Marshall Breeding’s article, “Perceptions 2007: an International Survey of Automation,” was posted yesterday by Library Technology Guides. Marshall writes: “The year 2007 saw considerable upheaval in the library automation industry. To get some sense of the aftermath of the recent rounds of mergers, acquisitions, product consolidations, and to gauge interest in open source automation systems, …Read more »

New York Times The Well-Wired Use Libraries More By ALEX MINDLIN Published: January 7, 2008 Library use is far more prevalent among people who have a broadband Internet connection at home or at work, according to a new study. The finding counters a decade-old assumption that libraries serve as a “bridge” for people who want …Read more »

The Library of Michigan has announced the 2008 Michigan Notable Books, 20 books highlighting Michigan people, places and events. Click here for the complete article.

Photos from Louise’s retirement party have been posted to MLC’s Flickr account. Click here to see the new set.

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has named the Georgia Public Library Service as one of 10 recipients of the second annual Mellon Awards for Technology Collaboration. The $50,000 grant recognizes GPLS for the development and release of the Evergreen open-source library automation system. The Mellon Awards honor not-for-profit organizations for leadership in the collaborative development …Read more »

If you have an avatar in Second Life, please join us tonight for a seminar at MLC’s Second Life building (7pm Michigan time). Please contact Evette Atkin (atkine@mlcnet.org) if you need help with coordinates. Group Notice From: Evie Mikazuki Join MLC tonight at 4pm SL for the presentation, “Breathing new life into your Digital Collections: …Read more »

We’ve been hearing from a lot of folks in Michigan libraryland who read about Louise Bugg’s retirement in the December News@MLC that was posted yesterday (and also the longer news item from MLC’s News & Announcements page). Louise has touched a lot of lives in Michigan libraries over the past four decades! 🙂 Tomorrow is …Read more »

This will affect CINAHL through MeL: In late December, EBSCO plans to release an exciting new design of the Visual Search option in the EBSCOhost and several other user interfaces EBSCO offers, such as the Student Research Center, the Business Searching Interface, the Literary Reference Center, the International Security & Counter-Terrorism Reference Center, Kids Search, …Read more »

The Joint Steering Committee for Development of RDA has announced the Outcomes of their October meeting on their web site. RDA – Resource Description and Access – is a new standard that will replace AACR2, scheduled for release in 2009. We at MLC are excited to announce that RDA expert, Chris Oliver of McGill University, …Read more »

Online registration is now open for MLC’s January-June 2008 workshops. Check out our line-up of 50 sessions at: https://members.mlcnet.org/workshops/ We have something for everyone, including workshops on Flickr, YouTube, RSS, cataloging, reference, copyright, licensing, Second Life, podcasting, and more. Plus — new this February 26! — “Tune In! Media and Technology for Youth Services.” Register …Read more »