Because Michigan State University has cancelled classes for tomorrow, the MCLS Lansing office will be closed on Wednesday, February 2.  We expect to re-open on Thursday, February 3. [Pursuant to our procedures manual, MCLS closes when MSU cancels classes due to inclement weather.]

The February 2011 issue of MCLS News is now available online.  See this issue for the latest updates on vendor trials and discounts, special programs and workshops, MCLS staff changes, Evergreen, MeL and more. MCLS News is an online publication of the Midwest Collaborative for Library Services (MCLS) for member libraries. For back issues, see …Read more »

MCLS is pleased to welcome Christina Parrish as our newest staff member. Christina comes to MCLS from the Bloomfield Township Water Department. She will be working on group subscriptions as an MCLS Member Services Representative with Diana Mitchell and Brian Austin. Christina is a 2008 graduate of Eastern Michigan University with a Bachelor of Science …Read more »

MCLS member libraries are eligible to receive discounted registration to Computers in Libraries (CiL) and Internet@Schools through the Missouri Library Network Corporation (MLNC). Deadline is February 10, 2011. Missouri Library Network Corporation (MLNC) in cooperation with Information Today, Inc. is happy to offer reduced rates to the Computers in Libraries 2011.  If you register for …Read more »

The MCLS Offices in Indianapolis and Lansing will be closed on Monday, January 17, 2011, for Martin Luther King, Jr., Day.  We will re-open on Tuesday, January 18 at 8:00 a.m. (Eastern).

The January 2011 issue of MCLS News is now available online.  See the January issue for updates on training workshops, group licensing offers, and more. Visit our MCLS News web page to read back issues of MCLS News. Click here to subscribe or unsubscribe to receive MCLS News via email.

MCLS offices will be closed all day on Friday, December 24; Monday, December 27; and Friday December 31, 2010.  MCLS offices will be open 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. EST on December 28, 29, and 30.

James Childress, who has worked in MCLS’s member services department for two years, will be leaving MCLS at the end of this week.  James and his family are returning to Rugby, North Dakota, where James will work with his father at Childress Insurance, Inc. James has been a tremendous asset to MCLS, and we are …Read more »

MCLS is pleased to announce Jackie Licalzi’s promotion from MeLCat Librarian to MeLCat System Administrator. Jackie will begin her new duties on January 3, 2011. Jackie came to MCLS (then MLC) in October 2006 as a MeLCat trainer. Since that time, she has had a hand in all things MeLCat — conducting orientations, training library …Read more »

The December 2010 issue of MCLS News is now available online.  See this issue for the latest news on the MCLS board, MCLS training, group discounts on databases, Michigan Evergreen, RIDES, and more. Visit our MCLS News web page to read back issues of MCLS News. Click here to subscribe or unsubscribe to receive MCLS …Read more »