MCLS will be closed for the holidays on Friday, December 23; Monday, December 26; and Friday, December 30, 2011.

Missouri Library Network Corporation (MLNC) in cooperation with Information Today, Inc. is happy to offer reduced rates to the Computers in Libraries 2012 to MCLS member libraries.  If you register for CiL 2012 through MLNC, you will receive the special rate of $289 for the full 3-day conference, including Internet@Schools track sessions.  Discounts are also …Read more »

For the second year in a row, MeLCat requests have exceeded one million!  On December 6, MeLCat statistics showed 1,016,147 requests and 913,303 fills (for a fill rate of almost 90%). Congratulations to the hard-working staff at all MeLCat libraries! “It’s clear that Michigan residents find great value in the MeLCat service as the use …Read more »

Please join host Chrystie Hill, Director of Community Services for WebJunction, for the second webinar in OCLC’s Building Bridges series, Community Outreach.  The one-hour online session will focus on the importance of building and maintaining strong community partnerships.  You’ll hear from both a small and a large public library on why they believe these partnerships …Read more »

The December issue of MCLS News is now available online.  See the December issue for information on upcoming special programs and workshops and updates on group purchasing, MeL, 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.