If you are part of the academic library community in Michigan or Indiana and you’d like to learn more about a consortial approach to providing fiction and nonfiction eBook and audiobook titles to your patrons via OverDrive, we encourage you to attend the Consortium Connect webinar hosted by OverDrive on April 17 at 1 p.m. …Read more »

Our popular Virtual Dialogue series continues in 2025! We’ll bring together specific groups of library staff from across our two-state region every other month to give space and time for those with similar challenges and opportunities to meet for dialogue on topics of interest to them. Our next Virtual Dialogue will be on Thursday, March …Read more »

         MCLS is pleased to welcome the following new libraries and organizations to our member community: Liberty Fund, Inc., Indiana Oakland City-Columbia Township Public Library, Indiana Odon Winkelpleck Public Library, Indiana Princeton Public Library, Indiana Are you interested in becoming a member of MCLS? You can view our member benefits and access …Read more »

The MCLS eLicensing & Collection Resources Team (eLCR) has begun planning for the spring eResource meeting. More information is coming soon, including a save the date announcement. In the meantime, we’d like to hear from you! What issues and topics would you like to discuss? Email us your suggestions by Feb. 28, 2025.

This month, I’d like to introduce the 2025 MCLS Board of Directors and what they do for you, our members who own MCLS. At their fall retreat this past November, I observed the MCLS Board come away with new energy and a sense of purpose for their upcoming plans in 2025. As we continue through …Read more »

MCLS has spent 2024 changing and planning so we can empower libraries to achieve the extraordinary in 2025 and beyond. As we move from one busy year to another, read on for some changes this year and some of what we plan for the future.  I thank the many stakeholders who participated in our 2024 …Read more »

At MCLS, we like to see and hear what our member libraries are doing and stay connected with what is happening in the community we serve. Meeting with our members in person on-site gives us the opportunity to see first hand the amazing work you’re doing, listen to your insights, and fully understand the context …Read more »

Our popular Virtual Dialogue series will be back in 2025! We’ll be bringing together specific groups of library staff from across our two-state region to give space and time for those with similar challenges and opportunities to meet for dialogue on topics of interest to them.  Our first Virtual Dialogue of 2025 will be on …Read more »

MCLS requests renewal pricing using ConsortiaManager software. Part of that request includes the subscribing library’s FTE, service population, or bed count. Each year we ask libraries to update this information in Consortia Manager. Look for an email with instructions on this process. Accurate numbers make it possible for vendors to send list pricing along with …Read more »

We are pleased to announce that Cass District Library (MI) has chosen MCLS to facilitate a staff day for them this December. We are grateful for the opportunity to help library staff in our region learn and grow and are grateful to our previous library clients for helping to spread the word about our consulting …Read more »