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Who was your Harry Potter?

With the impending release of the final Harry Potter book this weekend, yesterday the New York Times posted the questions “who was your Harry Potter? what were your favorite books when you were a kid?” on their blog, and they’ve already received more than 1000 responses from readers. See: http://news.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/19/who-was-your-harry-potter/ For those of you out …Read more »


Michigan Librarian authors ARL white paper on ILL

Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released a white paper on ILL written by Anne K. Beaubien, Director, Cooperative Access Services, University of Michigan Library. The paper analyzes trends in ILL activity in US academic and research libraries over the past two decades. One trend that Beaubien notes in the white paper is that ILL …Read more »


Dewey-less library?

An interesting NY Times article about Public Libraries and the Dewey Decimal System. “Neighborhoods” vs Dewey for shelving and cataloging. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/14/us/14dewey.html


MLC Party in Second Life

MLC’s party last night in Second Life was a big success, thanks to Evette Atkin who planned and hosted the event. Many people attended, including librarians from Marshall District Library, Library of Michigan, University of Michigan, and University of Detroit Mercy – very nice to see local librarians there, as well as others from around …Read more »


MLA Summit August 8

In a press release yesterday, Gretchen Couraud announced that the Michigan Library Association is holding its first-ever Library Directors’ Summit: Planning for Our Future, in Lansing on August 8. To register, go to the online form (select “Library Directors’ Summit” from the drop-down menu under “Workshop Selection”). The Summit will address effective library advocacy and …Read more »


MLC Grand Opening Party in SL on July 12

MLC invites you to the grand opening of our new virtual building in the 3-D virtual reality, Second Life (Cybrary City II 167,51,21)! The celebration is on Thursday, July 12, 2007 from 4:00-6:00pm SL time (NOTE! That’s 7:00pm-9:00pm EDT). Please join us in Second Life for virtual music, dancing and refreshments! Here’s a panoramic view …Read more »


CIL Call for Speakers

Computers in Libraries (CIL) has issued the Call for Speakers for CIL 2008. The 2008 conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, VA, on April 7-9, 2008. The deadline for submitting a proposal is August 24, 2007. Michigan has been well-represented at CIL in the past. I hope Michigan librarians …Read more »


National Public Library Construction Survey

The following is a message from the State Librarian. Michigan public libraries are encouraged to complete the survey. The deadline is August 31. Thanks! Hi everyone, The state librarians’ association, COSLA, is organizing a survey of public libraries in each state to gather data on building and renovation construction. This is being undertaken in order …Read more »


Discount on Internet Librarian 2007 offered to MLC members

Missouri Library Network Corporation (MLNC) has worked out an arrangement with Information Today, Inc. once again to offer greatly reduced rates to the Internet Librarian 2007 Conference, October 29-­31 in Monterey, CA. MLNC has extended this offer to Michigan Library Consortium members as well. Details about this offer and a registration form are available in …Read more »


Blogging from ALA

Evette Atkin from MLC blogged live from ALA’s Annual Conference in DC until her laptop battery ran out.  Click here to read her blog posts.  Thanks for the great reporting, Evette!


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