LearningExpress has added sections on career planning and preparation, job search skills, and resume writing and interviewing skills. These should be valuable to your patrons in this economic climate. LearningExpress will also release a new interface sometime in January. Watch the meldatabases listserv for announcements. Remember, training on all MeL databases is free to any …Read more »
Over the course of many months, the leadership of Michigan Library Consortium and INCOLSA have been discussing ways in which we can collaborate to improve service and reduce costs for our members. We are pleased to announce that starting in October INCOLSA members will have access to the sizable e-resources collection of MLC. The combined …Read more »
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 »
