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Library Camp photos

Pics from Library Camp at Ann Arbor District Library have been added to MLC’s Flickr account. You can click here to see the new set.

1 comment March 25th, 2008

Elaine Ross joins MLC Evergreen Staff

The Michigan Library Consortium is pleased to announce that Elaine Ross joined the MLC staff on March 17 as our new ILS Training & Support Librarian. Welcome Elaine!

Elaine brings a wealth of experience to her new position at MLC. Before joining us at MLC, she worked for Gale/Cengage (previously IAC) for 13 years as a Customer Systems Support Engineer, Manager of RFP/Bids Administration, and Senior MARC Record Specialist. Prior to that she designed and built CAVALIR Online, a statewide union catalog for the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Elaine’s experience also includes training and support for VTLS, Inc., onsite in the U.S. and Europe and remotely for countries in the Middle East and the Pacific Rim, faculty teaching positions at universities in North Carolina and Virginia, and seven years at Richmond Public Library in Virginia.

In her new position as ILS Training & Support Librarian, Elaine will join Evette Atkin on the Michigan Evergreen Team. Elaine and Evette will work with Grand Rapids Public Library to migrate the pilot libraries to Evergreen, an open-source integrated library system. After the initial pilot project is completed, Michigan Evergreen will be opened up to other libraries who wish to join the shared catalog.

For information on the Michigan Evergreen project, please feel free to contact Evette Atkin, Elaine Ross, or Ruth Dukelow at MLC. See also the Michigan Evergreen blog.

1 comment March 19th, 2008

Copyright article in T.H.E. Journal

Two of us from Michigan – Evelyn Freeman of Oakland Schools and I – were interviewed for an article in current issue of T.H.E. Journal, “Do the (Copy)right thing.” As many of you know, Evelyn has been very active in bringing copyright information to school librarians, especially through her training sessions at annual MAME conferences.

I was also pleased to see that the article included my plug for ALA’s Copyright Advisory Network, a free service from ALA’s Washington Office. If you haven’t yet discovered the Copyright Advisory Network, please check it out. The Forum section allows schools and libraries to post their copyright questions for answers by the CAN team.

Add comment March 19th, 2008

LJ Honors Three Michigan Librarians

There are three Michigan librarians on the 2008 Library Journal Movers & Shakers list!

Evette Atkin from Michigan Library Consortium
“Multitalented”

Steven Bowers from DALNET
“Expanding OPACs”

Marcia Mardis from Wayne State University
“Push Technology”

Congratulations all!

1 comment March 18th, 2008

EBSCO launches new interface for NoveList

NoveList is a popular readers’ advisory database for children through adults.

In mid-March, a new interface was launched to make it even easier for users to find information about favorite books, authors, award winners, and recommended “good reads.”

The Home page has a monthly Spotlight in the center of the screen. The right column offers information for using the database and help for library staff doing Readers’ Advisory

The left column focuses on content for various reader groups: adults, teens, older kids, younger kids, and curriculum connections for teachers.

NoveList can be searched from a very visible search box at the top the home page. Results are divided into various materials by helpful tabs.

For a quick video tour of the new NoveList interface, go to the NoveList Home page and click on Tour NoveList on the right side, or click here:

1 comment March 11th, 2008

Free Press features MLC in Second Life article

See today’s Detroit Free Press (March 4, 2008) for the article, “Michiganders make a living, meet and study in ‘Second Life’,” featuring MLC’s Evette Atkin and MLC’s Second Life building. [Photo by Dave Trumpie of Trumpie Photography, Lansing.]

1 comment March 4th, 2008