Archive for February, 2008
These are just a few comments from recent classes taught by the MeL Databases trainers:
It was great!
Great chance to be exposed to these resources, opens up a lot of possibilities.
Lots of tips regarding how to do specific things!
WOW – so useful! Great presentation, easy to follow, allows for self-education.
Great overview — this introduced me to many new features (and I consider myself a regular user).
So much available – I learned a lot.
Great exposure for our staff!
And the BEST kind of reaction — “I went right back to my library the next day and could use a database I learned about to help my patrons!”
For information on scheduling a free class for your staff, contact Suzanne Robinson at MLC.
February 27th, 2008
Photos of the 2008 MeL Users Day at the Lansing Center have been posted to MLC’s Flickr account. Click here to view the new set.
February 20th, 2008
Please see the following Awards announcement, posted on behalf of the Rethinking Resource Sharing Innovation Awards Committee:
The Rethinking Resource Sharing Initiative was started to advocate for a complete rethink of the way libraries conduct resource sharing in the context of the global internet revolution. In order to showcase resource sharing innovation, the Rethinking Resource Sharing Initiative has created an award to encourage libraries and librarians to make changes in how they do resource sharing and improve service to users.
Up to three winning submissions will be awarded a cash prize of $1,000 each. Recipients will be announced at the ALA RUSA STARS Rethinking Resource Sharing ALA Preconference on June 27, 2008 in Anaheim, CA, and also will be invited to present at the IFLA satellite preconference, Rethinking Access to Information: Evolving Perspectives on Information Content Delivery in Bostonin August 2008. Funding for the 2008 Innovation Awards was provided by the Alliance of Library Service Networks .
To be considered for the award, please submit a description of the user-centric service change you have made that has improved resource sharing in your library, consortium or state. Full details for submission can be found at www.rethinkingresourcesharing.org.
The deadline for applications/nominations is May 15, 2008 (post-mark or date of e-mail).
Submissions are sent to the chair of the Rethinking Resource Sharing Innovation Awards Committee:
Anne K Beaubien
Director, Cooperative Access Services Grants Officer
Universityof MichiganLibrary
920 North University
106 Hatcher Graduate Library
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1205
(734) 936-2322 fax (734) 647-2050
beaubien@umich.edu
February 14th, 2008
The Michigan Library Consortium (MLC) is hosting a seminar in Second Life on Tuesday, February 12, 4pm SL time (that’s 7pm EST – Michigan time). The seminar will focus on Evergreen ILS open-source software. Our speakers will be Don McMorris from Equinox and Tim Daniels from one of the Georgia libraries using Evergreen.
The seminar will be held at MLC’s virtual building in Second Life. For SL coordinates and other information, please contact Evette Atkin, atkine@mlcnet.org or 800-530-9019 x152.
February 11th, 2008
What’s going on with MeLCat? Where do we stand with NCIP? What’s new with MeL Databases? Where is MeL headed?
MeL Users Day 2008 provides answers to these questions and much, much more! For a detailed agenda and to register online, see:
https://members.mlcnet.org/workshops/viewcourse.html?id=185
MeL Users Day will be held at the Lansing Center on Tuesday, February 19, 2008. In addition to multiple break-out sessions on MeLCat, MeL Databases, and MeL Delivery, this year’s MeL Users Day line-up includes a special Resource Sharing Forum in the afternoon. This is an unstructured open forum for MeLCat users where the presenters will facilitate a discussion of a variety of issues raised by those in attendance. Topics that may be covered include loan periods, work flows, packaging, and anything else that strikes your fancy! There will be an opportunity to ask questions and get input from others who are experienced in MeLCat policies and procedures, including staff members from other MeLCat libraries and MeLCat training/implementation staff.
February 5th, 2008
The University of Michigan announced the digitization of the millionth book this weekend. Most of the million volumes are products of the Michigan Digitization Project, a partnership with Google to digitize the entire U-M collection.
Congrats U of M Library! One million down and 6.5 million to go!
February 4th, 2008
