In a press release yesterday, Gretchen Couraud announced that the Michigan Library Association is holding its first-ever Library Directors’ Summit: Planning for Our Future, in Lansing on August 8. To register, go to the online form (select “Library Directors’ Summit” from the drop-down menu under “Workshop Selection”). The Summit will address effective library advocacy and …Read more »
MLC invites you to the grand opening of our new virtual building in the 3-D virtual reality, Second Life (Cybrary City II 167,51,21)! The celebration is on Thursday, July 12, 2007 from 4:00-6:00pm SL time (NOTE! That’s 7:00pm-9:00pm EDT). Please join us in Second Life for virtual music, dancing and refreshments! Here’s a panoramic view …Read more »
Computers in Libraries (CIL) has issued the Call for Speakers for CIL 2008. The 2008 conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, VA, on April 7-9, 2008. The deadline for submitting a proposal is August 24, 2007. Michigan has been well-represented at CIL in the past. I hope Michigan librarians …Read more »
Great article from the New York Times Fashion & Style section about the “new breed” of librarians.
This week, Unshelved offers a great spoof of the “I’m a PC, I’m a MAC” campaign with comic strips on “Hi, I’m the Internet, and I’m the Library.” Starting with the June 25 comic strip, Unshelved’s Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum have hit the nail on the head yet again. 🙂
The following is a message from the State Librarian. Michigan public libraries are encouraged to complete the survey. The deadline is August 31. Thanks! Hi everyone, The state librarians’ association, COSLA, is organizing a survey of public libraries in each state to gather data on building and renovation construction. This is being undertaken in order …Read more »
Missouri Library Network Corporation (MLNC) has worked out an arrangement with Information Today, Inc. once again to offer greatly reduced rates to the Internet Librarian 2007 Conference, October 29-Â31 in Monterey, CA. MLNC has extended this offer to Michigan Library Consortium members as well. Details about this offer and a registration form are available in …Read more »
About 120 new full-text journals from Springer, which includes more than 16,000 records, have been added to the Wilson Select Plus database on the OCLC FirstSearch service. Wilson Select Plus is one of the full-text databases that Michigan residents receive free-of-charge through MeL Databases. The full-text is available in PDF format. Coverage is from 2004 …Read more »
Evette Atkin from MLC blogged live from ALA’s Annual Conference in DC until her laptop battery ran out. Click here to read her blog posts. Thanks for the great reporting, Evette!
The MeLCat Team is working hard to add 40 more libraries to MeLCat this summer! These 40 libraries attended day-long orientation sessions to kick off the three-month MeLCat implementation process for the summer group. Thanks to Wayne Public Library for hosting the session on June 8. Adrian Public Library Alma College Aquinas College Baker College …Read more »
