Harris is a professional artist whose medium includes weaving, stitching, dyeing & mineral pigment painting. She holds BFA & MA degrees in Textile Design/Weaving/Mixed Media Art, from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, IL.
- Registration Link: https://tinyurl.com/mtfibershed
March 2023: Kyle Langley - Archaeology of Bison in Glacier National Park
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Date: March 21st, 2023 from 6 - 7:30 pm
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Program Description: Coming Soon!
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Kyle Langley Biography: Coming Soon
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Registration Link: Coming Soon!
April 2023: Dr. Cathy Cripps - Foraging for Wild Mushrooms in Montana
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Date: April 20th, 6:30 - 8 pm
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Program Description: Foraging for wild mushrooms has become a popular activity in Montana and across the country. The idea of free food from forests and meadows is appealing, but a wrong choice for the frying pan can be potentially deadly. There are dangerous mushrooms out there--and also lots of delicious ones! This presentation covers how to get started collecting wild mushrooms, including how to find them, how to pick them, and how to identify them. Choice Montana edibles such as King Boletes, chanterelles, morels, hawk wings, lion’s mane, oysters, and more, are shown in full color and their edible properties described. The general rules for eating wild mushrooms are also important to know. Lastly, a few of the toxic species to be avoided, especially those that have caused poisonings in Montana, will be discussed. Further resources for wild mushroom hunting in Montana are provided. Learn about the diversity of mushrooms in our state and how they promote ecosystem health!
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Dr. Cathy Cripps Biography: Cathy is mycologist and professor at Montana State University where she teaches and does research on fungi. She earned her BS from the University of Michigan and PhD from Virginia Tech. Her research on mushrooms that survive in Arctic and alpine habitats has taken her to Iceland, Svalbard, Norway, Greenland, the Austrian Alps, Finland, and our own Rocky Mountains. The use of mycorrhizal fungi to promote whitebark pine restoration at high elevations is another research focus. She is lead author of “The Essential Guide to Rocky Mountain Mushrooms by Habitat”, editor of “Fungi in Forest Ecosystems” and “Arctic and Alpine Mycology 8” and has authored numerous scientific papers. With over 40 years of experience collecting mushrooms, first as an amateur when she lived in a cabin in Colorado and later as a professional leading forays and teaching field classes in Montana, her love and enthusiasm for the Rocky Mountains and its fungal creatures runs deep
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Registration Link: Coming Soon!
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