Posted on behalf of The Henry Ford: The World of the Model T – International Conference July 17-19, 2008 Dearborn and Detroit, Michigan In 2008, the “Car of the Century” turns 100. Celebrate this landmark event by attending The World of the Model T – International Conference, July 17-19 in southeastern Michigan. Two full days …Read more »

Our big news at MLC this week is that we signed a contract with Equinox to provide consulting and data conversion/migration services for the Michigan Evergreen project. Click here for Equinox’s press release. This is an exciting step for us, because we’re now ready to start the real work of converting the pilot libraries’ data …Read more »

Photos from the special program have been uploaded to MLC’s Flickr account. Click here to view the new set.

The Section 108 Study Group Report has been released and is now available online in PDF. Section 108 of the U.S. copyright law provides limited exceptions to allow copying from materials in libraries and archives. The Study Group’s mission was: “to conduct a reexamination of the exceptions and limitations applicable to libraries and archives under …Read more »

The Michigan Library Association (MLA) Intellectual Freedom Committee and the MLA Marketing and PR Roundtable are offering a Spring workshop, “Porn, Policies and Public Relations,” in two locations: Friday, April 11, 2008, Farmington Community Library Friday, April 18, 2008, University Center, Gaylord Click on the links above for descriptions. To register, see MLA’s Registration web …Read more »

Pics from Library Camp at Ann Arbor District Library have been added to MLC’s Flickr account. You can click here to see the new set.

Two of us from Michigan – Evelyn Freeman of Oakland Schools and I – were interviewed for an article in current issue of T.H.E. Journal, “Do the (Copy)right thing.” As many of you know, Evelyn has been very active in bringing copyright information to school librarians, especially through her training sessions at annual MAME conferences. …Read more »

There are three Michigan librarians on the 2008 Library Journal Movers & Shakers list! Evette Atkin from Michigan Library Consortium “Multitalented” Steven Bowers from DALNET “Expanding OPACs” Marcia Mardis from Wayne State University “Push Technology” Congratulations all!

NoveList is a popular readers’ advisory database for children through adults. In mid-March, a new interface was launched to make it even easier for users to find information about favorite books, authors, award winners, and recommended “good reads.” The Home page has a monthly Spotlight in the center of the screen. The right column offers …Read more »

See today’s Detroit Free Press (March 4, 2008) for the article, “Michiganders make a living, meet and study in ‘Second Life’,” featuring MLC’s Evette Atkin and MLC’s Second Life building. [Photo by Dave Trumpie of Trumpie Photography, Lansing.]