3. MeL Coordination at LM
All things MeL!
Public relations & marketing
Oversight of MLC support contracts
III and database contracts
User interface modifications
New development
4. http://michigan.gov/mel
Visit the MeL information website for
marketing tools, sample presentations,
contact information and more…
You can download various PowerPoint
presentations designed for the public,
legislators, and other interested parties.
5.
6.
7. Michigan eLibrary
Evaluated Best Web Sites
Includes Michigan Educators’ Resources
(MER)
Statewide Library Catalog
Resource sharing system with statewide
delivery
Research Databases
Available for free to Michigan residents 24/7
MeL Michigana
Statewide digitization and local history
projects
8.
9. MeL by the Numbers
Michiganians ordered 19,791,087
articles during fiscal year 2004-2005.
If charged an average commercial fee
of $15.00 per article, the cost to
residents would have exceeded $2.96
billion.
10. More MeL by the Numbers
In 2006, MeL databases cost $3.9
million
In 2006, if every school, public library,
college and university had purchased
these databases separately it would
have cost over $193 million
11. Add 7 million items to your
library!
Over 24 million items are available in
MeLCat; 7.69 million are unique titles
So far in ’07 weekly requests average
7,136
In 2006 MeLCat delivered 184,786
items, as of mid-October ’07, MeL has
delivered 281,756 items (89.2% fill
rate)
12. MeL is funded via LSTA $$$
The Library Services and Technology Act
(LSTA) is administered by the federal
Institute of Museum and Library Services
(IMLS)
The Library of Michigan uses LSTA funds
for MeL and MeLCat as well as other
statewide projects and subgrants
13. Training and Support
Contract with Michigan Library
Consortium
Support:
Kelly Bayee, Suzanne Robinson,
Heather Thomas:
Training
14. Database Updates and
Info
Suzanne Robinson, Michigan Library
Consortium
Talking very fast!
15. Gale enhancements mid-
August
Search Alerts with RSS export: Set up instant search
alerts and journal alerts, with the added ability to create
RSS feeds of InfoTrac content.
Did You Mean?/Also Try: When a search fails to bring
desired results, users are given alternate spellings and
preferred search terms to find appropriate results.
Search Within Results: Dynamically refine search
results to pinpoint specific information by adding or
excluding more terms to queries.
16. More enhancements
Enhanced Limiting: After a search is completed, the left
sidebar will provide users with the option of selecting
subject terms, subdivisions, article types and
publications to allow further limiting of results.
Enhanced Navigation: Based on feedback, changes
have been made to improve the interface navigation,
including the creation of document tools (print, email,
cite, download, translate) that appear in a visible TOOL
BOX on each document.
Enhanced Tabs: The number of results now will appear
on each tab, and color variation will be added to the
tabs to signify more content behind the other tabs.
17. More…
Enhanced Bookmarks: Direct access to individual
documents, searches and collections of
documents will be made available through
PowerSearch BOOKMARKS, which are clearly
visible, easy to use, and always persistent.
Improved quot;How-to-Citequot; Functionality: MLA and
APA formats for citations will be provided, with
accurate elements, correct spacing and formatting.
Publication Details: More information about each
publication will be provided, including embargo
periods, publisher address and contact
information, and publication descriptions
18. New Gale Common Menu
(soon)
This is what you see if you do a “change
databases” click…
…or if you point to the Gale menu on
your own page
19.
20. Gale Cengage Learning
-New Databases
Business and Company ASAP
Business and Company Resource
Center
ChiltonLibrary.com
Educator’s Reference Complete
Informe!
Onefiles and Powerpacks
39. Gale OneFiles
General OneFile
Formerly known as InfoTrac OneFile
General interest news sources
Academic OneFile
Highly academic journal sources
Growing weekly
40. Overlapping of content
Academic Journals General Magazines
Academic OneFile General OneFile
10,500 titles 11,472 titles
60% Unique 60% Unique
Expanded Academic GRC Gold
4803 titles 4981 titles
41. Powerpacks
Small, subject-focused
Cross-searchable on Gale
PowerSearch
By mid-November, will be “databases”
MeL Support staff can provide direct
URL’s for those who want them
mel.org – deciding how to incorporate
42.
43. OCLC
CAMIO -- different interface, new accounts
Hand Press Book
FS interface
History of Science, Technology and Medicine
(HSTM)
FS interface
SCIPIO Art and Rare Book Sales Catalog
FS interface
GONE:
Classe Periodica, PapersFirst, ProceedingsFirst
82. Familiar gems
SIRS Discoverer
General Reference Center Gold
Gale Virtual Reference Center
Health and Wellness Resource Center
InfoBits
WilsonSelectPlus
83.
84.
85. General Reference Center
Gold
Great general coverage
Good for just about any student,
faculty