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 »
Posted on behalf of Purdue University Libraries: Call For Papers: Special Issue of Collection Management Patron-Initiated Collection Development: Current Successes and Future Directions To be published in v. 35, no. 3/4 of Collection Management in 2010. Seeking article proposals from colleagues at all kinds of libraries (all sizes of academic libraries, public libraries, and international …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 »
Visit MLC’s Flickr page to see complete set of photos from MLA’s Rally at the Capitol.
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.
MLC is pleased to announce that Megan Dudek is the newest member of MLC’s Michigan Evergreen team. Megan will be responsible for providing training and support services to Michigan Evergreen libraries. Megan comes to MLC from the East Lansing Public Library where she worked for six years in circulation and interlibrary loan, including experience in …Read more »
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 »
Today, MLA launched its new advocacy website, Michigan Libraries for the Future. MLA President, Larry Neal, writes: “Today as part of MLA’s Leadership Orientation we have officially launched our new advocacy website. It will serve as an easy way for library advocates to send their message to Lansing. By clicking on the “Write Your Legislator” …Read more »
