Entry Filed under: MeL
The Michigan Library Consortium is pleased to announce that we have recently added three new MeL Database trainers:
Elaine Erickson
Director
Ironwood Carnegie Library
Ironwood (western UP)
Kevin McDonough
Reference and Electronic Services Librarian
Northern Michigan University
Marquette (central UP)
Karen Becknell
retired from Lamphere Schools
residing in Farmington Hills (Detroit metro area)
Each of these new trainers is enthusiastic and skilled, and each will bring unique experiences to our training program and give us better geographic coverage.
Welcome aboard to all!
MLC provides free training for the MeL databases under contract to the Library of Michigan. For information on scheduling free MeL Database training for your library staff, contact MLC.
June 5th, 2008
Suzanne
Entry Filed under: Cataloging
MLC is offering a five-day Name Authority (NACO) training program on July 14-18, 2008. This program will include a review of the MARC21 Authority Format, as well as in-depth, hands-on exercises involving Chapters 22 - 26.
To attend this training, your institution needs to become a participating member of NACO. For information on applying to become a NACO member, contact Heather Thomas at thomash@mlcnet.org.
For further information and to register online, go to MLC’s Registration page.
June 3rd, 2008
Ruth Dukelow
Entry Filed under: Community-building, General Interest
The Liminal Librarian’s recent post about consumerism and customer service includes the following about a local public library’s service to new businesses in the community:
“The smart: I recently decided it was time to register LISjobs.com as a business, so filed a DBA with my local county. The other day, I received a letter from my local library (actually, not my library, since I’m in an unincorporated area and out of district, but I’m guessing they go by ZIP code…) which welcomed me to the area, listed the business-related services the library provides, invited me to come introduce myself to their adult services department, and enclosed a brochure on “improving your bottom line.” Now that’s a good marketing idea.”
Sounds like a good marketing idea - I’m interested to hear what Michigan libraries are doing to promote their services to their local business communities. Are any of you including the MeL business databases in your outreach activities?
May 29th, 2008
Ruth Dukelow
Entry Filed under: Miscellaneous
Our congratulations to Sandy Yee, Dean of Libraries at Wayne State University and MLC Board member, who has been elected to a six-year term on the OCLC Board of Trustees!
“I look forward to helping to smooth the governance transition by working closely with colleagues on the 2008-2009 Members Council,” said Ms. Yee, who will make the transition from Members Council President to Board member. “After reading the documents and listening closely to the discussions about this move, I am confident that OCLC is positioned to continue to grow and add value to the membership worldwide.”
For the complete news release from OCLC, see MLC’s Communique post.
May 29th, 2008
Ruth Dukelow
Entry Filed under: MeL, Miscellaneous
MeL is pleased to announce that Gale has entered into an agreement to offer 41 journals from Nature Publishing Group, including their flagship publication, Nature, through Academic OneFile. These journals, which will carry a 12 month embargo and have an extensive backfile, will be made available in full-text with images over the next few weeks. Click here for more information about Nature Publishing Group.
Here are the titles that will be added to the Gale databases by the end
of May:
Bone Marrow Transplantation
Cancer Gene Therapy
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Gene Therapy
Genes and Immunity
International Journal of Impotence Research
International Journal of Obesity
Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology
Journal of Human Hypertension
Journal of Perinatology
Lab Animal
Leukemia
Molecular Psychiatry
Nature
Nature Biotechnology
Nature Cell Biology
Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine
Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology & Metabolism
Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology
Nature Clinical Practice Neurology
Nature Clinical Practice Oncology
Nature Clinical Practice Rheumatology
Nature Clinical Practice Urology
Nature Genetics
Nature Immunology
Nature Medicine
Nature Methods
Nature Neuroscience
Nature Protocols
Nature Reviews Cancer
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
Nature Reviews Genetics
Nature Reviews Immunology
Nature Reviews Microbiology
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Nature Structural and Molecular Biology
Oncogene and Oncogene Reviews
Prostate Cancer
The Parmacogenomics Journal
May 8th, 2008
Suzanne
Entry Filed under: MeL, Miscellaneous
All MeL accounts for NoveList now have a link from each record to MeLCat. Users can look up a book in NoveList, then click on the MeLCat link to find out which MeLCat library owns it.
In addition, any library that wants to display a link to its own online catalog can contact the MeL databases support staff at:
meldatabaseshelp@mlcnet.org
May 6th, 2008
Suzanne
Entry Filed under: MeL, Miscellaneous
How does the public distinguish fact from fallacy? How can we help people deal with the age of information overload and misinformation. Why do we need to get students and faculty and the public using MeL?
This is an article about information literacy in today’s world. It’s well worth reading and well worth sharing, so please feel free to forward to as many folks as you’d like to!
May 1st, 2008
Suzanne
Entry Filed under: General Interest, News
MLC staff enjoyed “Take Your Daughter to Work Day” today. Here are some photos of the volunteer daughters who showed up at MLC to help out!
April 24th, 2008
Ruth Dukelow
Entry Filed under: General Interest
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 of programming will satisfy auto historians and enthusiasts of all persuasions. Discuss, listen, and explore presentations on the impact and influence of the Model T Ford in the United States and the world. Spend a day with expert guides visiting historic sites associated with the Model T story. Enjoy a full day of presentations and programs at The Henry Ford, including a closing banquet in Greenfield Village.
Plan now to attend this once-in-a-lifetime celebration. Registration information can be found at http://www.thehenryford.org/events/modelT/conferences.asp
“The World of the Model T†Conference is sponsored by The Model T Automotive Heritage Complex (T-Plex), The Henry Ford, the Society of Automotive Historians, and Technology & Culture.
April 16th, 2008
Ruth Dukelow
Entry Filed under: ILS, Open source software
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 for migration to the Evergreen shared system (soon-to-be-installed on servers at Grand Rapids Public Library). Our MLC team has trips lined up in April and May to visit each pilot library to begin mapping out timelines. We hope to have the pilot libraries up on the system by mid-summer.
April 16th, 2008
Ruth Dukelow
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