“Is Google making us stupid?” Nicholas Carr asked, in a celebrated Atlantic Monthly cover story. Carr delves further into the question in his book The Shallows: What The Internet Is Doing To Our Brains, the selected title for “Libraries Read: 1 Book.” MCLS invited library staff across Indiana and Michigan to place votes on one …Read more »

MCLS is offering up to 15 scholarships to MCLS member libraries in Indiana to send staff to the Harwood/ALA Public Innovators Lab, October 19-21 2016 in Atlanta, GA. These funds are being made available through a grant program established by the MCLS Board of Trustees from the proceeds of the sale of the former INCOLSA …Read more »

MCLS is pleased to announce that 10 individuals from nine Indiana libraries were selected to receive a scholarship from MCLS to participate in the Harwood Virtual Public Innovators Lab, June 23 to August 11, 2016. The funds were made available to MCLS member libraries through a grant program established by the MCLS Board of Trustees …Read more »

Suzanne Robinson, Continuing Education Librarian, will retire from MCLS on June 10.  We wish her much happiness in her pursuit of leisure time and personal interests!  We interviewed her about her time at MCLS and her plans for the future. How long have you worked at MCLS? I started in August of 2001, just a …Read more »

The MCLS Nominating Committee seeks nominations from the membership for the following openings on the MCLS Board of Directors: Special Library Representative (Michigan) Academic Library Representative (Michigan) Public Library Representative (Indiana) At-Large Library Representative (Indiana) Each seat has a three-year term, beginning January 1, 2017 and expiring December 31, 2019. The Board meets 4 times …Read more »

We invite you to participate in “Media boot camp: interviewing skills” on July 27 at the Wheatfield branch of the Jasper County Public Library (IN). We will review some of the basic tips for being interviewed by the media, and then attendees will participate in multiple interview scenarios. Interviews will be played back and constructively …Read more »

The Library of Michigan and MCLS are pleased to announce a second round to our several-month long community engagement training program for Michigan library staff. The training will be led by coaches from the Harwood Institute for Public Innovation . It will be robust, extensive, and is being offered at no charge to selected Michigan …Read more »

Libraries Read: 1 Book is back. MCLS invites library staff of all types in Indiana and Michigan to participate in an exciting upcoming professional development opportunity.  We will join together once again, both physically and virtually to read and discuss the same book.  With your help, we will select a book that is relevant to …Read more »

MCLS is offering up to 10 scholarships to MCLS member libraries in Indiana for staff to participate in the Harwood Virtual Public Innovators Lab, June 23 to August 11, 2016. These funds are being made available through a grant program established by the MCLS Board of Trustees from the proceeds of the sale of the …Read more »

On March 15-16, 54 Michigan library staff and partners began a 10-month undertaking. They attended a 1.5-day workshop taught by coaches from the Harwood Institute for Public Innovation. During the workshop the cohort was organized into two smaller groups, which for the remainder of 2016 will participate in additional training, and develop action plans to …Read more »