MeL ReMix -- It's Here!

Hi everyone. Tuesday was a big day for us here at the Library of Michigan, as we celebrated the debut of MeL ReMix. The Michigan eLibrary (http://www.mel.org/) is Michigan's 24-hour anytime, anywhere library -- with its newly integrated content and services, smoother navigation and enhanced content. MeL Coordinator Sue Davidsen and I spent a fabulous but breathless hour fielding one-on-one online chat questions and comments from librarians, the public, and the media. The interest in the launch of the remixed resource and all that it has to offer for Michigan's libraries and residents is exciting and gratifying.

We've posted the chat questions, comments, and answers at the MeL ReMix page, in case you are interested in seeing the discussion. It's exciting to think about all that will be coming for MeL during these next months. The MeL Kids and MeL Teens pages will be developed and enhanced further. The Michigan Educator Resources (MER) pages will grow and will be tied closely into the state's K-12 curriculum. The other Michigan Digitization for Preservation and Access Grants projects that are just being completed now will be available via the MeL Michigana page, which already links to the Portage District Library's John Todd Photography Collection and Western Michigan's Civil War Collection of diaries.

Now that the new, more intuitive, integrated and accessible site is up and running, we'll be working to develop a marketing campaign to ensure that the Michigan eLibrary does not remain one of the state's best "best kept secrets." We hope that you'll be willing to help spread the word about it, too, wherever and whenever the opportunity arises.