SELCO and SELS have much to offer their members with the many valuable support services provided as part of membership in addition to the technology services provided by SELCO. Library Support Services include:
- Advocacy
- Continuing Education and Training
- Grants and Special Projects
- Library Annual Reports
- Reading Programs
- Resources for Libraries
- Special Collections
Library Support Services News
Calling all library staff members, board members and library Friends group members! Please join us on Tuesday, June 18, 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the SELCO Headquarters in Rochester for a day of sharing, brainstorming, and planning at the Sharing Between Friends Workshop! In the morning, MELSA Director and former Minnesota Library Association of Friends (MALF) President Chris Olson will be speaking. In the afternoon, …
The following information was sent via e-mail on May 20, 2013 from Elaine Keefe, MLA/MEMO Lobbyist. Additional linked information added.
UPDATE: Click here for the Legacy Conference Committee Report. Specifically, see pages 68-69 for regional public library funding (listed under Department of Education) and pages 71-72 (starting on line 71-28, specifically) for information on the Minnesota Digital Library.
Great news! …
On Friday the Minnesota House will take up the bonding bill on the floor. The bill as it emerged from committee did not include any funding for libraries. However, Rep. Alice Hausman, chief author of the bill, has posted an amendment to the bill online that would appropriate $1.5 million for Library Accessibility and Improvement Grants. …
The House and Senate conferees for the Legacy bill have been appointed.
Please contact them and urge them to support the House position on Legacy funding for regional public libraries.
The House maintains the current funding level of $3 million per year, whereas the Senate reduces it to $1 million per year. With the Senate version, SELCO would go from $308,016 it received in FY2013 to $96,000 in FY2014, …
| As a part of its 25th anniversary season, the Minnesota Book Awards is proud to announce a new literary map of our state: From Main Street to Your Street: Minnesota Writers on the Map, featuring more than 100 writers from historical to modern times, whose contributions to the state’s literary legacy are profound. Copies of the map will be available in public libraries beginning at the end of May. In early June, the map will move online with more information on each of the authors listed, and new interactive elements. There will be links to the Minnesota Historical Society’s author biographies pages, as well. This project was produced in partnership with the Minnesota Historical Society and Explore Minnesota, and made possible by funds from Minnesota’s Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund through a designation from the Council of Regional Public Library System Administrators (CRPLSA), Explore Minnesota, and the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. |
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The House conferees for the Legacy bill were appointed this morning.
Please contact them and urge them to support the House position on Legacy funding for regional public libraries.
The House maintains the current funding level of $3 million per year, whereas the Senate reduces it to $1 million per year. With the Senate version, SELCO would go from $308,016 it received in FY2013 to $96,000 in FY2014, …
The following information was sent via e-mail on May 15, 2013 from Elaine Keefe, MLA/MEMO Lobbyist. Additional linked information added.
With just a few days left in the legislative session, final decisions are starting to be made on budget bills.
Minitex/MnLINK
Great news! The higher education conference committee reached agreement on the omnibus higher ed bill this evening (May 15, 2013) and it includes the $300, …
Legacy funding for SELCO's cultural programming is in jeopardy of being reduced by 2/3.
In FY2013, SELCO received $308,016 but under the proposed Senate Legacy bill that amount would be reduced to $96,000 in FY2014, greatly affecting SELCO's ability to support local programming efforts.
Call or email your Senator today and share your story about Library Legacy activities in your community. …
| You're invited to the Minnesota Writers' Map reception! Tuesday May 21, 6:30 p.m. Minnesota History Center, Heffelfinger Room 345 Kellogg Boulevard West Saint Paul RSVP by Friday, May 17 Beverages and hors d’oeuvres will be provided. Please join the Minnesota Book Awards, Explore Minnesota, … |
The Senate Legacy Bill (SF 1051), authored by Senator Richard Cohen (D-St. Paul), was unveiled in the Senate Subcommittee on Legacy on Thursday, May 9, 2013, and included funding for $1 million/year for regional public libraries. This amount is a major reduction from the $3 million/year currently allocated to regional public libraries. In the House companion bill, [HF 1183|https://www. …
A new grant competition will award $150,000 to libraries, museums, and other nonprofits to provide hands-on learning opportunities this summer for youth across the country to help make the online experience more civil, safe and empowering. The Project:Connect Summer Youth Programming Competition is administered by the Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory (HASTAC), …
The following information was sent via e-mail on May 12, 2013 from Elaine Keefe, MLA/MEMO Lobbyist. Additional linked information added.
It's crunch time. The Legislature must adjourn on May 20, 2013 -- one week from Monday.
Budget Deal
Today (May 12, 2013) the Governor and legislative leaders announced that they have agreed on a budget deal. …
The Circulation training class, scheduled for today from 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM has been cancelled. We will look at re-scheduling this for a later date.
National Science Foundation "Pushing the Limit" Programming Grant
If your Friends group represents a small and rural Minnesota library looking to bolster its Adult programming offerings in the S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) fields, the National Science Foundation wants to work with you!
Last year, in a special pilot program, …
The following information was sent via e-mail on April 29, 2013 from Elaine Keefe, MLA/MEMO Lobbyist. Additional linked information added.
The Legislature must adjourn three weeks from today (April 29, 2013). Most of the omnibus budget bills were passed on the floor of the House and Senate last week (week of April 22, 2013). Conference committees are in the process of being appointed and will begin meeting later this week. …
