The Midwest Collaborative for Library Services (MCLS) is pleased to announce that Stephanie Davis will be the next Manager of Group Purchasing. In this role, she will lead negotiations and subscriptions for electronic resources from more than 70 companies. Stephanie will begin on Feb. 5. “MCLS has been a great partner over the years and …Read more »

Fifty individuals from 15 Indiana libraries were selected to attend the Harwood Public Innovators Lab sponsored by MCLS. The Lab will take place Tuesday through Thursday, March 5-7, 2019 at Indiana Wesleyan University – Indianapolis North campus. MCLS is fully funding the participants tuition for the training, lodging, some meals during the training, and will …Read more »

From a highly-qualified pool and after first-round interviews with the Search Committee, the MCLS Board has invited three finalists to Lansing to meet the staff and further interview with the Board. As part of each interview, the candidates have been asked to prepare a presentation to be simulcast to the membership on the topic “Your …Read more »

On Nov. 7, in our second 2018 Users Group virtual gathering, MCLS hosted an hour-long webinar featuring two speakers. Presiding over the conversation was Andrea Kappler, Committee Chair, MCLS Linked Data for Libraries Users Group Steering Committee (Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library). We first heard from Andrew Weidner, Digital Operations Coordinator for the University of Houston …Read more »

The MCLS Board of Directors met across two days, Thursday, Nov. 29 and Friday, Nov. 30, for their annual strategic planning retreat and November Board meeting. During the retreat, the Board considered ways to more fully engage with MCLS members, heard presentations from MCLS staff members about operations and achievements for 2018, and discussed ways …Read more »

MCLS is looking for a new Executive Director! SUMMARY DESCRIPTION: The Executive Director serves as chief executive officer of the Midwest Collaborative for Library Services (MCLS), a member-driven non-profit organization which facilitates resources and collaboration to benefit all types of Indiana and Michigan libraries. MCLS works in partnership with the Indiana State Library, the Library …Read more »

The MCLS office will be closed the following days for the 2018 holiday season. Thu, Nov 22 Fri, Nov 23 Mon, Dec 24 Tue, Dec 25 Tue, Jan 1 Happy Holidays!

It’s my last newsletter article. Come January, for the first time in 36 years, I won’t have any official affiliation with a library science program, a library, a library vendor, or a consortium. How odd is that? My consortium director career started in August 1995 when I became Executive Director for the Michigan Library Consortium. …Read more »

Mark your calendars for the MCLS Annual Membership Meeting to take place from 10-11am Eastern (9-10am Central) on Friday, Nov. 16, 2018. This year’s membership meeting will be held online using Zoom online meeting software and will feature reports from MCLS President Eva Davis, Executive Director Randy Dykhuis, and MCLS Treasurer (and Audit Committee Chair) …Read more »

After a thorough process, which included a nationwide search, two rounds of interviews, and feedback from staff and members, the MCLS Board of Directors was not able to successfully fill the Executive Director position. “Naturally, we are disappointed with the outcome of this search,” said Eva Davis, MCLS Board President. “We remain committed to recruiting …Read more »