On July 15, 2011, MCLS will host a membership meeting via teleconference for Member Representatives to vote on two issues: (1) revising the Bylaws and (2) approving sale of real property. Attendance and voting at the membership meeting is open to Member Representatives from libraries who have paid their MCLS membership dues no later than …Read more »

There’s still time to take advantage of the special incentive pricing OCLC is offering to MCLS members on EasyBib Library Edition. Building on the popular citation management service EasyBib.com, the Library Edition adds features such as library branding, links to the library catalog, locations, hours and more. To take advantage of this offer, five or …Read more »

Through June 30, 2011, Indiana libraries are invited to join a group purchase of Booksinprint.com with Reviews. All new subscribers will receive the usual MCLS member discount. The more new libraries that subscribe, the greater the savings will be. Offer is open to first-time subscribers of all K12, public, and academic libraries in Indiana. Learn …Read more »

ProQuest Statistical Datasets aggregates hundreds of licensed and public domain datasets and makes that data available from within a single interface. Users can customize the data by selecting subjects and variables of interest, then view the data in side-by-side tables, charts, and even maps. Now through June 30, academic libraries joining the new group subscription …Read more »

The June 2011 issue of MCLS News is now available online. See this issue for updated information on MCLS Board nominations, the July 15 membership meeting, MCLS special programs and upcoming training, group purchasing offers, Michigan Evergreen, OCLC, SkyRiver, MeL, and more. For links to back issues of MCLS News and to subscribe or unsubscribe …Read more »

Are you interested in serving on the MCLS Board of Directors? The MCLS Nominating & Leadership Development Committee is seeking nominations from the membership for five openings on the MCLS Board of Directors: Academic Library Representative (Indiana) Research Library Representative (Michigan) School Library Representative (Michigan) Special Library Representative (Indiana) At-Large Library Representative (Michigan) Each seat …Read more »

Refresh your knowledge or learn new things by taking a MeL Databases online course! We are offering six MeL Databases workshops in June: June 1 Young Adults Part 2 June 9 Career and Business Highlights June 14 Health Resources June 22 Kids June 28 Young Adults Part 1 June 30 Young Adults Part 2 Please …Read more »

At the November 2010 Board Retreat, the MCLS Board directed  MCLS Executive Director Randy Dykhuis to investigate making statewide resource sharing a priority for our service to Indiana libraries. In response, MCLS submitted program proposals to present at the Academic Libraries of Indiana (ALI) resource sharing conference and at the Indiana Library Federation (ILF) Regional …Read more »

In response to popular demand, MCLS will repeat the special program, “Marketing the Public Library,” in Lansing on September 15. MCLS hosted this special program in Indianapolis earlier this year and received rave reviews for the instructors, Jennifer Pearson of OCLC and Kathy Dempsey, author of The Accidental Library Marketer.  Because of the “hands-on” nature …Read more »

Online registration is now available for the 2011 MeLCat Users Day, scheduled for Friday, November 4, at Causeway Bay in Lansing.  Participating MeLCat libraries are encouraged to send staff to keep abreast of the latest MeLCat developments; to share concerns, questions, and suggestions about MeLCat functionality, policies, and procedures; to network with other MeLCat staff; …Read more »