SkyRiver/Library Journal webinar: Cataloging at the Crossroads
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 [...]
Finding Your Virtual Reference Users Online
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 [...]
Donohue Bids Farewell
MCLS extends its best wishes to Anne Donohue as she departs to take on her next adventure. Anne joined then-MLC in 2001 as OCLC Network Support Librarian and went on to perform a number of sales and service roles. In her most recent position as MeL Catalog Librarian, Anne assisted with planning for new MeL [...]
Atkin named incoming Branch DL Director
Branch District Library in Coldwater, MI has announced its selection of MCLS’ Evette Atkin as its new Director. A graduate of Wayne State University’s Library and Information Science program, Evette joined MCLS in 2004 as Network Librarian and Training Consultant. Since then, Evette has taken on many educational and technical roles leading to her current [...]
Making the Case for Virtual Reference in Tough Times
It’s no secret that libraries everywhere are making difficult choices due to the current economy. Newer programs, like virtual reference, are often the first to face the chopping block. Making the case for funding virtual reference might be easier than you think. Susan McGlamery works with libraries on a regular basis as they secure funding [...]
Libraries and Information Consumers at Webscale
Join OCLC for this free 3-hour interactive workshop examining the impact of the Web on our rapidly changing information landscape. The quick-fire session will share highlights from OCLC’s research (including Libraries at Webscale and Perceptions of Libraries) on today’s increasingly empowered information consumer and present ideas from technology and business thought leaders. OCLC will explore [...]
April Issue of MCLS News Available Online
The April issue of MCLS News is now available online. Take a look for information about our upcoming Black Belt Librarian special program, plus important OCLC billing changes, special offers for online databases, the latest on our new RIDES task force, and more. For links to back issues of MCLS News and to subscribe or [...]
Succession Planning a Necessity, Speaker Says
The statistics are sobering: 57 percent of librarians are more than 45 years old, which is 75 percent higher than comparable professions. Almost half of librarians working today could retire in the next five years. In short, librarianship may be facing a severe personnel shortage at all levels in our libraries. Not only that, but [...]
