MeLCat, Michigan’s statewide resource-sharing system, is seven years old today! Happy Birthday, MeLCat! Over the past seven years, MeLCat has grown to include 415 libraries of all sizes and types – academic, public, school, and special – that reach urban and rural communities across Michigan. During that time, MeLCat has received 4,389,407 requests and has …Read more »
OCLC Partner Event – Seeking Synchronicity for Partner Communication Join MCLS and OCLC on January 31 for a webinar “viewing party” to learn about OCLC Research findings that will inform future development and inspire effectiveness for virtual reference services. In this webinar, Lynn Silipigni Connaway, PhD., Senior Research Scientist at OCLC, and Marie L. Radford, …Read more »
What happens when your Assistant Director, who never talked about slowing down, suddenly announces her early retirement, effective in two weeks? What about a key department manager who unexpectedly must move to Oregon to take care of his ailing mother? And don’t forget that 45% of professional library staff will be lost by 2025 according …Read more »
The January issue of MCLS News is now available online. See the January issue for information on upcoming special programs and workshops and updates on group purchasing, MeL, and more. For links to back issues of MCLS News and to subscribe or unsubscribe from MCLS News email list, see our MCLS News page.
In early January, the MCLS Board will send a 15-question survey to directors and member representatives of all MCLS member libraries. The Board will use your input to guide its planning about the mission and goals for MCLS. Please take the time to complete the survey when you receive the email with a link to …Read more »
MCLS will be closed for the holidays on Friday, December 23; Monday, December 26; and Friday, December 30, 2011.
Missouri Library Network Corporation (MLNC) in cooperation with Information Today, Inc. is happy to offer reduced rates to the Computers in Libraries 2012 to MCLS member libraries. If you register for CiL 2012 through MLNC, you will receive the special rate of $289 for the full 3-day conference, including Internet@Schools track sessions. Discounts are also …Read more »
For the second year in a row, MeLCat requests have exceeded one million! On December 6, MeLCat statistics showed 1,016,147 requests and 913,303 fills (for a fill rate of almost 90%). Congratulations to the hard-working staff at all MeLCat libraries! “It’s clear that Michigan residents find great value in the MeLCat service as the use …Read more »
Please join host Chrystie Hill, Director of Community Services for WebJunction, for the second webinar in OCLC’s Building Bridges series, Community Outreach. The one-hour online session will focus on the importance of building and maintaining strong community partnerships. You’ll hear from both a small and a large public library on why they believe these partnerships …Read more »
The December issue of MCLS News is now available online. See the December issue for information on upcoming special programs and workshops and updates on group purchasing, MeL, and more. For links to back issues of MCLS News and to subscribe or unsubscribe from MCLS News email list, see our MCLS News page.
