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Spring Workshop and Fred Ruffner Symposium
March 26, 2020 - March 27, 2020
8:30 am
Friends of Michigan Libraries
Spring Workshop and Fred Ruffner Symposium
Portage District Library
Thursday, March 26, 2020
“Sustainability”
“Sustainability is most often defined as meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” –Investopedia
8:30 am – Registration and breakfast refreshments
9:00 am – Welcome: Jill Sodt, FOML President
Christy Klien, Library Director, Portage District Library
Toni Yannie, President, Friends of the Portage District Library
9:10 am – FOML Annual Membership Meeting and Board Election, Jill Sodt, FOML President Presiding
2019 FOML Merit Award Winners Presentations
9:30 am – Introduction: Rebecca Higgerson, FOML Workshop Chair
Keynote Speaker – Fred Ruffner Symposium—“Engaging with More Diverse Audiences”, Cordelia Anderson, Cordelia Anderson Consulting
10:30 am – Morning break
10:45 am – Seeking Grants, Karren Reish, Library of Michigan
11:45 am – Lunch with optional library tour
12:45 pm – Breakout Session—Cordelia Anderson: “How Library Friends Can Be Super Supporters”
1:45 pm – GROUP DISCUSSION (topic TBD)
2:15 pm – Afternoon break
2:30 pm – GROUP DISCUSSION (topic TBD)
3:00 pm – Evaluation and Adjournment
This project is funded in part with a Library Services and Technology Act grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library of Michigan.
For a list of hotels near the Portage District Library, click here to download a pdf.