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Notes from Executive Director Scott Garrison – Feb. 2024

This month, I’ll recap the first session of the Michigan Library Association’s 2023-2024 Think Space program, held in December 2023. Following its first two years focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion and how libraries can respond to pushback against those principles as they manifest in the form of book challenges, censorship, legislative activity, and more, …Read more »


MCLS embarks on a Listening Tour to inform our next strategic plan

As you may be aware, MCLS recently launched its 2023-2024 strategic planning journey. We are seeking broad input and participation in shaping our vision for the future, particularly as it relates to exploring: Engagement and collaboration–building community and strengthening relationships with our member libraries as well as others with whom we work and collaborate. Investing …Read more »


“Meet Me in the Middle”—a Virtual Dialogue designed for mid-level managers

The middle of an organization is a unique–and important–position to occupy. If you answer to a director, dean, or other top position but also manage people or projects, we invite you to meet your colleagues in the middle for a Virtual Dialogue on Wednesday, March 20, from 10:30 a.m.-noon Eastern (9:30-11 a.m. Central). MCLS’s Engagement, Consulting, …Read more »