New services from OCLC provide opportunities to create and share at Webscale. Built on the OCLC WorldShare™ Platform, OCLC WorldShare™ Interlibrary Loan will replace WorldCat® Resource Sharing and help library staff and users quickly and easily obtain the resources they need from libraries worldwide. Plus, new discovery features in WorldCat.org and WorldCat® Local give staff …Read more »
Many academic libraries are struggling with two separate yet related problems: continuing the transition from print to digital and handling legacy print collections that receive less and less use. As more and more resources are available electronically and contention for space in the library is increasing, academic libraries no longer have the luxury to retain …Read more »
Innovation in Libraries 2012 is a free post-conference event to LITA Forum sponsored by OCLC and held at the Columbus Metropolitan Library Main Library on October 7–8, 2012. This is your chance to hear from technology experts and colleagues, and contribute your ideas. Phil Simon, author of The Age of the Platform: How Amazon, Apple, …Read more »
AMIGOS Library Services, in cooperation with Information Today, Inc., is offering MCLS members reduced rates for Internet Librarian 2012. If you register for Internet Librarian 2012 through AMIGOS, you will be eligible to receive $170 off the early-bird registration fee for the three-day event, Oct. 22-24 in Monterey, CA. For more information or to register, …Read more »
See the full August edition If you aren’t already on our email newsletter list, click here to sign up Products & Services LibraryAware – an awesome new tool for promoting your library. Sign up for a guided, online demo! Special offer from Wiley-Blackwell, just for community colleges Webinars to learn about ProQuest Statistical Abstract, the …Read more »
The July edition is out. Some highlights include: • Lower minimum order quantities on 3M RFID tags • Plunkett and MarketLine business databases • Free MeL Database classes focused on kids’ information needs • MeLCat Reports webinar, as well as MeLCat Do-It-Yourself Data Analysis • July–December 2012 training calendar, featuring our 6-part eBooks and Libraries series • New group rate for …Read more »
The June edition of our email newsletter is up. Check out the online version to read about our new six-part eBooks & Libraries training series. You’ll also find information about our latest new product—Doody’s Review Service—along with details on recent MCLS staff updates, upcoming MeL and MeLCat workshops, and more. If you aren’t already subscribing …Read more »
The MCLS Nominating & Leadership Development Committee seeks nominations from the membership for the following openings on the MCLS Board of Directors: Public Library Representative (Michigan) Research Library Representative (Indiana) School Library Representative (Indiana) At-Large Library Representative (Michigan) At-Large Library Representative (Indiana) Deadline for submission of names is 5:00 p.m. on July 13, 2012. For …Read more »
Date: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 Time: 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST Click to register with Library Journal In the two and a half years since its introduction, use of SkyRiver has grown to some 70 installations serving several hundred libraries. SkyRiver’s bibliographic database, with its associated open data policy, has doubled in size since …Read more »
The OCLC Research report Seeking Synchronicity found that one of the biggest obstacles to a successful virtual reference service was getting users to simply know the service existed. Virtual customer service has become increasingly familiar for commercial business however odds are that most users won’t even know what “Ask a Librarian” means. Many users of …Read more »
