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MCLS invites library staff of all types in Indiana and Michigan to participate in an exciting 
upcoming professional development opportunity. We will join together again, both physically and virtually to read and discuss the same book. With your help, we will select a book that is relevant to our profession, provides thought-provoking ideas for discussion, and has appeal across all types of libraries. Vote for one of four books on our “Libraries Read: 1 Book” Facebook event page. Voting will remain open until May 23. The selected title will be announced on June 1. Discussions and other events related to the title will take place throughout the summer.
MCLS is offering up to 10 scholarships to MCLS member libraries in Indiana for staff to participate in the Harwood Virtual Public Innovators Lab, June 23 to August 11, 2016. The Harwood Virtual Public Innovators Lab takes their signature 2.5-day training and transforms it into an interactive 8-week online course to help you and your organization learn what it means to turn outward — to use the community, not your conference room, as your reference point for choices and action. You will get the same quality training delivered in an innovative, new way. If traveling to an in-person lab is a challenge for you, then this is a great option.
These funds are being made available through a grant program established by the MCLS Board of Trustees from the proceeds of the sale of the former INCOLSA building. The deadline for application is May 13.
The Library of Michigan and MCLS are pleased to announce the capacity of the Michigan Harwood Cohort is slated to double. Starting in October 2016 a second group of Michigan library staff will undergo a several month long community engagement training program. The training will be led by coaches from the Harwood Institute for Public Innovation, and is being offered at no charge to selected Michigan libraries, with generous stipends provided through Library of Michigan LSTA funding.
Join us every third Thursday in 2016, at 2pm Eastern (1pm Central), for a series of Twitter chats on topics of significance to libraries and library staff. Our next chat will feature Emily Bunyan, Director of the Knox County Public Library in Vincennes, IN. She will be chatting with us about finding the right partners, and working with them the right way.
As a follow-up to our Media Coaching workshops, we invite you to participate in "Media boot camp: interviewing skills." We will review some of the basic tips for being interviewed by the media, and then attendees will participate in multiple interview scenarios. Interviews will be played back and constructively critiqued by your peers. Never say "no comment" again! It's fun, it's safe, and it's friendly to practice with your colleagues. Join us at the Wheatfield branch of the Jasper County Public Library, in Wheatfield, IN on July 27.
For more information, visit our upcoming workshops and events page. If you have any questions, please contact training@mcls.org.
The world’s leading eBook and eAudiobook solution, Cloud Library is designed to be accessible to library users wherever they want to read or listen. It boasts the best cross-platform user experience, offering intuitive browsing, downloading, reading, and listening and it is the only platform that can integrate fully with self-service kiosks and discovery stations inside your library. The Cloud Library is giving you the opportunity to learn more about the app and the benefits it brings to the library during two webinars. Take a tour of the feature-rich solution to understand every aspect of how you can engage with your users and keep them coming back for more.
1st webinar opportunity: Wednesday, May 4, 1-1:45pm Eastern (12-12:45pm Central)
Please register for the May 4 Cloud Library Webinar at:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6841820329657106434
2nd webinar opportunity: Thursday, May 5, 11-11:45am Eastern (10-10:45am Central)
Please register for the May 5 Cloud Library Webinar at:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5918718745488286465
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Bloomsbury Publishing’s Academic & Professional division specializes in the humanities, social sciences and visual arts. In addition to several thousand eBooks, Bloomsbury publishes a rapidly-increasing range of innovative digital platforms including Drama Online, Berg Fashion Library, Bloomsbury Collections, and the Churchill Archive.
Save 10% on BrowZine, the ideal service for leveraging and visually presenting the library’s eJournals. Whether accessing BrowZine’s streamlined user interface from a web browser or the mobile app, users can immediately browse journals by subject, review tables of contents, browse back issues, and get to full-text articles in one-click. BrowZine also offers automation and integration options for libraries that enhance existing library systems to transform the end user experience and help alleviate the daily workflow issues faced by librarians when managing e-journal subscriptions.
Join us for webinars Wednesday, May 18 at noon Eastern (11am Central) and 3pm Eastern (2pm Central) highlighting BrowZine’s key features including:
To join the webinar, please register at http://thirdiron.com/mcls-webinar.
For more information, please see Third Iron’s MCLS vendor page, or contact Member Services at 800-530-9019 ext 401 or services@mcls.org.
MCLS and Duke University Press are pleased to offer a 20% discount on any new subscriptions to the 2016 e-Duke Journals Expanded collection. The e-Duke Journals Expanded collection provides online access to Duke University Press journals in the humanities and social sciences. The 2016 collection includes 45 titles, including two of our new titles, Environmental Humanities and World Policy Journal.
Features of the e-Duke Journals Scholarly Collections include:
ProQuest Central combines the complete content of over 30 of the most heavily used ProQuest databases across all major subject areas, with deep coverage in business, health and medical, news, social sciences, arts and humanities, and science and technology. It provides the largest single academic research content set available, with access to scholarly journals, high value market research, country, economic, and industry reports, essential pre-print working papers, full text dissertations, and a vast number of newspapers, professional journals, and general interest periodicals.
Contact Member Services at 800-530-9019 ext 401 or services@mcls.org for trial access or a quote, or visit ProQuest’s MCLS vendor page for more information.
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.
Policy feedback from library staff is always welcome, so a new method has been introduced to contact the committee with your ideas, questions, and concerns about MeLCat Resource Sharing and Cataloging policies. Submissions to the feedback form will be sent to all committee members for consideration and discussion.
The migration to new servers in December allows the MeLCat team to process IP changes much faster, usually within two days. This has proven to be a great benefit since libraries no longer have to suspend MeLCat participation.
MeLCat questions should be sent to the MeLCat Help Desk: melcathelp@mcls.org.
The MeL project is funded by the Federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) via the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) through the Library of Michigan, part of the Michigan Department of Education. Additional funding is provided by the State of Michigan.
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!
