You might notice the absence of Melba Moose from our new MCLS website – Melba decided it was time for retirement, and now is spending her days basking in the sunshine at Potter Park Zoo, just a few miles down the street from the MCLS offices in Lansing. (Her retirement name is ‘Willow’). Please wish …Read more »
Many thanks to all those who attended the inaugural Great Lakes Resource Sharing Conference. Over 140 public, academic, and special library staff representing 90 institutions convened in Perrysburg Ohio on June 5-6 to listen, learn, share best practices and current projects, and discuss the future of resource sharing. Special thanks go out to our keynote …Read more »
At the 2014 Public Library Association Conference in Indianapolis, The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation led a popular series of sessions to help librarians become change agents in their communities. The Indiana Library Federation (ILF) is pleased to build on the success of those presentations by offering an ILF pre-conference on November 17. Carlton Sears, …Read more »
The July – December 2014 Training Calendar is now available online! Check out the latest offerings from the MCLS training department including the following two new workshops “Finding Classical Music: A Reference Primer” & “Government Documents: Michigan & Federal.” For more information and to register for any of these classes, go to: mcls.org/workshops
The Midwest Collaborative for Library Services (MCLS) is looking for an energetic, creative individual to be our new Community Engagement Librarian. This new position will coordinate MCLS’s outreach in Indiana, including training, marketing, and special projects. This individual will have exceptional communication skills and a willingness and ability to interact with Indiana librarians from all …Read more »
The Midwest Collaborative for Library Services (MCLS) is looking for an energetic, creative individual to be our new Community Engagement Librarian. This new position will coordinate MCLS’s outreach in Indiana, including training, marketing, and special projects. This individual will have exceptional communication skills and a willingness and ability to interact with Indiana librarians from all …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: Academic Library Representative (Indiana) Special Library Representative (Indiana) School Library Representative (Michigan) Research Library Representative (Michigan) At-Large Library Representative (Michigan) Each seat has a three-year term, …Read more »
Register today for the following workshops offered by MCLS soon! June 10 MeLCat Refresher Training for DCB Libraries (in Lansing) June 10-12 Copy Cataloging of Digital Resources Using RDA (online) June 12 MeLCat Reports (online) June 17 MeL Databases for Kids (online) June 17-19 Original Cataloging of Archives Using RDA (online) June 24 MeL Databases …Read more »
Recordings from last month’s Securing Your Library in Troubling Times program are now posted on the MCLS YouTube channel. Check them out here. Thanks again to this program’s partners: MCLS, Library of Michigan, Cooperative Directors Association & Michigan State Police!
Register today for the following upcoming training opportunities with MCLS! May 6 MeL Databases Job & Career Highlights (online) (Deadline to Register is today!!) May 13 Everything You Need to Be Doing as a DCB MeLCat Library (online) May 13-15 Original Cataloging of Digital Resources Using RDA (online) May 15 MeL Databases Demographic Resources (online) …Read more »
