Northland Library Cooperative Services: FY 2024-25
Consultant service: The NLC director is available to answer and assist library boards and librarians with professional concerns and questions, including board training: Call 231.855.2206
Group Email: members@northland.lib.mi.us
Use this to contact all directors in the cooperative.
Facebook Group: Northland Library Cooperative offers a Facebook group to all staff at member libraries and other interested parties. The goal of the group is to share information and resources. Feel free to post your libraries activities, events, programs, and collections with others in the coop. https://www.facebook.com/groups/2865175213560364
IT service: Need help with a question on technology for your library, contact the Technology Department at Traverse Area District Library:
helpdesk@tadl.org
OCLC Partnership Program: If you have a request that cannot be filled by a library in Michigan via MeL, contact your Partner library for them to do an OCLC Search. Click here for more information.
Reciprocal Borrowing: Boards have signed updated reciprocal borrowing agreement effective April 30, 2024.
Reciprocal-Borrowing-Agreement-Form 10-23 Approved Fillable
2024 Reciprocal Borrowing Agreements List
Delivery: Northland pays for delivery for its members based on the size of the library:
Class I: 2 days
Class II: 3 days
Class III & IV: 5 days
Class VI: 5 days plus 3 days at branches.
Libraries with branches also receive 2 day delivery at those branches.
Further information and a breakdown of delivery costs per member can be found here: Rides Delivery by class size
Library Enhancement Grant: Grants will be awarded to purchase materials, provide for programming, add technology (software and hardware) and to enhance the facility to meet the mission of the library. The grant can also be used for continuing education opportunities for director and staff. Grant amounts were increased by $208 in FY 24-25. The grant availability is based on the size of the library:
Class I: $2902
Class II: $4814
Class III: $5911
Class IV: $7292
Class VI: $9770
All grant applications must be submitted by August 30, 2025. Submit all requests on one form and include receipts. If you have questions about eligibility, please contact the NLC director.
Enhancement Grant Form 24-25 fillable
Michigan Library Association organizational memberships will be provided for all member libraries starting in 2025. MLA will invoice NLC and member libraries will receive notification of renewed membership.
Consumer Reports Online: A subscription to this online product review platform is provided to all member libraries. Click here to access the database
UN: Northland Library PW: Cooperative
For technical support and access to promotional materials: https://connect.ebsco.com/s/?language=en_US
BookPage: A subscription to this printed book review publication is provided to all member libraries. Multiple copies will be distributed to member libraries by the Traverse Area District Library and or the Petoskey District Library each month via RIDES.
Talk: Text and Learn: MCLS subscription is paid by NLC for all member libraries. If you have any questions or concerns, please email the help desk at talkhelp@mcls.org.
Amazon Business Prime: A subscription is available to all member libraries. For more information, contact the Amazon customer service representative at mlib-customeradvisor@amazon.com
Up North Digital Consortium: NLC helps to coordinate Overdrive services to libraries who are a member of the UND Consortium. This service includes negotiated pricing, collection development teams and consolidated billing. Each member library will be billed in January based on population served and usage the previous year.
Overdrive eMagazines : Subscription is provided to all member libraries.
Legal Fund: Starting in FY 24-25, NLC will add $1000/year to a rolling legal fund for emergency use by member libraries. Funds will be distributed as the discretion of the NLC Director.
Summer Reading Program Grants: Starting in FY 24-25, all member libraries will receive a $500 grant in the Spring to help cover costs of summer reading programs and supplies.
PAC2 is a consortium of libraries in Northland that share an ILS. For more information: app.pac2.org
Discount Programs: Northland participates in the statewide discount program offered by the Library Cooperatives of Michigan. Click here for more information.
Statewide Book and AV Discounts 10/21-9/24
Advocacy:
The Michigan Library Association Advocacy Day is held in April in Lansing. Join MLA, library professionals, and advocates from around the state as we convene in Lansing to meet with legislators to thank them for the work they have done in support of libraries and ensure they are continuing champions of the importance of libraries in Michigan communities. The cooperative will reimburse mileage expenses for members attending.
Continuing Education: Planning for future conference and workshops is ongoing.
The Library of Michigan offers a variety of staff training opportunities:
- Library of Michigan Continuing Education and Training Opportunities are in-person and online training that provided by LM staff or guest hosts. These events include popular topics such as the monthly Library Law Spotlight, Ready to Read, Trustee Training. Beginning in January of 2021 this is where users will be able to find an additional 4 live webinars a month from PCI Webinars too.
- WebJunction – The Library of Michigan supports WebJunction, the place where all library workforce members can gain knowledge and skills to support their library’s. WebJunction provides live webinars and a growing list of self-paced courses that provide completion certificates too. In addition to training, the site serves as a repository for best practices and users can find support documents and other resources on many topic areas related to libraries.
- Library of Michigan Niche Staff Skills Academy – this is the place you can go anytime for self-paced modules of learning on many topics that can support all levels of library staff. As LM works on creating more modules of learning for Niche additional content will be added and learning modules from other providers will be reviewed and added to the Academy. This is available for members of the Michigan library community.
- United for Libraries –
Library of Michigan Renews Statewide United for Libraries Membership
The Library of Michigan (LM) has renewed statewide membership for Michigan in United for Libraries (UFL) a division of the American Library Association. This means library staff, trustees and friends across the state can access the members only resources provided by United for Libraries the Association for Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations.
If you are already familiar with UFL you may have been accessing resources on the website using a shared username and password provide by LM or your library director. This year UFL has upgraded their online platform to allow individuals to access the resources with their own unique login and password. Members of the Michigan library community can now create their own account and unique login. To set up your account follow these steps:
- Visit www.ala.org/united
- Click on the STATEWIDE ACCESS FIND YOUR STATE blue bar
- Scroll down to Michigan
- Register to use the resources
- For future access you simply login to your account under MICHIGAN
This statewide membership includes resources such as those listed below:
- Online learning such as Short Takes for Trustees and The Trustee Academy
- Digital publications on searching for a new director, strategic planning, roles of Friends, Trustees and Library Directors
- Toolkits on Insurance for Libraries, getting grants, and effective meetings
- Online version of the Voice for America’s Libraries newsletter
- And more…
Be sure to set up your access to the valuable members only information provided in this statewide subscription. This service is provided to you at no charge and is made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Library of Michigan.
If you have any questions about the UFL statewide membership contact LM at 517.335.1516
Michigan Library Cooperatives Map