White Pine Library Cooperative went through boxes that were kept for years and needed to eliminate a lot of the papers and dated information. There are certain items that need to be kept for different amounts of time. We used the State of Michigan Records Retention and Disposal Schedule, General Schedule #17 – Public Libraries. Read More
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A Writer’s Journey Does Not Follow a Straight Line with Amy Haimerl 11-11-2020
WPLC VIRTUAL AUTHOR SERIES November 11, 2020 Amy Haimerl, author of Detroit Hustle: A Memoir of Love, Life, and Home/ Discusses her book about restoring a house and constructing a life. Amy’s Bio My bread and butter is covering small businesses in the country’s greatest city for innovation, entrepreneurship, and community building. I come prepared Read More
A Writer’s Journey Does Not Follow a Straight Line with Rachel Gladstone 11-4-2020
WPLC VIRTUAL AUTHOR SERIES November 4, 2020 Rachel Gladstone, author of “The Weekend Wedding Assistant”, shares the twists and turns in her life that culminated in her writing a novel. She discusses how the characters popped in her head and her writing and editing process. Rachel started her career as a bohemian backpacker who hiked Read More
White Pine Virtual Annual Meeting 10-21-2020
Dianne Connery is the Library Director of the innovative Pottsboro Area Library in Pottsboro, Texas, a community 80 miles north of Dallas with a population of 2,300 people. Dianne was a corporate trainer and entrepreneur before moving to this rural community ten years ago. On the verge of closing its doors, she led a group Read More
Board Meeting Minutes & Director’s Report October 21, 2020
The White Pine Library Cooperative Board meeting minutes and Director’s Report have been published and can be found at: Board Minutes October 21, 2020 Director’s Report October 2020
White Pine Virtual Annual Meeting 10-14-2020
Jeff Milo, a Circulation Specialist for the Ferndale Area District Library, presents “Thinking Like a Journalist to Tell Your Community’s Story”. Here’s the link to the Slides https://youtu.be/eENYX1nvWcY
White Pine Virtual Annual Meeting 10-7-2020
Attorney Anne Seurynck of Foster Swift Collings & Smith PC answers your library related legal questions. This is a partial recording of the WPLC Virtual Annual Meeting held October 7, 2020.
2020 League of Women Voters Guide
The League of Women Voters has published their voter guide for 2020. The pdf of the voter guide has been posted HERE. There is also a robust website that contains all of the information in the guide, and more. See https://www.vote411.org/
Board Meeting Minutes & Director’s Report August 26, 2020
The White Pine Library Cooperative Board meeting minutes and Director’s Report have been published and can be found at: Advisory Minutes August 26, 2020 Board Minutes August 26, 2020 Director’s Report August 2020
New Michigan COVID-19 Webpage
A new state tool shows which activities are still not allowed in Michigan due to the coronavirus pandemic and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s executive orders. With over 160 coronavirus executive orders in Michigan, the new online webpage shows a chart of activities and indicates if the activity can resume or not in each Michigan region. The Read More