Thursday, May 5, 2011

Professional Library Materials Collection Available For Loan

The professional collections of the former regional library systems have been merged together and are now housed at the Whately office of the Massachusetts Library System. You can browse the entire professional collection from the link below:

http://masslibsystem.masscat.org/

You can even place your own requests to borrow items from the professional collection! You can find instructions on placing your borrowing requests at this link:

http://www.masslibsystem.org/mls-professional-collection/

If you have questions about how to access the collection, contact Mary King, Nora Blake or any of the other MLS Advisors.

Mary King, Advisor
MLS-Whately Office
800/282-7755, ext. 117
Email: mking@masslibsystem.org

Nora Blake, MassCat Manager
ext. 123
Email: nblake@masslibsystem.org

Monday, May 2, 2011

MLS Delivery Services Meeting [Whately]

On Wednesday, May 4, the MLS is meeting with interested members of all Massachusetts library networks to discuss changes to MLS Delivery Services that are planned for July 1, 2011. The MLS plans to change vendors and begin implementation of new technology that will eventually allow most libraries to eliminate the need to place a routing label on outgoing items. While this technology is not imminent for all Networks, the MLS would like to discuss their plans with member libraries. Remote access to this meeting will be made available to those who cannot attend in person.