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 »
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-Â31 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 »
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!
The MeLCat Team is working hard to add 40 more libraries to MeLCat this summer! These 40 libraries attended day-long orientation sessions to kick off the three-month MeLCat implementation process for the summer group. Thanks to Wayne Public Library for hosting the session on June 8. Adrian Public Library Alma College Aquinas College Baker College …Read more »
Larry Neal of the Clinton-Macomb Public Library has written a wonderful explanation of the problems with the plaintiff’s case in Goldstone v. Bloomfield Hills Public Library. Click here to read his letter in the Macomb Daily. For links to the documents filed in the case, see MLA’s web site. Thanks, Larry, for your cogent argument …Read more »
State Librarian Nancy Robertson issued the following message on June 11, 2007: Dear colleagues, I am very pleased to announce that the moratorium on the FY07 payments of state aid to public libraries has been lifted. The first half payments that are still due will be released effective immediately. For the second half payment, although …Read more »
Today is the last day to vote for your favorite “I love my library” video in Gale’s Librareo $10,000 contest. Go to Librareo to view the videos and vote for your favorite. To view all of the videos submitted (including several from Michigan libraries), click here.
MLC is offering two Special Programs this fall, in addition to our regular workshop lineup. For further information and to register online, please click on the links below. Electronic Resources Management (ERM) is a half-day program scheduled for September 21. Presenter Deberah England of Wright State University will cover the basic concepts of ERM for …Read more »
MLC invites you to the grand opening of our 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 (7:00pm-9:00 EST). Please join us in Second Life for virtual music, dancing and refreshments! If you need help finding our building …Read more »
On April 23, the Canton Public Library launched a new blog at www.cantonpl.org/blog. To encourage a sense of community, the blog extends Canton’s “library as place” to provide an online space for library patrons to gather and explore and to share ideas and resources. The initial post invites the public to comment, saying, “We’ll feature …Read more »
