It’s hard to believe but MeLCat is now 10 years old! The first successful patron request was placed on January 10, 2005 at 12:41pm when a West Bloomfield patron requested Alice Starmore’s “The Celtic collection: Twenty-five knitwear designs for men and women” from Bloomfield Township Public Library. There were a number of key milestones in …Read more »
Register today for the following training opportunities with MCLS: Original Cataloging of Archives Using RDA (online) – December 2-4 *Deadline to register is Wednesday, Nov. 26 The MeLCat Overdue Process (online) – December 4 MeLCat Refresher Training for DCB Libraries (in Lansing) – December 9 Original Cataloging of Digital Resources (Virtual/Internet Resources & Video Games) …Read more »
Register today for the following training opportunities with MCLS in October. MCLS Annual Meeting, October 3 (at the McCamly Plaza, Battle Creek, Michigan) *Deadline to register this Friday Reference Triage for Paraprofessionals, October 6 (online) *Deadline to register this Friday MeLCat Cataloging Workshop, October 7-9 (online) MARC: An Introduction, October 7-9 (online) The MeLCat Overdue …Read more »
The ISP for MCLS will be performing system maintenance Wednesday, September 3 from 12:01 AM to 5:00 AM. Please distribute this information to any libraries or staff potentially affected by this downtime. The following areas will be affected: mcls.org MCLS staff email MCLS phones MeL.org Main MeL.org website with lists of links to databases (The …Read more »
A partnership between Innovative (iii) and EBSCO Discovery Service facilitated the harvesting of metadata from MeL’s digital collections and integrated that information with full-text articles and eBooks. Read more about this project and the new services available through MeL in Innovative’s press release, “The Michigan eLibrary (MeL) Expands Visionary Service with Innovative and EBSCO Information …Read more »
Register today for the following workshops offered by MCLS soon! June 10 MeLCat Refresher Training for DCB Libraries (in Lansing) June 10-12 Copy Cataloging of Digital Resources Using RDA (online) June 12 MeLCat Reports (online) June 17 MeL Databases for Kids (online) June 17-19 Original Cataloging of Archives Using RDA (online) June 24 MeL Databases …Read more »
Register today for the following upcoming training opportunities with MCLS! May 6 MeL Databases Job & Career Highlights (online) (Deadline to Register is today!!) May 13 Everything You Need to Be Doing as a DCB MeLCat Library (online) May 13-15 Original Cataloging of Digital Resources Using RDA (online) May 15 MeL Databases Demographic Resources (online) …Read more »
Register today for the following upcoming training opportunities with MCLS! March 28 OCLC Print Management Symposium Viewing Party @ MCLS (free with lunch include) April 1 AACR2…Meet RDA (online) April 1-3 Classification Web (online) April 9-11 Original Cataloging of Videos & DVDs Using RDA (online) April 10 Securing Your Library in Troubling Times (Lansing, Online …Read more »
Register today for the following workshops hosted by MCLS in March: March 6 MeL Databases for Young Adults Part 1 (online) March 11 MeL Databases for Young Adults Part 2 (online) March 18 ArticleReach: An Introduction (online) (FULL – waiting list available) March 19-21 Copy Cataloging of Videos & DVDs Using RDA (online) March 20 …Read more »
February may be the shortest month of the year but it is also one of our busiest training months too! Register today for the following workshops offered by MCLS next month: Feb 4-6 Copy Cataloging of Monographs Using RDA (online) (Deadline to register is today!) Feb 6 Everything You Need to be doing as a …Read more »
