TODAY is the last day to secure a seat at next week’s MCLS annual meeting, to be held on Friday, October 4, at the Marten House in Indianapolis. If you are unable to attend in person, you can also register to attend online via streaming video but time to register to view online is limited …Read more »

MCLS is cordially inviting member Indiana Library Directors, or their designee, to one of  six in-person, 90-minute community conversations this October and November. The meetings are scheduled at libraries throughout the state and will be facilitated by MCLS Executive Director, Randy Dykhuis. MCLS Board members plan to attend. The purpose of these meetings is to …Read more »

MCLS is happy to announce two brand new social media classes being offered in the coming weeks: Creating a Social Media Policy (online workshop)-October 14 Can my employees talk about my organization on social media: What if someone makes a negative comment on my organizations Facebook page? Creating a social media policy and/or guidelines can …Read more »

2013 MeLCat Users Day will be held on November 14th at the Best Western Plus in South Lansing. (MeLCat old-timers will remember it from its former incarnations as the Causeway Bay or Holiday Inn South.) We hope you’ll join us! We’ve worked hard to make this year’s MeLCat Users Day much more interactive. We read …Read more »

The MCLS Board of Directors has accepted the Nominating Committee’s proposed slate of candidates for the four seats whose terms expire at the end of December 2013. Electronic voting to approve the slate of candidates begins on September 16. All Member Representatives should receive an email on September 16 with voting instructions. Votes will be …Read more »

“Open Spaces, Open Data, Open Access: Transforming Today’s Libraries” Transformation requires trailblazing and tenacity. Transformative culture fosters engagement and strategic development, and changes libraries from the inside out. Creative partnerships promote reciprocal learning, enhance services, and spark opportunities; and entrepreneurial methods offer advantages for libraries evaluating and adapting current practices. From library places and programs, …Read more »

MCLS is pleased to announce Lisa Carlucci Thomas, 2010 Library Journal Mover and Shaker, 2009 ALA Emerging Leader and Director of the library and creative services firm Design Think Do, the keynote speaker at our annual meeting which will be held on October 4, 2013 at the Marten House Hotel in Indianapolis, Indiana. Viewing by …Read more »

The link to the live stream is now available http://www.mcls.org/treasures. No log-in is necessary. This event will be recorded and made available in the future. Librarian for Conservation and Digitization at the Library of Michigan Kevin Driedger will join the conversation during the Q and A period of our September 9 Preserving Family Treasures program. …Read more »

Do you have grandma’s wedding gown, a tintype of a great-great uncle during the Civil War or even the family bible from the old country? Family and personal historical collections are a diary of where we come from and what is important to us. Most of these collections are stored in attics, basements or under …Read more »

Register today for the following upcoming online workshops offered by MCLS in August: August 7-9 Copy Cataloging of Monographs Using RDA August 7-9 Dewey Decimal Classification August 13 MeL Databases for Kids August 20 MeL Databases for Young Adults Part 1 August 21 MeL Databases for Young Adults Part 2 August 22 MeLCat Help! Finding …Read more »