The MCLS Board of Directors held their quarterly meeting on Wednesday, May 18, 2011, at the MCLS offices in Indianapolis. During the May meeting, the Board discussed options for the Indianapolis building. The Board noted that the rental listing for the Indiana building has been in place for 18 months without success and that, in …Read more »

Interested in earning SB-CEUs during your summer break? Michigan school librarians and teachers can now obtain SB-CEUs for select MeL Databases online webinars.  All of our MeL Databases workshops are offered free-of-charge to Michigan librarians and teachers, and MCLS has scheduled several online sessions this summer to accommodate vacation schedules. The following classes qualify for …Read more »

On May 9, 2011, Nancy Fleck from Michigan State University Libraries and Marianne Abdoo from Bloomfield Township Public Library spoke about their libraries’ SkyRiver experiences at an MCLS webinar. Nancy told how her academic library handled the switch to SkyRiver for cataloging, and Marianne gave the public library’s perspective. After their presentations, Jamie Kline from …Read more »

MCLS is pleased to announce that Michigan Evergreen plans to upgrade to version 2.1 of the Evergreen software later this year.  The upgrade will add: (1) serials functionality including prediction and check-in, (2) a fully-functional acquisitions module,  (3) full authority control, and (4) a booking module for rooms and other resources. Michigan Evergreen “On the …Read more »

Michigan school librarians and teachers can now rejoice! MCLS is thrilled to announce that three of the MeL Databases online classes have received approval for SB-CEUs for K12 staff!  This is important for classroom teachers and media specialists who want to share the great resources of MeL with their students. The three approved webinars, which …Read more »

Press release from Indiana Historical Society (IHS). MCLS is pleased to be a partner on this grant project. Indianapolis—The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) and the Hoosier Heritage Alliance (HHA) have received an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Connecting to Collections implementation grant in the amount of $246,100. It is one of only six …Read more »

MCLS, ILF, and IPLA are working in partnership to co-host a “futuring” conference for Indiana public libraries on August 9, 2011. The conference, which will be held at the Flagship in Anderson, Indiana, will focus on planning for the future of Indiana public libraries. Directors, managers, and librarians from Indiana public libraries are encouraged to …Read more »

The May 2011 issue of MCLS News is now available online. See this issue for updated information on MCLS special programs and upcoming training, group purchasing offers, Michigan Evergreen, OCLC, 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.

Refresh your knowledge or learn new things by taking a MeL online course in May. We are offering three MeL Databases workshops in May: May 9 MeL New Job and Career Accelerator (in Lansing), May 10 Young Adults Part 1, and May 19 Kids. We are also offering two MeLCat cataloging training sessions in May …Read more »

On April 21, MCLS presented a special program, Marketing the Public Library, to rave reviews. The workshop was held at our offices in Indianapolis to a full house. MCLS extends special thanks to ProQuest LLC library for their generous sponsorship of this special program. Jennifer Pearson of OCLC began the workshop with her presentation on …Read more »