MLC is offering two Special Programs this fall, in addition to our regular workshop lineup.  For further information and to register online, please click on the links below. Electronic Resources Management (ERM) is a half-day program scheduled for September 21.  Presenter Deberah England of Wright State University will cover the basic concepts of ERM for …Read more »

MLC invites you to the grand opening of our virtual building in the 3-D virtual reality, Second Life (Cybrary City II 167,51,21)! The celebration is on Thursday, July 12, 2007 from 4:00-6:00pm SL time (7:00pm-9:00 EST). Please join us in Second Life for virtual music, dancing and refreshments! If you need help finding our building …Read more »

Check out the Unshelved archives for Unshelved comic strips for May 28 – June 2.  In only six strips, Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum have succinctly encapsulated intellectual property infringement issues for public libraries.  As usual, pretty funny stuff that hits the nail on the head!

I am currently attending the Rural Libraries Conference at the Grand Traverse Resort in Acme, MI.  I posted a detailed live blog on my personal blog.  Please feel free to comment!

I’m trying to find out if any Michigan librarians are posting videos to YouTube. I’ve heard from a lot of you who are viewing videos on YouTube, but so far no one has admitted to posting videos! At Computers in Libraries last month, the first InfoTubey Awards were handed out to libraries who used YouTube …Read more »

On April 23, the Canton Public Library launched a new blog at www.cantonpl.org/blog. To encourage a sense of community, the blog extends Canton’s “library as place” to provide an online space for library patrons to gather and explore and to share ideas and resources. The initial post invites the public to comment, saying, “We’ll feature …Read more »

Please see below for a call for papers for the Model T Conference to be held at the Henry Ford in Dearborn next year. Sounds like it might be a good opportunity for some Michigan libraries to publicize their automotive collections and digitization projects! The World of the Model T Conference July 17-19, 2008 Dearborn …Read more »

In honor of National Library Week 2007, Thomson Gale is launching librareo, an online community for libraries and the people who love them. To start off the project with a big splash, librareo is hosting an “I Love My Library” video contest. The top prize is $10,000 to be split equally between the videomakers and …Read more »

The Library of Congress (LC) has awarded the Washtenaw County Library for the Blind and Physically Disabled (LBPD) the first annual Network Subregional Library of the Year Award. Congratulations to librarians Margaret Wolfe and Mary Udoji! LC’s National Library Service Director Frank Kurt Cylke said that the library has “demonstrated excellence as regional and subregional …Read more »

Kevin Driedger taught a book repair workshop at MLC last week. Additional photos of the workshop are available on MLC’s Flickr page. Check out Kevin’s Library Preservation blog too! Thanks for another great workshop, Kevin!