The performance report which MSCS submitted to IMLS for its year 2 activities is now available.
MSCS’s IMLS Performance Report is now available
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Project Updates
December 11 MSCS Project Summary is now available
The summary of the December 11 MSCS Project meeting is now available.
MSCS Update Report is now available
The November 2013, MSCS Advisory Board report is now available. The report details MSCS’s activities from late May – November 2013.
November 21 MSCS Directors’ Council meeting summary is now available
The meeting summary from the November 21 MSCS Directors’ Council meeting is now available.
November 18 Collection Development Committee meeting summary is now available
The summary of the November 18 Collection Development Committee meeting is now available.
November 13 Project Team meeting summary is now available
The summary for the November 13 MSCS Project Team meeting is now available.
Charleston Conference presentation slides are now available
The presentation slides and handout from MSCS PI Deb Rollins (UMaine) and MSCS Collection Development Committee member Becky Albitz’s (Bates College) November 8th presentation at the 2013 Charleston Library Conference in Charleston, SC are now available.
MSCS hits 1 million milestone for retention statements in local catalogs
MSCS are pleased to announce that we have hit the 1 million milestone for retention commitment statements actually made in our local catalogs. Thanks goes out to the MSCS systems librarian Sara Amato and MSCS library technical services staff for their hard work on this.
MSCS mentioned in IFLA presentation
MSCS were includes as an example of shared print projects in an presentation paper titled “Rethinking Library Resource Sharing: New Models for Collaboration”. The paper was written by Brenda Bailey-Hainer (American Theological Library Association), Anne Beaubien (University of Michigan), Beth Posner (CUNY Graduate Center) & Evan Simpson (Tufts University) and was presented at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 – 23 August 2013, Singapore.
Retention commitment note now displayed in the URSUS OPAC
MSCS is pleased to announce that retention commitments made by MSCS partners who are members of URSUS (University of Maine, Univerity of Southern Maine, Maine State Library and Bangor Public library) are now flagged by a “MSCC” note in the URSUS OPAC. The note indicates that the item has been committed to retain for at least the next 15 years. Here is an example.
The text “MSCC” links to a description on the Maine Shared Collections Strategy website of MSCC Retention Copies. The label is abbreviated to MSCC for “Maine Shared Collections Cooperative” which will be the post-grant name for the project.
The purpose of the note is to allow libraries to use the retention commitments made by MSCS libraries as a guide when making their own retention decisions.
