Workshops start next week but sign-up is still going on! Please consider attending and encouraging those in your community who work with small business/entrepreneurs and in economic development to join us! We could use some more registrations in the Marquette, Grayling and Saginaw locations :) Read on: We have scheduled 7 locations around Michigan August 21-30 for training workshops on the new business resources we have recently added to the Michigan eLibrary, http://mel.org/databases or http://mel.org/bizandjobs. These resources will be especially useful as you work with those who are starting or growing businesses both individuals and with any economic development organizations in your community. Plus libraries can use BusinessDecision and DemographicsNow to understand their own markets/target audiences! High schools who have business education and/or young entrepreneur programs will also be interested in the new business resources in MeL. Academic librarians will want to share these resources with their business faculty and students and special libraries will be interested in how they can use the new business resources for their organizations/companies! Something for everyone so please share widely--Economic development organization staff, chambers of commerce staff, SCORE, MichiganWorks! staff, etc. are welcome to attend the trainings! Below you will find dates, location, registration and contact information. Workshops run from 9 a.m. to 3 pm. A.M. refreshments and lunch included. Workshops are available at *no* cost: August 21 - Troy Public Library (Troy, MI) Register at, www.troylibrary.info<http://www.troylibrary.info> (then click on programs calendar on the left), or call the Tech Desk at 248.524.3542. Contact Cathy Russ for more information or questions, c.russ@troymi.gov<mailto:c.russ@troymi.gov> August 22 - Jackson College Library (Jackson, MI) Register at, http://fs22.formsite.com/jcclibrary/form4/index.html or go to http://woodlands.lib.mi.us/handbook/business.pdf for an informational flier. Contact Stephanie Davis, for more information or questions, davisstephand@jccmi.edu<mailto:davisstephand@jccmi.edu> August 23 - White Pines Library Cooperative (Saginaw, MI) Register at, http://www.wplc.org/registrations/2012-2013/mel_business_resources.cfm Contact Karen Puszykowski, k.powski@vlc.lib.mi.us<mailto:k.powski@vlc.lib.mi.us> or Byron Sitler, b.sitler@vlc.lib.mi.us<mailto:b.sitler@vlc.lib.mi.us> for more information or questions. August 27 - Peter White Public Library (Marquette, MI) Register at http://joomla.uproc.lib.mi.us/SLC/images/pdf_files/registermelbusiness.pdf or email: Pam Malmsten, pamm@uproc.lib.mi.us<mailto:pamm@uproc.lib.mi.us> or Fax to Superiorland Co-op (906) 228-5627. Contact Pam as well for more information or questions. August 28 - Deveraux Memorial Library (Grayling, MI) Register at http://joomla.uproc.lib.mi.us/SLC/images/pdf_files/registermelbusiness.pdf or email: Pam Malmsten, pamm@uproc.lib.mi.us<mailto:pamm@uproc.lib.mi.us> or Fax to Superiorland Co-op (906) 228-5627. Contact Pam as well for more information or questions. August 29 - Portage District Library (Portage, MI near Kalamazoo) Register at, http://host4.evanced.info/portage/evanced/eventsignup.asp?ID=4355&rts=&disptype=info&ret=eventcalendar.asp&pointer=&returnToSearch=&num=0&ad=&dt=mo&mo=8/1/2013&df=calendar&EventType=ALL&Lib=&AgeGroup=ALL&LangType=0&WindowMode=&noheader=&lad=&pub=1&nopub=&page=&pgdisp= Contact Nicolette Sosulski, nsosulski@portagelibrary.info<mailto:nsosulski@portagelibrary.info> for more information or questions. August 30 - Lakeland Library Cooperative (Grand Rapids, MI) Register at http://arwen.llcoop.org Contact Sheryl VanderWagen for more information or questions, 616-559-5253 x210. Webinar training will continue to be available for MeL business resources and well as all the other MeL databases. You can check http://mel.org/index.php?P=SPT--BrowseResources&ParentId=968 for vendor and training from the MeL Team at MCLS. We look forward to seeing many of you at the August workshops! Kind regards, Deb Deb Biggs Thomas Michigan eLibrary & Outreach Coordinator Library of Michigan/Michigan Dept. of Education 702 W. Kalamazoo St. Lansing, MI 48909 Phone: 517-373-4466 Visit MeL at: http://mel.org<http://mel.org/> and on Facebook at: http://facebook.com/mel.org