BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:937c510b80a1d7d18f4fa54032445243194 CATEGORIES:MLA Connect SUMMARY:Navigating Material Challenges for Library Trustees DESCRIPTION:
Thur
sday, August 11, 2022
6:00 - 7:30 PM
MLA is partnering with the Michigan Cooperative Directors Association to host a virtual trust ee training event on Thursday, August 11 from 6:00 - 7:30 PM. As libraries in Michigan and around the country grapple with an unprecedented number of book bans and challenges, this event will help orient library trustees to t heir role and responsibilities when it comes to material challenges.
Attendees will learn about the importance of established library policy, go od governance and more when faced with politically motivated challenges to intellectual freedom.
This event is free to attend for library truste es. We hope you will join us!
Presenters include S hirley Bruursema, Trustee, Kent District Library and Lakeland Library Coope rative; Carol Dawe, Director, Lakeland Library Cooperative; Dillon Geshel, Director, Superiorland Library Cooperative; Eric Palmer, Director, Mideaste rn Michigan Library Cooperative; and Kate Pohjola Andrade, Director, Woodla nds Library Cooperative.
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