Congratulations to Joan Elmouchi and her staff! Library Journal has named Chelsea District Library (McKune Memorial) the “Best Small Library in America.” It’s great to see a Michigan library win this honor! The press release notes: “CDL, which serves over 14,000 residents of the Chelsea District, made up of the city of Chelsea, and the …Read more »

The class that gives your library staff an overview of all the changes to the MeL Databases will be ending March 31. The changes have been incorporated into all the other free classes. If you still want to schedule the three-hour What’s New 2007 overview, please contact Suzanne Robinson at MLC as soon as possible! …Read more »

At the MLC Board meeting on January 18, MLC Board Chair Pamela Grudzien presented a Certificate of Appreciation plaque to out-going Chair, Victor Liu, in recognition of his leadership work on the MLC Board.

MLC has posted a job opening for an ILS Training & Support Librarian to work on the Michigan Evergreen project. For links to the complete job description and application form, go to: http://mlcnet.org/cms/sitem.cfm/news__announcements/job_posting/

Check out the Library of Congress blog: Great story about  the launch of a brand-new pilot project with Flickr, the enormously popular photo-sharing site. More than 3,000 photos from two of the most popular collections are being made available on a new Flickr page, to include only images for which no copyright restrictions are known …Read more »

Tight Budget? Need to offer your staff quality professional development? Is MeL being used to its fullest potential to serve your patrons? If you want your staff to be able to better utilize the tremendous resources found in the MeL Databases, we have FREE training available for you. You need eight library staff members. You …Read more »

The Missouri Library Network Corporation (MLNC) is offering MLC members discounted registration to the Computers in Libraries conference and Internet@Schools East conference. See below for message from MLNC: The Computers in Libraries 2008 conference will be held April 7–9, 2008, in Arlington, VA. The Missouri Library Network Corporation (MLNC) is pleased to be able once …Read more »

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.