Yesterday I received a message from one of our members that started out: “I just found out today that OCLC will be terminating the agreement with MLC on June 30, 2009. There seems to be some “buzz” going around about this.” I wasn’t too surprised to hear about the “buzz” as there has been quite …Read more »

Press release posted on LIS Wire: Contact: Justine Shaffner, Plinkit Collaborative Coordinator jshaffner@bcr.org ; 800.397.1552 x140 February 12, 2009 – Plinkit, a multi-state collaborative that uses an uncomplicated template-based web site creation toolkit, is delighted to announce it has added a ninth organization as a member. The Library of Michigan has joined Colorado, Illinois, Oregon …Read more »

Click below for a GREAT story! Hero pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger of Danville is now every librarian’s hero, too.

The International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC) has issued a new document, Statement on the Global Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Consortial Licenses. MLC has been active with ICOLC for many years and is one of the signatories to the statement. Libraries all around the world are feeling the pinch of the global financial …Read more »

An outside evaluation of MeL Delivery service was conducted from July – December 2008. The intent was to gather empirical data about how the system is functioning and where improvement can be made. Highlights of the study: * ProMed’s performance is substantially above industry standards of 95% for non-critical shipments. * The most significant improvement …Read more »

The MeL Delivery label making procedures have changed in an effort to make the process simple, efficient, and accurate. Click here for more details about the changes to: * Log In codes * Searching the label maker site. * Format of the printed labels.

LearningExpress has added sections on career planning and preparation, job search skills, and resume writing and interviewing skills.  These should be valuable to your patrons in this economic climate. LearningExpress will also release a new interface sometime in January.  Watch the meldatabases listserv for announcements. Remember, training on all MeL databases is free to any …Read more »

MLC’s delegates to OCLC’s Members Council have prepared an analysis of OCLC’s recently announced new policy on transfer and use of WorldCat records. Greetings! As your elected delegates to OCLC Members Council, we wanted to draw your immediate attention to the major changes that OCLC has made to its Policy for Use and Transfer of …Read more »

MLC is thrilled to announce that one of our board members, Gigi Lincoln, has been honored with the New York Times’ prestigious “I Love My Librarian 2008” Award.  Gigi is the Library Media Specialist at Lakeview High School in Battle Creek, Michigan, and is also a MeL Trainer.  Congratulations Gigi! Gigi was cited for her …Read more »

MLC Evergreen staff will demonstrate the Michigan Evergreen open-source ILS at the MLA Conference this week, Booth #7 in the MLA Exhibits. Booth demos are scheduled for: Wednesday, 2pm-5pm Thursday, 7:30am-12noon Also, MLC and GRPL Evergreen staff will present a program at MLA on Thursday, 1:30pm-2:45pm, in Room Prairies V. If you’re interested in learning …Read more »