This past week on the michlib-l listserv, it seems fitting – and a little ironic – that the posts were about either Richard Douglass or AV lending.  In the 1980’s, Richard Douglass was the driving force behind Michigan libraries buying videos to lend to their patrons. Hard to believe today but when videos first became …Read more »

I was pretty happy to hear President Barack Obama mention a public library in his speech this week.  He said, “I think about Ty’Sheoma Bethea, the young girl from that school I visited in Dillon, South Carolina — a place where the ceilings leak, the paint peels off the walls, and they have to stop …Read more »

Planning for the Preservation Conference is almost complete!  For a summary of where we are so far with the speakers line-up, see Kevin Driedger’s Library Preservation blog. Kevin will also be one of our speakers, talking about 2.0 and preservation. The conference will be held at the Kellogg Center in East Lansing on June 4-5, …Read more »

Yesterday I received a message from one of our members that started out: “I just found out today that OCLC will be terminating the agreement with MLC on June 30, 2009. There seems to be some “buzz” going around about this.” I wasn’t too surprised to hear about the “buzz” as there has been quite …Read more »

Click below for a GREAT story! Hero pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger of Danville is now every librarian’s hero, too.

An outside evaluation of MeL Delivery service was conducted from July – December 2008. The intent was to gather empirical data about how the system is functioning and where improvement can be made. Highlights of the study: * ProMed’s performance is substantially above industry standards of 95% for non-critical shipments. * The most significant improvement …Read more »

The MeL Delivery label making procedures have changed in an effort to make the process simple, efficient, and accurate. Click here for more details about the changes to: * Log In codes * Searching the label maker site. * Format of the printed labels.

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