OCLC’s latest Geek the Library case study features MCLS member library, Lawrenceburg Public Library District, in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. There is something to be said about being proactive, and that was the main motivation behind the Geek the Library campaign at Lawrenceburg Public Library District (LPLD) in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. Library support wasn’t a pressing issue, says …Read more »
ACRL announced the winners of the 2012 Excellence in Academic Libraries Award today. MCLS is pleased that one of our members, Grand Valley State University (GVSU) Libraries, is a 2012 recipient of this prestigious award! Congratulations to GVSU library staff!
Please join host Chrystie Hill, Director of Community Services for WebJunction, for the second webinar in OCLC’s Building Bridges series, Community Outreach. The one-hour online session will focus on the importance of building and maintaining strong community partnerships. You’ll hear from both a small and a large public library on why they believe these partnerships …Read more »
More than 90 librarians from Indiana public libraries gathered at The Flagship in Anderson, Indiana, on August 9 to attend The Future of Indiana Public Libraries Conference co-sponsored by IPLA, ILF and MCLS. This conference marked the first step in planning for the successful future of public libraries in Indiana. IPLA will continue the planning …Read more »
Carolyn Wheeler, Media Specialist at Conant Elementary School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, is a recipient of the national 2009 I Love My Librarian Award, sponsored by the New York Times and the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Congratulations, Carolyn! Her nomination praised her stellar work with students, as follows: “This wonderful teacher and leader not …Read more »
Washtenaw Community College Library is offering a free workshop. Subject: FREE workshop at WCC: Library collaboration with business service organization Workshop: From Library to Biz Resource Center Date: Friday, November 13, 2009 Time: 9:00am – 12:00pm Location: Washtenaw Community College Great Lakes Building Rm. 106 4800 E. Huron River Dr. Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Click …Read more »
Join the Michigan Library Association and supporters on the steps of the State Capitol, September 10 at 10 a.m. For details, see MLA’s Rally for at the Capitol web page.
Register online for MLC’s Annual Meeting and Special Program, featuring R. David Lankes, Friday, October 2, 2009, at LCC West in Lansing. Lankes’ keynote is “The Times They Are A’Changin’ – the Logic of Participatory Librarianship,” a discussion of how library service should match how people build knowledge. He also discusses the obligation and power …Read more »
This promotional library video was produced by St. Johns County (Fla.) Public Library for National Library Week. I like it because it makes the concept of “database” easily understandable to library patrons in an entertaining format – especially the whirlwind summary of the databases that this library has to offer. At four minutes, it might …Read more »
The Liminal Librarian‘s recent post about consumerism and customer service includes the following about a local public library’s service to new businesses in the community: “The smart: I recently decided it was time to register LISjobs.com as a business, so filed a DBA with my local county. The other day, I received a letter from …Read more »
