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MCLS awarded ARPA grant from the Indiana State LibraryWe are pleased to announce that Midwest Collaborative for Library Services (MCLS) has been awarded an American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) grant in the amount of $45,000 by the Indiana State Library. The grant will allow us to offer Libraries Engaging Appreciatively for Positive Change (LEAP) to Indiana library staff in 2022.
LEAP is a professional development opportunity offering an introduction to Appreciative Inquiry as an approach to engagement. It's designed to give Indiana library staff another tool to engage and re-engage with each other and their communities, one conversation and one person at a time, and is intended to help participants feel equipped and inspired to work towards engaging their communities in new ways as we continue to navigate our current realities.
Save the date for January 19 for LEAP 2022. LEAP Forward monthly virtual learning sessions will be held on the third Wednesdays from February-July 2022. Watch the MCLS and Indiana electronic mailing lists for registration information soon!
This project is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the American Rescue Plan Act, administered by the Indiana State Library.
Just one day left to register for LEAP Michigan 2021!On Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021, library staff from around the state of Michigan will gather on Zoom for Libraries Engaging Appreciatively for Positive Change (LEAP) 2021! This one-full-day virtual event is a continuation of our partnership with the Library of Michigan and our shared Michigan Libraries Engage project and will introduce participants to Appreciative Inquiry and how to use it for community engagement.
Registration closes TOMORROW, Tuesday, November 2, so don't delay - register now!
This project is made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, with additional funding provided by the State of Michigan.
As you may know, at the heart of many open educational resources (OER) are Creative Commons licenses. These licenses allow faculty to use, adapt, and remix content. The newly created resources further build upon the knowledge contained in other OERs, and then, that knowledge is shared with students.
You may not know that there’s so much more to Creative Commons than just the licenses.
To better understand Creative Commons, let’s travel back in time to the early days of the internet.
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Meet MCLS staff at ILF Annual Conference!MCLS will have an exhibitor booth at ILF Annual Conference 2021: Forward Bound (Nov. 15-17).
Whether your library is a current member of MCLS or not, we'd love to see you and tell you more about how we can support you in promoting wellbeing and supporting your community. Stop by to meet some of our staff, enter for lots of great giveaways, and much more fun. We look forward to connecting with you!
This fall has marked a return to some of the in-person conferences many have missed so much since March 2020, while others continue to gather virtually. This month, I’ll share some of the things I heard at two I recently attended: the Michigan Association for Media in Education (MAME, Michigan’s school library association) and the Association for Rural and Small Libraries (ARSL) conferences. Each conference featured a variety of presentations on diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice (i.e., DEIJ, leaving A for accessibility aside this month), among many other topics.
I offer a friendly warning: this is a long piece and may be uncomfortable reading for some. I believe it’s important reading to do, and I hope some of these points will resonate with you. Whether you embrace or reject some or all these ideas, I hope you’ll find ways to engage with others on topics related to DEIJ and connect with me at garrisons@mcls.org.
Twenty-eight library staff members of 21 different libraries from all over Indiana and Michigan (and even including some from across the country and the world) earned their MCLS Certificate of Library Development in either Basic or Advanced Cataloging or Basic Soft Skills this past year. Those who earned these Certificates represent both public and academic libraries.
Robert Carter, Otsego District Public Library, MI
Elizabeth Gaytan, New Braunfels Public Library, TX
Erica Luck, Houghton Lake Public Library, MI
Sean Marshall, Detroit Public Library, MI
Virginia Ravanelli, Italy
Stephanie Scheiderer, New Braunfels Public Library, TX
Celine Vandervlugt, Cook Memorial Library, OR
Marian M. Vernier, Adrian District Library, MI
Timothy Wiggins, Niles District Library, MI
Janina H. Zmurkiewicz, Harrison Township Public Library, MI
Teresa M. Baldwin, Eaton Rapids Public Library, MI
Michell Johnnetta Hackwelder, Abu Dhabi Children's Library, Abu Dhabi
Sean Marshall, Detroit Public Library, MI
Virginia Ravanelli, Italy
Celine Vandervlugt, Cook Memorial Library, OR
Dean Alcorn, Kellogg Community College, MI
Heather Balcom, Central Michigan University Libraries, MI
Angela Batts, Kalamazoo College, MI
Melissa Beadia, Oakland Community College, MI
Mary Beauchamp, Petoskey District Library, MI
Michael Beckman, Brandon Township Public Library, MI
Teneia J. Combs, Redford Township District Library, MI
Tom Delor, Central Michigan University Libraries, MI
Eric Estes, Central Michigan University Libraries, MI
Coleen Kasch, Crown Point Community Library - Winfield Branch, IN
Laura Mason, Oakland Community College, MI
Brittany Mazzola, Kendallville Public Library, IN
Haley Merriman, Central Michigan University Libraries, MI
Leah Morin, Michigan State University Libraries, MI
Jennifer Trzcienski, Houghton Lake Public Library, MI
Susan Warner, Brandon Township Public Library, MI
Congratulations and thanks to all of you!
Interested in earning YOUR Library Staff Development Certificate from MCLS? Read more about the requirements and get an application form on our website!
For more information or to see all upcoming workshops, visit our workshop and event registration page. If you have any questions, please contact us at training@mcls.org.
Dial-A-Story is perfect for patrons with limited internet, those who are home-bound, and anyone looking to reduce screen time.
You can offer:
All of this can be accessed from any phone, any time!
For more information on this service, contact MCLS Group Purchasing at services@mcls.org or (800) 530-9019 ext 401.
A better way to analyze your big deals Unsub is a data dashboard that helps libraries reassess the value of their big deal subscriptions. Using Unsub, libraries can forecast their spending and fulfillment over the next five years, modeling a variety of different subscription and cancellation scenarios.
Unsub’s data-driven forecast model is customized to each institution, using their unique access, citation, and authorship patterns. To generate a 360-degree picture of access and costs over time, Unsub accounts for the effect of open access, post-termination access, interlibrary loan, journal readership decay curves, and more.
Unsub currently supports the five biggest publishers with more coming soon.
For more information on this service, contact MCLS Group Purchasing at services@mcls.org or (800) 530-9019 ext 401.
Limited time offer! MCLS & SAGE Publishing partnering to provide special pricing on key SAGE resourcesIf you’ve been considering growing your teaching and learning resources, now is a great time to complete your collection with special savings developed specifically for MCLS members!
Special offers for MCLS members include:
Buy more and save:
Academic institutions that offer associate through master’s level degrees may qualify for additional discounting.
Learn more about the resources featured in this offer>>
These special savings are available to MCLS members through Dec. 15, 2021 on new purchases or subscriptions.
For a quote or more information, please contact MCLS Group Purchasing at services@mcls.org or (800) 530-9019 ext 401.
