Update! Two FOUR more Michigan libraries to add to the MySpace list: Cutler Memorial Library http://www.myspace.com/cutlerlibrary East Lansing Public Library http://www.myspace.com/elpl Howell Carnegie District Library http://myspace.com/howelllibrary Manchester District Library http://myspace.com/manchesterlibrary I’ve set up a page on the Michigan Libraries Wiki for a list of Michigan libraries with MySpace pages. Please feel free to update the …Read more »

Is your library on MySpace? I found a few Michigan libraries with MySpace pages (see list below). I know there must be more of you out there – please comment below with your library’s MySpace URL, and I’ll update the list. Thanks! Ann Arbor District Library http://www.myspace.com/annarbordistrictlibrary Benton Harbor Public Library http://www.myspace.com/bhlibraryteen Blair Memorial Library, …Read more »

On September 21, MLC is offering a special program on Electronic Rights Management (ERM).  Please note that we’ll only offer this program once, so register now if you need to learn about ERM for your library!

Meredith Farkas is conducting a 2007 Survey of the Biblioblogosphere. If you are a library-blogger, take the survey here. And please pass the word on to other library-bloggers.

Ball State University is hosting an oral history conference this fall, “Can you hear me now? Digitizing the voices of the past.” Featured speakers include Eric Lassiter and Elizabeth Campbell. The Conference will be held in Muncie, Indiana, on September 20. For registration details, see Ball State University’s conference page.

Mark your calendars for April 15, 2008, for the MLC Technical Services Conference to be held in Lansing! Our keynote speakers will be Karen Calhoun of OCLC and Tim Spalding of Library Thing. Karen Calhoun is the author of the Library of Congress report, The Changing Nature of the Catalog and its Integration with Other …Read more »

Evette Atkin from MLC is attending the Gaming, Learning and Libraries Symposium in Chicago this week.  She’s blogging the symposium live at The unLibrarian blog.

“Imagine a library that collected all the world’s information about all the world’s books and made it available for everyone to view and update.” http://demo.openlibrary.org/

MLC invites you to the grand opening of our new virtual building in the 3-D virtual reality, Second Life (Cybrary City II 167,51,21)! The celebration is on Thursday, July 12, 2007 from 4:00-6:00pm SL time (NOTE! That’s 7:00pm-9:00pm EDT). Please join us in Second Life for virtual music, dancing and refreshments! Here’s a panoramic view …Read more »

Computers in Libraries (CIL) has issued the Call for Speakers for CIL 2008. The 2008 conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, VA, on April 7-9, 2008. The deadline for submitting a proposal is August 24, 2007. Michigan has been well-represented at CIL in the past. I hope Michigan librarians …Read more »