MCLS offices will be closed all day on Friday, December 24; Monday, December 27; and Friday December 31, 2010.  MCLS offices will be open 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. EST on December 28, 29, and 30.

James Childress, who has worked in MCLS’s member services department for two years, will be leaving MCLS at the end of this week.  James and his family are returning to Rugby, North Dakota, where James will work with his father at Childress Insurance, Inc. James has been a tremendous asset to MCLS, and we are …Read more »

MCLS is pleased to announce Jackie Licalzi’s promotion from MeLCat Librarian to MeLCat System Administrator. Jackie will begin her new duties on January 3, 2011. Jackie came to MCLS (then MLC) in October 2006 as a MeLCat trainer. Since that time, she has had a hand in all things MeLCat — conducting orientations, training library …Read more »

The December 2010 issue of MCLS News is now available online.  See this issue for the latest news on the MCLS board, MCLS training, group discounts on databases, Michigan Evergreen, RIDES, and more. Visit our MCLS News web page to read back issues of MCLS News. Click here to subscribe or unsubscribe to receive MCLS …Read more »

Congratulations to two Michigan libraries, Peter White Public Library (Marquette) and West Bloomfield Township Library, and to Indiana museum, Conner Prairie Interactive History Park, on their IMLS awards of the 2010 National Medal for Museum and Library Service! Read more here.

On November 18-19, 2010, members of the current 2010 MCLS Interim Board and the incoming 2011 MCLS Board met at Das Essenhaus in Middlebury, Indiana, for a board retreat.  During the two-day strategic planning session, board members discussed the future direction of MCLS to benefit libraries in Indiana and Michigan, as well as planning the …Read more »

The MCLS Offices in Indianapolis and Lansing will be closed for Thanksgiving on November 25-28, 2010.  We will reopen on Monday, November 29, at 8:00 a.m. Eastern.

The November issue of MCLS News is now available online, with the latest information on staff updates, group offers for MCLS members, Evergreen news, training, MeL, RIDES, and more. To see back issues of MCLS News, visit our MCLS News web page.  Click here to subscribe or unsubscribe to MCLS News. For information on open …Read more »

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Colleen Gocken, who has worked on PALNI’s shared system since its inception in 1992, will retire at the end of November.  MCLS wishes Colleen well in her retirement, and we extend our thanks to her for the vital role she played in implementation and administration of the PALNI project. Colleen began her library career in …Read more »