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 MLC and INCOLSA jointly issued this press release: Lansing, MI – August 12, 2009 – Building on the collaborative relationship of the past year, the Michigan Library Consortium (MLC) and INCOLSA, Inc., announced that they have entered into a formal investigation to merge the two organizations. A merger design team consisting of MLC Executive …Read more »

MLC and INCOLSA have engaged a merger consultant, FIO Partners, to work with the boards and staffs to determine whether it is in the best interests of each organization to merge operations. Our first meeting with Jane Arsenault, the lead consultant for FIO Partners, is scheduled for July 29. We expect to have more information …Read more »

Over the course of many months, the leadership of Michigan Library Consortium and INCOLSA have been discussing ways in which we can collaborate to improve service and reduce costs for our members. We are pleased to announce that starting in October INCOLSA members will have access to the sizable e-resources collection of MLC. The combined …Read more »