20% discount on 15+ titles and collections through 7/31/25 and 3-year EBA (Docuseek Complete Collection) plus GEJ flash sale through 5/31/25! Ask about the Community College special that includes access to 3,000 titles covering topics like nursing/health, criminal justice, and many more. Docuseek Complete Collection 4th Edition – 3,000 exclusive titles by 12/31/26. Access exclusive independent …Read more »

This month, I’ll feature video of a recent conversation I had with Rima Zalghout, librarian at the Russell J. Abaid Library and Resource Center at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, MI. I encourage you to visit the Museum and its library and learn more about the Arab world and Arab Americans’ experiences. The …Read more »

      Is your library looking to add new resources this year, particularly in genealogy, newspapers (historical or recent, national or state collections), or considering a workforce development platform for your patrons? Now through March 31, you can take advantage of the following steep discounts:  Genealogy: 40-50% off. If you have an active subscription to …Read more »

If you are part of the academic library community in Michigan or Indiana and you’d like to learn more about a consortial approach to providing fiction and nonfiction eBook and audiobook titles to your patrons via OverDrive, we encourage you to attend the Consortium Connect webinar hosted by OverDrive on April 17 at 1 p.m. …Read more »

With budget planning and spending on the horizon, Bloomsbury arts and humanities resources are available for one-time purchase to maximize spending! With 690+ collections for perpetual access purchasing, including streaming video collections, and collections containing audio content, images, e-books, encyclopedias, major reference works, monographs and more. One-time purchases provide the opportunity to ensure uninterrupted access …Read more »

Our popular Virtual Dialogue series continues in 2025! We’ll bring together specific groups of library staff from across our two-state region every other month to give space and time for those with similar challenges and opportunities to meet for dialogue on topics of interest to them. Our next Virtual Dialogue will be on Thursday, March …Read more »

         MCLS is pleased to welcome the following new libraries and organizations to our member community: Liberty Fund, Inc., Indiana Oakland City-Columbia Township Public Library, Indiana Odon Winkelpleck Public Library, Indiana Princeton Public Library, Indiana Are you interested in becoming a member of MCLS? You can view our member benefits and access …Read more »

The MCLS eLicensing & Collection Resources Team (eLCR) has begun planning for the spring eResource meeting. More information is coming soon, including a save the date announcement. In the meantime, we’d like to hear from you! What issues and topics would you like to discuss? Email us your suggestions by Feb. 28, 2025.

This month, I’d like to introduce the 2025 MCLS Board of Directors and what they do for you, our members who own MCLS. At their fall retreat this past November, I observed the MCLS Board come away with new energy and a sense of purpose for their upcoming plans in 2025. As we continue through …Read more »

MCLS has spent 2024 changing and planning so we can empower libraries to achieve the extraordinary in 2025 and beyond. As we move from one busy year to another, read on for some changes this year and some of what we plan for the future.  I thank the many stakeholders who participated in our 2024 …Read more »