The new semester of training workshops is now available! Visit the MCLS Store for the full summer/fall 2025 semester of training workshops and to see all workshops currently open for registration! We are pleased to introduce Intermediate Rare Book Cataloging workshop taught by Tad Boehmer from Michigan State University. The Rare Book Cataloging: An Introduction …Read more »
If you’re going to be at the American Library Association Annual Conference in Philadelphia in June, keep an eye out for Executive Director Scott Garrison and eLicensing and Collection Resources Manager Sarah Beaubien, who plan to attend the conference. And even if you’re not going to ALA Annual this year, the MCLS Engagement, Consulting, and …Read more »
Register now for the June Virtual Coffee Hour Alicea and Susan hosted our first ConsortiaManager (CM) Coffee Hour for library staff in March. In addition to Q&A, attendees received a complete review of CM functionality. Our next session is scheduled for June 18, 2025, from 1-2 p.m. Eastern (noon-1 p.m. Central) on Zoom. We will …Read more »
The following library staff members have earned Certificates of Library Staff Development by attending workshops through MCLS: Basic Cataloging Certificate Amelia Chea, Kitsap Regional Library, WA Jennifer Rasmussen, Northville District Library, MI Timothy J. Streasick, University of Michigan – Dearborn, MI Joan K. Weddell, Oakland Community College, MI Advanced Cataloging Certificate Katelyn Arasin, United States …Read more »
The following individuals have earned Certificates of Library Staff Development by attending online workshops through MCLS: Basic Cataloging Certificate Kayla M. Barnish, Chesterfield Township Library, MI Sarah Anne Chilton, Lincoln Township Public Library, MI A. Elizabeth Wilson-Cotey, Valparaiso University, IN Advanced Cataloging Certificate Tracy Dee Coburn, Richland Public Library, WA Essential Workplace Skills Certificate Pamela …Read more »
Do you have an extensive knowledge of cataloging, experience teaching in an online environment, and a skill for making this complicated subject clear to library staff? You may be just the person we are looking for! Please email Gwen at training@mcls.org to express interest or download and submit our MCLS Instructor Application, found near the bottom of …Read more »
Did you know our Essential Workplace Skills on-demand tutorials are FREE to all staff of MCLS member libraries? That is a $720 value, per person! There is no limit to the number of staff from your library who can participate. We have already had 294 registrations for the on-demand tutorials since rolling them out in …Read more »
Working in a library can be stressful. Many library staff members are exhausted and running on fumes while trying to build inclusive spaces, stand up to censorship, and tend to the day-to-day details of running a library. If this sounds familiar, join MCLS Library Strategists Jenny Kobiela-Mondor and Lissa Krull for MCLS’s new workshop, “Break …Read more »
Seven staff members from five libraries in Indiana and Michigan and one in Texas earned their MCLS Certificate of Library Development in Basic or Advanced Cataloging between December 2021 and April 2022. Those who earned these Certificates represent both public and academic libraries. Basic Cataloging Certificate Alisia Neubeck, Gary Byker Memorial Library, MI Christina Hunt, …Read more »
We would like to introduce you to Shanna Hollich who will be teaching some cataloging classes for MCLS. Shanna Hollich (they/them or she/her) is currently serving as the Director of the Guthrie Memorial Library in Hanover, PA. They have been doing research, reform, and advocacy work in the field of copyright and open access for …Read more »
