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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Dear Michigan library directors and staff<span style='color:#1F497D'>, please note the revised end date for Michicard in the following re-release of my original notice below</span>:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The Michicard program will end<span style='color:#1F497D'> <u>December 31</u></span><u>, 2013</u>. As anticipated for some time now, Michicard has been eclipsed in terms of service and convenience by the Michigan eLibrary Catalog and Resource Sharing system <b>(<a href="http://elibrary.mel.org/search">MeLCat</a>)</b>. We encourage all libraries that participated in Michicard to become participating libraries in MeLCat. <span style='color:black'>MeLCat is an online catalog and delivery service that allows patrons </span>of hundreds of participating Michigan libraries<span style='color:black'> to borrow materials - books, movies, CDs and more - from all over the state and have them delivered to their home library. </span>The Michicard system required the patron to travel to the library owning the material to both check out and return items. Libraries interested in offering the same in-library access that Michicard once provided are invited to join MeLCat and sign up as a library that offers <a href="http://mcls.org/cms/sitem.cfm/library_tools/melcat/melcat_resource_sharing_policies/#VP">Visiting Patron Service</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Click <a href="http://mcls.org/cms/sitem.cfm/library_tools/melcat/melcat_participation/">here</a> to learn more about becoming a MeLCat participating library.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>More details will come soon about training opportunities or informational sessions regarding the MeLCat Visiting Patron service and how a library begins participating in it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Solutions for libraries unable to join MeLCat but interested in providing similar service to that offered by Michicard:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Enter into reciprocal borrowing agreements with other library systems.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Build Cooperative-wide library sharing services.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Offer guest cards to out of service area patrons.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Charge a membership fee to out of service area patrons.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Remember, your library determines its own circulation and borrowing policies. The only requirement from the Library of Michigan is that if you offer MeLCat services to a designated patron group, you shall not charge patrons for MeLCat services.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>I encourage you to look at this change as an opportunity to review and update your circulation and reciprocal borrowing practices and policies to meet your patrons’ most up-to-date needs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>We have posted a Michicard/MeLCat FAQ containing the most commonly asked questions concerning Michicard and MeLCat on our Michicard page at <a href="http://www.michigan.gov/michicard">www.michigan.gov/michicard</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Thank you in advance for moving with the times on this and rolling with the change.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Nancy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Nancy R. Robertson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>State Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Library of Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>702 West Kalamazoo, P.O. Box 30007<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Lansing, MI 48909-7507<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Ph: 517-373-9464<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Email: </span><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'><a href="mailto:robertsonn@michigan.gov">robertsonn@michigan.gov</a></span></u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>URL: <a href="http://michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan">http://michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Visit the Michigan eLibrary at <a href="http://mel.org/">http://mel.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>