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The following libraries were selected to receive a scholarship from MCLS to attend the 2016 Harwood/ALA Public Innovators Lab in Atlanta, Georgia, October 19-21:
The funds were made available to MCLS member libraries in Indiana through a grant program established by the MCLS Board of Trustees from the proceeds of the sale of the former INCOLSA building in Indiana. The scholarships will provide tuition and travel support to 15 individuals from the 10 libraries.
We received competitive applications from nearly 70 individuals representing dozens of libraries. From that strong pool we awarded scholarships to 50 individuals from over 30 libraries. This cohort is a spectrum of library types, sizes, and geographic locations from across the state.
The group will attend a 1.5-day long workshop with Harwood coaches and undergo nine months of follow-up training.
Join us at one of several locations for a discussion of "The Shallows: What The Internet Is Doing To Our Brains" by Nicholas Carr.
Read more and register for a discussion>>
Join us on Twitter on August 18 to chat with Amy Paget, Assistant County Librarian at the Tippecanoe County Public Library in Lafayette, IN. We will be chatting about the importance of sustaining ourselves and preventing burnout.
Indiana and Michigan library staff are invited to attend one of 11 Community Conversations to be held in August and September. There will be six held in central and northern Indiana, and five held in northern and western Michigan. The purpose of these conversations is to gather information about the needs of the library community and to explore your hopes, concerns, and aspirations. This spring we held rounds of conversations in both states and already have talked to over 150 library staff. We look forward to continuing this conversation and sharing what we learned from you.
Maryanne Wolf, Ph.D.
On September 30, a collaborative of Michigan library service agencies are sponsoring Reading Redefined: Deep Reading, Learning, and the Impact of Digitization, a one-day symposium in Lansing to discuss the ways that reading is changing as our environment and interactions become ever more digital. We are excited to have Maryanne Wolf and Natalie Phillips as plenary speakers. They are both pre-eminent researchers in the field. In addition to their own published research, they have been featured in numerous articles and interviews.
MCLS is committed to supporting the community engagement efforts of libraries in Indiana and Michigan. We have upcoming community engagement roundtable discussions scheduled in both states. These discussions are free and open to anyone with an interest. Join us for the opportunity to support one another in your community engagement efforts.
September 8: Ohio Township Public Library, Newburgh, IN
September 20: Loutit District Library, Grand Haven, MI
Are you planning to attend the Internet Librarian conference Oct. 17-19? If so, MCLS and Amigo Library Services can help you save money on early bird conference registration. Register for the conference and use the discount code AMI16. Please contact MCLS Member Services at 800-530-9019 ext 401 or services@mcls.org with any questions.
Learn about PLA’s Project Outcome, a free online toolkit designed to help libraries measure outcomes with patron-facing surveys, tools for collecting and analyzing data, and practical guidance on using the results to take action. PLA staff will discuss how libraries can measure outcomes for their programs and services and share how its participant libraries have used the free Project Outcome toolkit to better capture their community impact. Join us for this webinar, free to our members, on Tuesday, August 9, 2–3pm Eastern.
Questions? Please contact training@mcls.org.
For more information or for more workshops through December, visit our upcoming workshops and events page. If you have any questions, please contact training@mcls.org.
*Offer available to Michigan members only.
APA Style CENTRAL from the American Psychological Association provides tools for how to think and write like scholars, as it prepares the next and future generations of academic writers. It focuses on the application and proper use of APA Style, the leading writing style for the behavioral sciences and many other disciplines.
To learn more, please come to our webinars:
Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 10am eastern
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Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 3pm eastern
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'An Aladdin's cave of historical riches.' - The late Sir Martin Gilbert, Churchill Biographer and Former Special Advisor to the Churchill Archive.
The complete Churchill Archive offers cross-searchable access to more than 800,000 pages of original documents from 1874 to 1965. Containing everything from Churchill’s personal correspondence with family and friends to important historical documents, the Churchill Archive provides a unique insight into the life and times of a leading figure of modern history.
To register for your free access, please visit the Churchill Archive website.
For more about Bloomsbury Publishing’s Products, please visit their MCLS vendor page, or contact Member Services at 800-530-9019 ext 401 or services@mcls.org.
A recent AARP survey reports 9 in 10 people say brain health is important, but few know how to maintain it. BrainHQ is an easy way to make brain health a priority. Our brains are at their peak performance at age 27, but through continual learning and new challenges, we can help remodel our brains to function at their highest potential, so we can lead the life we want.
BrainHQ is an online suite of 27 exercises with 840+ levels of training organized around the 6 core cognitive areas of Attention, Brain Speed, Memory, People Skills, Intelligence, and Navigation. Exercises are delivered in short, 2 minute or less segments, adapting speed and delivery to your performance. A private, personal dashboard visualizes your performance and provides feedback and suggestions on areas of focus.
Through training, you too can gain improvement to memory, experience increased visual and auditory processing, and improve reaction time.
For more information, please contact Member Services at 800-530-9019 ext 401 or services@mcls.org.
CRCnetBASE eBook Collections – Attention Libraries Seeking DRM-FREE eBooks
MCLS and Taylor & Francis Group are pleased to offer a 25% discount on any new CRCnetBASE eBook Collection subscriptions now through November 1, 2016.
CRCnetBASE offers instant access to the world's premier scientific, technical engineering and medical (STEM) references with added support for libraries. Its 35 subject collections are designed to meet the individualized needs of any sized library or institution. 30-day free trials are available to all qualifying MCLS members.
Routledge Encyclopaedia of Philosophy (REP)
MCLS and Taylor & Francis Group are pleased to offer a 25% discount on any new Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy subscriptions now through November 1, 2016.
The Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (REP) online platform is regularly updated with new and revised articles and is the ideal entry point for further discovery and research.
Built for clarity, REP has over 25,000 cross-references linking themes, concepts and philosophers. It is the ideal reference source for those in subjects related to philosophy, politics, psychology, economics, anthropology, religion and literature.
For more information, please see the Taylor & Francis Group’s MCLS vendor page, or contact Member Services at 800-530-9019 ext 401 or services@mcls.org.
LGBT Thought and Culture is an online resource hosting the key works and archival documentation of LGBT political and social movements throughout the 20th century and into the present day. The collection will grow to contain 150,000 pages of rare archival content, including seminal texts, letters, periodicals, speeches, interviews, and ephemera.
Academic Video Online: Premium is the largest and most comprehensive video subscription available to libraries. It delivers more than 48,000 video 
titles spanning essential subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, history, music, film, and more. More than half of the titles can be found only at Alexander Street Press.The massive breadth of content in Academic Video Online: Premium makes it a useful resource for all types of patrons, giving libraries a high return on investment.
A reminder that policy feedback from library staff is always welcome, so please share your ideas, questions, and concerns about MeLCat Resource Sharing and Cataloging policies. All submissions to the feedback form will be considered and discussed.
The MeLCat Advisory Committee advises the State Librarian on policies for our statewide catalog and resource-sharing system. Committee members with a range of backgrounds from across the state represent the wide variety of libraries and automation systems that come together to make MeLCat successful.
If you are having any kind of issue or problem with RIDES service, please let us know as soon as possible by submitting a message to the RIDES Assistance form. We can't fix a problem if we don't know about it.
