MCLS is pleased to announce Lisa Carlucci Thomas, 2010 Library Journal Mover and Shaker, 2009 ALA Emerging Leader and Director of the library and creative services firm Design Think Do, the keynote speaker at our annual meeting which will be held on October 4, 2013 at the Marten House Hotel in Indianapolis, Indiana. Viewing by …Read more »
Nominations open for MCLS Board of Directors The MCLS Nominating & Leadership Development Committee seeks nominations from the membership for the following openings on the MCLS Board of Directors: Public Library Representative (Indiana) Special Library Representative (Michigan) Academic Library Representative (Michigan) At-Large Library Representative (Indiana) Each seat has a three-year term, beginning January 1, 2014 …Read more »
LANSING, Michigan (April 29, 2013)-The Midwest Collaborative for Library Service is pleased to announce our annual meeting will be held on October 4, 2013 at the Marten House Hotel in Indianapolis, Indiana. MCLS encourages members to reserve October 4 for a day of sharing ideas as we lead our staff, patrons and communities into the …Read more »
MCLS held its 2011 Annual Meeting, Library Clouds and Content, on October 6, 2011. For the first time, member libraries were offered the option of attending in-person or via videostreaming. Of the 120 attendees, about half opted for videostreaming, and several reported that it went well. We will survey the virtual attendees for their feedback …Read more »
Library Clouds and Content: 2011 MCLS Annual Membership meeting will be held at LCC West in Lansing, Michigan, on October 6, 2011. Featured speakers include Erik Mitchell from Wake Forest University, Andy Bush of OCLC, and Matt Weaver of Library Renewal. For details and to register online to attend in person, see the MCLS Registration …Read more »
On October 1, 2010, MCLS held its first annual membership meeting as a newly-merged organization. 88 Member Representatives attended by conference phone, 28 attended in person at the Indianapolis office, and 16 attended in person at the Lansing office. There were two agenda issues requiring a membership vote, both of which were approved by the …Read more »
The agenda has been set for the 2010 Annual Meeting. The meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m. and members may participate via conference call. Pre-registration is required, and pre-registered Member Representatives will receive call-in information via email. Note: members may opt instead to attend in person at either the MCLS Indianapolis office, 6202 Morenci Trail, …Read more »
The MCLS Nominating & Leadership Development Committee seeks nominations from the membership for the following openings on the MCLS Board of Directors: Academic Library Representative Public Library Representative Research Library Representative School Library Representative Special Library Representative At-large Representative Each seat, except the At-Large seats, will have one representative from Indiana and one from Michigan. …Read more »
The new set has been posted to MLC’s Flickr photostream. Keynote speaker was R. David Lankes. Lankes discussed how library service should match how people build knowledge, as well as the obligation and power of libraries participating in their communities and society as a whole. Colleen Hyslop (Michigan State Univ), Larry Neal (Clinton-Macomb PL), and …Read more »
Register online for MLC’s Annual Meeting and Special Program, featuring R. David Lankes, Friday, October 2, 2009, at LCC West in Lansing. Lankes’ keynote is “The Times They Are A’Changin’ – the Logic of Participatory Librarianship,” a discussion of how library service should match how people build knowledge. He also discusses the obligation and power …Read more »
