MLS has purchased two site licenses for this ALA webinar. Please join us in our Marlborough office for this group viewing of the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies division’s new webinar on how to effectively market and advocate for the library to elected officials.

From ALA: Marketing and Advocacy: Explaining Libraries to Elected Officials, taught by Paula Laurita, Director of Athens-Limestone Public Library, blends library marketing and advocacy into easy, applicable methods on a low budget for all types of libraries. Participants will learn how to easily communicate the library’s mission, how to advocate for the library and how the library can be advocated for on behalf of community members. New and seasoned library staff working in marketing, outreach or building support will benefit from this session. You can find more information about this webinar here.

Stay for discussion after the webinar. Seats are limited, please register early. The webinar is offered by ALA and will not be recorded by MLS.

MLS has purchased two site licenses for this ALA webinar. Please join us in our Northampton office for this group viewing of the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies division’s new webinar on how to effectively market and advocate for the library to elected officials.

From ALA: Marketing and Advocacy: Explaining Libraries to Elected Officials, taught by Paula Laurita, Director of Athens-Limestone Public Library, blends library marketing and advocacy into easy, applicable methods on a low budget for all types of libraries. Participants will learn how to easily communicate the library’s mission, how to advocate for the library and how the library can be advocated for on behalf of community members. New and seasoned library staff working in marketing, outreach or building support will benefit from this session. You can find more information about this webinar here.

Stay for discussion after the webinar. Seats are limited, please register early. The webinar is offered by ALA and will not be recorded by MLS.

Are you currently participating in Commonwealth eBook Collections or are you interested in participating in the Commonwealth eBook Collections program? Would you like some training on Axis360, BiblioBoard, and EBL?

This is an open training on the Commonwealth eBooks Collections. All library staff members are welcome to attend. The training will include an overview of the program and targeted instruction on all three eBook platforms. (Note: this session does not include training on BiblioBoard Creator.)

Do you have a question about the Commonwealth eBook Collections but you haven’t had the time to ask? This webinar is an open Q & A session about the Commonwealth eBooks Collections. All library staff members are welcome to attend. Please bring your questions and/or join the webinar to hear what other questions are asked.   

Hi Everyone,

It’s time again for our fall Technical Services Roundtable meeting!

We will meet this time at the Sunderland Public Library.

Our agenda will include:

1. Cataloging questions
2. New Evergreen Release
3. Vendor mini event in the Spring with MHEC/Host library needed
4. Supply swap (you must take back your unclaimed stuff)

If you have other agenda ideas, email Eileen Chapman.  You can review the minutes from our previous meetings at: http://tsroundtable.wordpress.com/

Thanks, and see you soon!

Would you like to cultivate your grant writing skills? We will explore the grant writing process from start to finish:  identifying funding sources, documenting the need, identifying the target population, writing measurable objectives, creating an effective methodology, and developing an evaluation plan.  You will have the opportunity to draft an outline for a grant proposal.  This workshop is relevant for all types of funding opportunities, not specifically MBLC.

Michelle Eberle, the presenter, brings over a decade of experience reviewing proposals for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM), as well as contributing to the proposal for the past three contracts of NN/LM New England Region funding.