What is your library worth to you? How much would you pay out-of-pocket for your library services? Check out this Maine State Library site! http://www.maine.gov/msl/services/calculator.htm

The Michigan eLibrary and Gale are extremely pleased to announce that the partnership with Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. has been revised to continue to offer Consumer Reports titles in full-text – but now with no embargo. Through this newly revised license agreement, users will no longer have to wait 90 days to …Read more »

Smart Poodle Publishing has announced its writing contest for librarians, “What I Wish Everyone Knew About Librarians.”  The contest is open to librarians of public, private and school/university libraries in the United States and who are legal residents of the United States. First prize is $500.  See the press release for details. Wouldn’t it be …Read more »

Our congratulations to Sandy Yee, Dean of Libraries at Wayne State University and MLC Board member, who has been elected to a six-year term on the OCLC Board of Trustees! “I look forward to helping to smooth the governance transition by working closely with colleagues on the 2008-2009 Members Council,” said Ms. Yee, who will …Read more »

MeL is pleased to announce that Gale has entered into an agreement to offer 41 journals from Nature Publishing Group, including their flagship publication, Nature, through Academic OneFile. These journals, which will carry a 12 month embargo and have an extensive backfile, will be made available in full-text with images over the next few weeks. …Read more »

All MeL accounts for NoveList now have a link from each record to MeLCat.  Users can look up a book in NoveList, then click on the MeLCat link to find out which MeLCat library owns it. In addition, any library that wants to display a link to its own online catalog can contact the MeL …Read more »

How does the public distinguish fact from fallacy? How can we help people deal with the age of information overload and misinformation. Why do we need to get students and faculty and the public using MeL? This is an article about information literacy in today’s world. It’s well worth reading and well worth sharing, so …Read more »

Posted on behalf of The Henry Ford: The World of the Model T – International Conference July 17-19, 2008 Dearborn and Detroit, Michigan In 2008, the “Car of the Century” turns 100. Celebrate this landmark event by attending The World of the Model T – International Conference, July 17-19 in southeastern Michigan. Two full days …Read more »

NoveList is a popular readers’ advisory database for children through adults. In mid-March, a new interface was launched to make it even easier for users to find information about favorite books, authors, award winners, and recommended “good reads.” The Home page has a monthly Spotlight in the center of the screen. The right column offers …Read more »

These are just a few comments from recent classes taught by the MeL Databases trainers: It was great! Great chance to be exposed to these resources, opens up a lot of possibilities. Lots of tips regarding how to do specific things! WOW – so useful! Great presentation, easy to follow, allows for self-education. Great overview …Read more »