MCLS is pleased to announce Jackie Licalzi’s promotion from MeLCat Librarian to MeLCat System Administrator. Jackie will begin her new duties on January 3, 2011. Jackie came to MCLS (then MLC) in October 2006 as a MeLCat trainer. Since that time, she has had a hand in all things MeLCat — conducting orientations, training library …Read more »

The December 2010 issue of MCLS News is now available online.  See this issue for the latest news on the MCLS board, MCLS training, group discounts on databases, Michigan Evergreen, RIDES, and more. Visit our MCLS News web page to read back issues of MCLS News. Click here to subscribe or unsubscribe to receive MCLS …Read more »

Congratulations to two Michigan libraries, Peter White Public Library (Marquette) and West Bloomfield Township Library, and to Indiana museum, Conner Prairie Interactive History Park, on their IMLS awards of the 2010 National Medal for Museum and Library Service! Read more here.

Michigan’s MeL Databases program has been adding resources since its very beginning in 1997 and now includes over 40 databases and numerous important features. MCLS provides training and support for MeL Databases. In order to devote sufficient time to each database and feature, we are announcing a new class lineup.  In addition to moving the …Read more »

Confused about all of the services offered by MCLS? We will be happy to mail you a copy of our print catalog! Please email Diana Mitchell or call her at 1-800-530-9019 ext. 112 to request a free catalog. Or, if you have questions about any of our MCLS services, please feel free to contact our …Read more »

On November 18-19, 2010, members of the current 2010 MCLS Interim Board and the incoming 2011 MCLS Board met at Das Essenhaus in Middlebury, Indiana, for a board retreat.  During the two-day strategic planning session, board members discussed the future direction of MCLS to benefit libraries in Indiana and Michigan, as well as planning the …Read more »

SkyRiver is now an active NACO node within the Library of Congress Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC). John Riemers, PCC Chair, issued this announcement on November 16, 2010: “The PCC welcomes a new NACO Node member, SkyRiver Technology Solutions. Name authority records contributed through SkyRiver will carry the prefix “ns”. The Library of Congress has …Read more »

Over the summer of 2010, OmniFile Full Text Select replaced WilsonSelectPlus on MeL for Michigan residents.  Although the content is the same, MeL now has the WilsonWeb interface which includes some interesting and useful new ways to search. H.W. Wilson is offering two free online training sessions covering OmniFile Full Text Select and the WilsonWeb …Read more »

The MCLS Offices in Indianapolis and Lansing will be closed for Thanksgiving on November 25-28, 2010.  We will reopen on Monday, November 29, at 8:00 a.m. Eastern.

MCLS is issuing a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for Selected Web-based Databases to license specific data content for member libraries in Michigan and Indiana.  MCLS will be the negotiating and contracting agency on behalf of the participating libraries and is the point of contact for this RFQ.  Database vendors should contact Diana Mitchell for a …Read more »