Attention Michigan libraries!  The Library of Michigan and LearningExpress have announced a week full of workshops for library and workforce development staff using Job & Career Accelerator (JCA), a new database added to MeL earlier this year for Michigan residents.

See below for dates, times, and registration information for each JCA Workshop location.  The Library of Michigan plans to schedule additional workshops for northern Michigan and the UP later this summer.

May 9, 2011, 9-11 a.m., MCLS – Midwest Collaborative for Library Services (Lansing). Register online at:  https://members.mcls.org/workshops/viewcourse.html?id=272

May 9, 2011, 2-4 p.m., Portage District Library (Portage/Kalamazoo area). Register by email:  nsosulski@portagelibrary.info In your email, please indicate who and how many are coming and if they will need a laptop.

May 10, 2011, 9:30-11:30 a.m., at Southfield Public Library. To register, contact Kelly Rembert, 248-796-4367 or krembert@sfldlib.org

May 10, 2011, 2-4 p.m., at St. Clair County Public Library (Port Huron). To register, contact:  Dale Kittendorf, 877-987-7323 or dkittendorf@sccl.lib.mi.us

May 11, 2011, 9:30-11:30 a.m., at Genesee ISD, Flint. To register, contact  Mideastern Michigan Library Cooperative via phone (810) 232-7119; fax (810) 232-6639 or email bancroft@gfn.org

May 11, 2011, 2-4 p.m. at Grace A. Dow Memorial Library, Midland.  To register, contact  Mideastern Michigan Library Cooperative via phone (810) 232-7119; fax (810) 232-6639 or email bancroft@gfn.org

May 12, 2011, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., at Albion District Library. Registration information is online at Woodlands Library Cooperative:  http://woodlands.lib.mi.us/handbook/workshops.htm

May 12, 2011, 2-4 p.m., at Jackson District Library.  Registration information is online at Woodlands Library Cooperative:  http://woodlands.lib.mi.us/handbook/workshops.htm

May 13, 2011, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. at Ypsilanti District Library. To register, contact Jim Pletz, The Library Network, jpletz@tln.lib.mi.us or 248-536-3100 x107.

For further information and questions, please contact Deb Biggs Thomas at the Library of Michigan: biggsthomasd@michigan.gov or phone 517-373-4466.

The MeL project is made possible by grant funds from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the State of Michigan through the Library of Michigan.