On February 15, 2010, the Michigan Library Consortium (MLC) merged with INCOLSA to form the Midwest Collaborative for Library Services (MCLS). MCLS is a non-profit

Non-profit organization

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 membership organization

Membership organization

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 composed of various types of libraries

Library

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 from Indiana

Indiana

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 and Michigan

Michigan

Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

. MCLS provides libraries a convenient, single point of contact for training, group purchasing and technical support for electronic resources.

For further information, see the Midwest Collaborative for Library Services (MCLS) website.