The Maine Shared Collections Strategy’s Year 3 Interim Performance Report submitted to the Institute of Museum and Library Services is now available.
Category Archives: MSCS news
Maine Shared Collections welcomes new members
Maine Shared Collections is pleased to announce that the University of Maine at Presque Isle and Eastern Maine Community College have joined the Maine Shared Collections Cooperative.
Maine Shared Collections welcomes new members
We are pleased to announce that the University of Maine Farmington and Witherle Memorial Library in Castine, ME are the newest members of the Maine Shared Collections Cooperative (MSCC).
First retention commitment note added to Minerva
The first retention commitment note has been added in the Minerva library catalog for one of the approximately 30 titles Edythe L. Dyer Community Library have committed to retain as part of Maine Shared Collections. Thanks to Maine InfoNet staff for their work on this.
Edythe L. Dyer Community Library join Maine Shared Collections
Maine Shared Collections are pleased to announce that Edythe L. Dyer Community Library in Hampden, Maine have joined the Cooperative. Mathew Revitt and Sara Amato have worked with Edythe L. Dyer’s Director Debbie Lozito on identifying candidates for retention and withdrawal. Their retention commitments will be loaded into Minerva and eventually into MaineCat.
MSCS article features in Against the Grain
MSCS program manager Matthew Revitt has an article published in this month’s edition of Against the Grain on the work of the Maine Shared Collections Strategy. A big thank you to MSCS Advisory Board member Bob Kieft for including the article in his column “Curating Collective Collections”.
Summary of final MSCS Project Team meeting now available
The summary of the final MSCS Project Team meeting is now available. Thanks to the Project Team for all of their hard work on MSCS. The post-grant work of the project will continue with the Maine Shared Collections Cooperative.
Summary of project wrap-up meeting now available
The summary of the Maine Shared Collection Strategy (MSCS) project wrap-up meeting is now available. This meeting marked the end of the grant activities of MSCS, but the work of the project will continue with the Maine Shared Collection Cooperative (MSCC). Thanks to all of the library partners and participants for their work on this groundbreaking project.
MSCS agree to participate in EAST planning
The nine MSCS partner libraries have agreed to participate in planning the Eastern Academic Scholars’ Trust (EAST), click here for more information on EAST.
Summary of July 10 MSCS Project Team meeting is now available
The Summary of the July 10 MSCS Project Team meeting is now available.