MLC Building Communities

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MLC Building Communities

• MLC Annual Meeting
• October 5, 2007
• LCC West

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A look at some of our MLC staff activities in
building communities

• General
• Michigan Libraries Wiki
• Brian Second Life and Flickr
• Spotlight on three communities
• Heather IAAP
• Sue Michigan Digital Libraries
• Suzanne MeL Trainers

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Michigan Libraries Wiki http//mlcnet.org/wiki
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Michigan Libraries Wiki

• Please feel free to add to the Michigan Libraries
  Wiki!
• mlcnet.org/wiki

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Brian Austin
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MLCs home in Second Life
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MLCs home in Second Life
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Welcome, Librarians!
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Welcome, Librarians!
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Welcome, Librarians!
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MLC on Flickr.com
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Our photo sets
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Our photo sets
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Photos by our contacts
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Geotagged photos
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Heather Thomas
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IAAP
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Member Forums
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Sue Alt
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MLC Digital Libraries
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Participating Libraries
Ann Arbor Public Library 155,611 Capital Area
District Library 237,486 Chesterfield Township
Public Library 37,405 Dearborn Public Library
90,000 Grosse Pointe Public Library
53,174 Hastings Public Library 13,033 Herrick
District Library 105,994 Howell Carnegie
District Library 30,108 Kalamazoo Public
Library 119,517 Kent District Library 362,312 L
outit District Library 35,510 Macomb County
Library 24,541 Orion Township Public Library
33,463 Plymouth District Library
36,820 Portage District Library 49,635 Royal
Oak Public Library 65,410 Salem-South Lyon
District Library 15,464 Spring Lake Public
Library 13,140 Sterling Heights Public
Library 124,471 Troy Public Library 80,959
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Communication Tools

• Listserv
• Conference calls
• Website
• User group meetings
• Wiki

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MLC Website
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Digipalooza 2006
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MLC Digital Libraries Wiki
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Suzanne Robinson
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MeL Database Trainers

• Our Community
• Online and In Person

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Diverse group

• Geographically
• Who we are
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• mostly currently employed librarians
• What we do Use common materials to teach the
  classes, but pull from own experience and
  backgrounds

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How we communicate

• Once a year
• in person meetings to update on new info
• Phone conferences
• When we cant get together
• Individual phone calls
• With any question, at any time
• Listserv all can receive and send
• Trainers wiki all can edit
• Keep materials fresh
• Idea from our MLC Special Program!

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Trainers listserv
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MeL Trainers Wiki
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