Posts filed under 'Annual Meeting'
The new set has been posted to MLC’s Flickr photostream. Keynote speaker was R. David Lankes. Lankes discussed how library service should match how people build knowledge, as well as the obligation and power of libraries participating in their communities and society as a whole. Colleen Hyslop (Michigan State Univ), Larry Neal (Clinton-Macomb PL), and Anne Heidemann (Canton PL) comprised a response panel offering their views on Lankes’ theories and how such ideas can be put into practice. A stream of Lankes’ talk can be found at http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/blog/?p=826.
Following the feature presentation was MLC’s annual business meeting. This year the meeting highlighted a discussion by MLC Board Chairperson Pamela Grudzien, Interim INCOLSA Director Marnie Maxwell, and MLC’s own Randy Dykhuis regarding the current status and future of MLC/INCOLSA merger activities.
October 6th, 2009
Register online for MLC’s Annual Meeting and Special Program, featuring R. David Lankes, Friday, October 2, 2009, at LCC West in Lansing.
Lankes’ keynote is “The Times They Are A’Changin’ – the Logic of Participatory Librarianship,” a discussion of how library service should match how people build knowledge. He also discusses the obligation and power of libraries participating in their communities and society as a whole. The keynote will be followed by a panel of local librarians reacting to Dr. Lankes’ presentation.
After lunch, we will reconvene for the MLC Annual Meeting, which will include an update on the merger between MLC and INCOLSA, followed by the Director’s Annual Report and business meeting.
AGENDA
9:00 a.m. Registration
9:30 a.m. – 12:00 Noon
Welcome – Randy Dykhuis, MLC Executive Director
Keynote – R. David Lankes, “The Times They Are A’Changin’ – the Logic of Participatory Librarianship”
“Reactor” Panel – Colleen Hyslop, MSU Libraries; Larry Neal, Clinton-Macomb Public Library; Anne Heidemann, Canton Public Library
12:00 Noon – 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Annual Meeting
Merger Update – MLC and INCOLSA Board members
Director’s Annual Report – Randy Dykhuis
MLC Business Meeting
August 14th, 2009
Photos from the 2008 Annual Meeting have been posted to MLC’s Flickr account. To see the new set, click here.
October 16th, 2008
In preparation for MLC’s special program “Open Source, Open Libraries,” we polled the lists a couple months ago asking for information on open source software currently in use in Michigan libraries. The list of the responses is now compiled on the Open Source page on the Michigan Libraries Wiki at: http://mlcnet.org/wiki/index.php/Open_Source Please feel free to add your library’s open source information to the list!
We have a great line-up for the “Open Source, Open Libraries” program, including keynote speaker Daniel Chudnov from the Library of Congress.
In addition to our keynote, members of the Michigan library community will highlight some of their favorite open source applications:
Terry Robertson and Steve Sowder, Andrews University, on Eprints, open source software for institutional repositories.
John Rucker, Branch District Library, on Dansguardian, open source filtering software
Mark Szidik, Michigan Library Consortium, on Mozilla Firefox and GiMP.
Bill Ott, Grand Rapids Public Library, on Open Office applications.
For further information and to register online, go to:
https://members.mlcnet.org/workshops/viewcourse.html?id=191
September 16th, 2008
Daniel Chudnov, Information Technology Specialist in the Office of Strategic Initiatives at the Library of Congress, will be the keynote speaker at MLC’s 2008 Annual Meeting, “Open Source, Open Libraries,” on Friday, October 3, 2008, in Lansing. To register online for the program, go to MLC’s Workshop Registration page.
We’re excited about Mr. Chudnov keynoting our “Open Source, Open Libraries” program. Among his many accomplishments, he started the oss4lib weblog and listserv in 1999 to promote open source software in libraries.
In addition to Mr. Chudnov, we have an impressive line-up of Michigan library staff talking about their successes using open source software. Steve Sowder and Terry Robertson of Andrews University will present on their experiences with open source Eprints for their university’s digital repository. John Rucker, Bill Ott, and Mark Szidik will highlight a few of their open source favorites for libraries.
For further information, see MLC’s News and Announcements.
August 29th, 2008
OCLC announces the release of its new report, Sharing, Privacy and Trust in Our Networked World. It is available online in PDF and will be available for order in print later this month.
In light of MLC’s annual meeting earlier this month, “Libraries Build Communities,” this is a timely report. Chrystie Hill, who was the keynote speaker at our annual meeting, blogged about OCLC’s latest report, saying:
“…bottom line: the creation of the ’social web’ is well underway. in general, users (and librarians) do not see a place for the library there. to me this is sad news, but i remain hopeful …” Read her entire post here.
Earlier OCLC reports (Perceptions and Environmental Scan) sparked a lot of discussion, and change, among MLC member libraries. I’m looking forward to hearing what our MLC members have to say about OCLC’s newest report.
October 25th, 2007
Last Friday, 85 folks from MLC member libraries and staff gathered at Lansing Community College’s West Campus to hear about community-building activities in libraries. Chrystie Hill got the day off with an enthusiastic talk about the work libraries are doing to build a greater sense of community. Her thesis is that libraries are not just about content, but just as importantly, they connect people with each other. The more we do that, the more relevant and vital we become.
She gave many examples of the things libraries are doing to help people connect with each other. Many of those activities revolve around the use of technology and the web. Libraries are exploring and innovating through the use of Flickr, MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter. My favorite line in her talk, though, came when she was describing her epiphany about libraries and the their efforts to foster people-connections. As she was describing some of the things she’s seen and discovered, she almost had to force out the words that technology is only a means and that there are many other ways to connect people. After she sort of stumbled over the words, she looked up and said, “There, I’ve said it. It’s not about the technology. It’s about connecting people.” It was a cute moment. And a sentiment that many of us share.
Facebook and Flickr are wonderful tools. They’re a lot of fun and it’s easy to while away a couple of hours on the sites. But the type of community found there pales in comparison to the real thing. Reading and commenting on sites about Darfur may help me gather information and make a start at connecting with people. But it’s not until I go to a rally at the state capitol and hear in-person about the tragedy ongoing in the Sudan that I really connect emotionally.
It’s not an either/or proposition. Libraries need both: We need to be on Facebook. We need to share our photos on Flickr. But we also need children’s story-times. We need programs on personal finance, gardening, and henna painting. And, yes, we need book groups. All of these – from Facebook to henna painting to book groups – foster community and they connect people with each. Chrystie is right: We’re not just about content. We need to help people find connections to other like-minded folks.
October 8th, 2007
