This week, Unshelved offers a great spoof of the “I’m a PC, I’m a MAC” campaign with comic strips on “Hi, I’m the Internet, and I’m the Library.” Starting with the June 25 comic strip, Unshelved’s Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum have hit the nail on the head yet again. 
1 comment June 28th, 2007
The following is a message from the State Librarian. Michigan public libraries are encouraged to complete the survey. The deadline is August 31. Thanks!
Hi everyone,
The state librarians’ association, COSLA, is organizing a survey of public libraries in each state to gather data on building and renovation construction. This is being undertaken in order to compile data for use by State Library agencies and/or COSLA to advocate for federal public library construction funding. In conjunction with this effort, I am sending you the link to the public libraries survey developed by the New Jersey State Library which will enable COSLA to collect this data and respond to it. The New Jersey State Library IT Department has posted the survey online at:
http://www.njstatelib.org/LDB/cosla/cosla1.php
Please participate in this survey effort if at all possible and complete it online by the deadline of August 31st, 2007. Thanks in advance.
Nancy
Nancy R. Robertson
State Librarian
Library of Michigan
P.O. Box 30007
702 West Kalamazoo Street
Lansing, MI 48909-7507
Phone: 517-373-9464
Toll Free: 877-479-0021
Fax: 517-373-4480
Email: nrobertson@michigan.gov
1 comment June 28th, 2007
Missouri Library Network Corporation (MLNC) has worked out an arrangement with Information Today, Inc. once again to offer greatly reduced rates to the Internet Librarian 2007 Conference, October 29-Â31 in Monterey, CA. MLNC has extended this offer to Michigan Library Consortium members as well.
Details about this offer and a registration form are available in PDF on the MLNC website at http://www.mlnc.org/Internet_Librarian_2007.pdf. If you have trouble viewing this link, please contact MLNC at:
Missouri Library Network Corporation
8045 Big Bend Blvd., Suite 202
St. Louis, MO 63119-2714
Phone: 800-969-6562 or 314-918-7222, ext. 800
bev@mlnc.org
Fax: 314-918-7727
http://www.mlnc.org
The deadline for registration forms and payment which must be received at MLNC is Friday, September 21, 2007.
1 comment June 27th, 2007
About 120 new full-text journals from Springer, which includes more than 16,000 records, have been added to the Wilson Select Plus database on the OCLC FirstSearch service. Wilson Select Plus is one of the full-text databases that Michigan residents receive free-of-charge through MeL Databases.
The full-text is available in PDF format. Coverage is from 2004 through April 2006 and eventually will extend back to 1997. Springer is the second-largest journal publisher and the world’s largest publisher of science, technology and medical texts.
1 comment June 27th, 2007
Evette Atkin from MLC blogged live from ALA’s Annual Conference in DC until her laptop battery ran out. Click here to read her blog posts. Thanks for the great reporting, Evette!
1 comment June 27th, 2007
The MeLCat Team is working hard to add 40 more libraries to MeLCat this summer!
These 40 libraries attended day-long orientation sessions to kick off the three-month MeLCat implementation process for the summer group. Thanks to Wayne Public Library for hosting the session on June 8.
Adrian Public Library
Alma College
Aquinas College
Baker College of Auburn Hills
Baker College of Owosso
Baker College of Port Huron
Berkley Public Library
Branch District Library
Brighton District Library
Coloma Public Library
Colon Township Library
Dearborn Heights City Libraries
Dowagiac District Library
Dowling Public Library
Franklin Public Library
Galesburg Memorial Library
Great Lakes Christian College
Grosse Pointe Public Library
Hartford Public Library
Highland Township Public Library
Huntington Woods Library
Jonesville District Library
Lawrence Technological University
Lenawee County Library
Lenawee Intermediate School District
Lyons Township District Library
Monroe County Library System
Novi Public Library
Oak Park Public Library
Reading Community Library
Salem-South Lyon District Library
Saline District Library
Springfield Township Library
Sunfield District Library
Tecumseh District Library
Three Rivers Public Library
Van Buren District Library
Vermontville Township Library
Wayne Public Library
Wyandotte Bacon Memorial District Library
1 comment June 19th, 2007
Larry Neal of the Clinton-Macomb Public Library has written a wonderful explanation of the problems with the plaintiff’s case in Goldstone v. Bloomfield Hills Public Library. Click here to read his letter in the Macomb Daily.
For links to the documents filed in the case, see MLA’s web site.
Thanks, Larry, for your cogent argument against Goldstone’s attempt to legalize library tax evasion. Let’s hope the Michigan Supreme Court agrees!
1 comment June 13th, 2007
State Librarian Nancy Robertson issued the following message on June 11, 2007:
Dear colleagues,
I am very pleased to announce that the moratorium on the FY07 payments of state aid to public libraries has been lifted. The first half payments that are still due will be released effective immediately. For the second half payment, although full payments will be made, the July 1 payments will not actually be released until August 15. Even though this entails a further waiting period, I hope it will be a significant relief to know that the payments will be forthcoming then.
I know this has been a difficult time, and the FY08 situation is still up in the air. However, this is good news and speaks to the effectiveness of the efforts of all areas of the library community to get the word out about how significant these state aid payments are for library service to Michigan’s residents.
Best regards,
Nancy
Nancy R. Robertson
State Librarian
1 comment June 12th, 2007
Today is the last day to vote for your favorite “I love my library” video in Gale’s Librareo $10,000 contest. Go to Librareo to view the videos and vote for your favorite.
To view all of the videos submitted (including several from Michigan libraries), click here.
Add comment June 11th, 2007
Recently, we have heard questions about the ability of new libraries to join MeLCat, and we wanted to clear up any confusion.
MeLCat funding and staff have not changed. We will add libraries three times a year in 2007 and 2008, as usual. Our goal is to add 120 new libraries in 2007 and so far we are on track to do that. We have been able to accommodate almost all libraries that requested a 2007 implementation date. Our goal in 2008 will be to add 120 – 150 libraries to MeLCat.
To join MeLCat, libraries need to file an application. MeLCat staff will contact each applicant to schedule the library in the implementation queue.
Please feel free to contact MLC MeLCat staff if you have questions.
1 comment June 7th, 2007
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