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The Library of Michigan 
and MCLS are pleased to announce a several month long community engagement training program for Michigan library staff. 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.
Austin Stroud, Director of the Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library in Bloomfield, IN, was one of 23 Indiana library staff selected by MCLS to receive funding to attend the 2015 Harwood/ALA Public Innovators Lab in Detroit, Michigan from October 14 to 16. Austin took the time to share his experiences in a blog post.
Read more about the MCLS Indiana Grant Initiative >>
The MCLS Annual Meeting will be held on November 20, 2015, from 10am to 11am Eastern (9am to 10am Central). You will learn about MCLS’s activities and accomplishments in fiscal year 2015, which ended on June 30.
Featured speakers include:
The meeting will be held online via streaming video, and you will be able to view and participate remotely.
There is no charge to view this meeting. Register now.
MCLS staff will be at booth #61, please come say "Hi". During the conference, our staff will be presenting on "Library Match", a pilot project involving collaboration between Michigan and Indiana public libraries, and MCLS is co-hosting the pre-conference: "Wine Tasting, Beer Making and Literary Pub Crawls: Holding spirited events at your library." Attendees will learn how to convince the board, comply with state laws, get proper licensing, and keep it legal! Jeannette Merritt, Purdue Wine Grape Team, will even lead you through an educational wine tasting experience. Hope to see you there!
MCLS will be hosting a Community Engagement Roundtable on December 10 from 10:30am to 12pm Eastern (9:30am to 11am Central) at the Knox County Public Library in Vincennes, IN. This free opportunity is for anyone with an interest in community engagement. This will be a great opportunity to talk to one another about your efforts, and to get advice from the veterans at the Knox County Public Library, one of 10 libraries in the country selected by ALA as part of the Libraries Transforming Communities Public Innovators Cohort 
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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 in Lansing, Michigan on December 1, or Lafayette, Indiana on December 3.
Register and read more (Michigan) >>
Register and read more (Indiana) >>
Time is getting short to register for November workshops. Most have seats available, but don't delay if you want to participate! Register soon! For any questions, please email training@mcls.org.
For more information, visit our upcoming workshops and events page. If you have any questions, please contact training@mcls.org.
For the 2015-2016 school year, ABC-CLIO will be partnering with social studies teachers throughout the country in order to build an online collection of local primary sources that can be used to enhance the teaching of core historical concepts. Read the grant program overview 
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Save 22% on print and R2 digital library titles from October 1 to January 15. Discount on one print purchase*, one eBook order on R2Library.com and all R2 PDA orders. Save an additional 1% on print orders placed on Rittenhouse.com or via EDI. Use code OKT15
*No limit on number of titles on a discounted order.
For details, contact Connie Aschinger at connie.aschinger@rittenhouse.com or 800-345-6425 ext 338 and let Connie know that you are an MCLS Member!
Learn more about this exciting MCLS group opportunity and save up to 90% on this valuable resource! Free trials are available through the end of the year.
Featuring data from private and public sources, SAGE Stats contains thousands of data series, covering more than 25 topical categories including Crime and Law, Economy, Education, Health, Population, Politics, Real Estate, and more! SAGE Stats provides up-to-date, vetted, hard-to-find social science data serving the needs of your full range of patrons, including students, researchers, entrepreneurs and local business owners, and local and state government. The SAGE Stats platform is home to Local Stats, State Stats, and now Business Stats. Learn more >>
SAGE Stats - home to Local Stats and State Stats, features data from private and public sources and contains thousands of data series, covering more than 25 topical categories including Crime and Law, Economy, Education, Health, Population, Politics, Real Estate, and more! Learn more >>
U.S. Political Stats - is a data download and visualization tool that aids students in finding and understanding data on the three branches of the U.S. Government (Legislative, Executive, and Judicial). Learn more >>
SAGE Knowledge Corwin e-Book Collection – includes over 170 prestigious Corwin Press titles supporting professional development for PreK–12 educators.
For more information, including trial links, usernames and passwords, please contact services@mcls.org
McGraw-Hill Education is offering some end of year promotions for new AccessScience or AccessEngineering subscriptions. These promotions will end on November 30, 2015. Here's what they have to offer:
Please email services@mcls.org for a quote.
Naxos of America is excited to announce the launch of Naxos Music Library—World and Naxos Works Database.
Naxos Music Library – World centers around Smithsonian Folkways while providing hundreds of additional recordings from labels like Sony, Warner, Arc, and Naxos World. This database comes with all the same features you've come to know and love in Naxos Music Library, like usage stats, personal playlists, institutional playlists, IP authentication, and the list goes on. The NML-World mobile app will be available early 2016.
Naxos Works Database features deep, searchable data on more than 25,000 compositions. This growing database is necessary for schools with any music program, especially music history, musicology, or doctorate programs. It's the one stop shop for recital programming, research and general inquiries based on composer, nationality, composition length, instrumentation, and much more!
Please email services@mcls.org for a quote or with any questions.
Enhanced job skills equals economic development. A savvier workforce equals greater growth in your community. Be the value added asset to assist your community reach a greater potential. Join us on November 25, at 9:30am Eastern (8:30am Central) for a free, brief, half-hour webinar focused on MeL Databases job skills and resources.
MCLS is offering a cataloging workshop focused on meeting MeLCat standards, so that records are successfully loaded into the statewide MeLCat catalog. Emphasis will be placed on the importance of data in fields which are part of the matching process MeLCat uses during record loading. The class is online for three 2 hour sessions over three consecutive days beginning November 10.
Register now>>
Libraries that use the DCB server for processing MeLCat should consider attending the November 18 'Lost in translation: Mapping, loading, and deleting data from DCB to MeLCat' webinar explaining the ongoing maintenance required to keep local records in sync with MeLCat records. The workshop will briefly review how bibliographic, item, and patron data is translated for MeLCat use through the use of local exports, record loads, and the mapping of local codes to equivalent MeLCat codes.
Reminder! The December move of the six MeL/MeLCat servers to a new hosting center will affect both MeLCat and the MeL Databases. On November 18, MeLCat requesting will be suspended for all users. On December 2, all MeLCat activity will cease for the transition. All MeL services will be restored by December 11.
Links to patron FAQs may be added to library websites.
Contact the MeL team at melcathelp@mcls.org with any questions or concerns about the server migration.
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.
