When Michigan libraries don't have the materials a patron needs, they often turn to MeLCat, a statewide system for sharing resources! But federal funding cuts could put the system at risk: www.northernexpress.com/news/feature...
Take action, tell Congress to #FundLibraries: ala.org/fundlibraries
Take action, tell Congress to #FundLibraries: ala.org/fundlibraries
Sharing Is Caring at the Library
With more than 400,000 books, movies, games, and curious finds (ukuleles! weaving looms!) available across the Traverse Area District Library (TADL) syste…
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August 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
When Michigan libraries don't have the materials a patron needs, they often turn to MeLCat, a statewide system for sharing resources! But federal funding cuts could put the system at risk: www.northernexpress.com/news/feature...
Take action, tell Congress to #FundLibraries: ala.org/fundlibraries
Take action, tell Congress to #FundLibraries: ala.org/fundlibraries
dont' fuck with MeLcat.
1) The Michigan Electronic Library (MeL and MeLcat) - a centralized catalog and resource-sharing service created to lend and share materials among all types of libraries in Michigan will cease to exist if this funding and agency are dismantled. 2/xx
March 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
dont' fuck with MeLcat.
Janoyt, Ustalav
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#Janoyt #Ustalav #AvalonBay #Varno #TarBaphon #Melcat #Razmiran
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#Janoyt #Ustalav #AvalonBay #Varno #TarBaphon #Melcat #Razmiran
January 3, 2026 at 6:33 AM
Service has been restored to all AADL locations!
MeLCat and Libby are back up and running as well.
Thank you for your patience and understanding!
MeLCat and Libby are back up and running as well.
Thank you for your patience and understanding!
a man in a red vest is standing next to a man in a white robe
Alt: Marty McFly and Doc Brown celebrate
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February 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Service has been restored to all AADL locations!
MeLCat and Libby are back up and running as well.
Thank you for your patience and understanding!
MeLCat and Libby are back up and running as well.
Thank you for your patience and understanding!
DOGE raided IMLS offices this morning. I'm currently in a staff meeting listening to the devastating impacts these cuts will have to individual libraries, as well as our state library (MeLCat, which supports our ILL services).
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March 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
DOGE raided IMLS offices this morning. I'm currently in a staff meeting listening to the devastating impacts these cuts will have to individual libraries, as well as our state library (MeLCat, which supports our ILL services).
ah ha, MELCAT might save me.
September 13, 2026 at 3:22 PM
ah ha, MELCAT might save me.
Guess who stopped by YDL this week to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Michigan eLibrary? It's Mittens, the MeLCat mascot! 🐾
Mittens is traveling throughout Michigan all summer long to celebrate MeL (but he already told us YDL is his favorite Michigan library 🤫).
Mittens is traveling throughout Michigan all summer long to celebrate MeL (but he already told us YDL is his favorite Michigan library 🤫).
July 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Guess who stopped by YDL this week to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Michigan eLibrary? It's Mittens, the MeLCat mascot! 🐾
Mittens is traveling throughout Michigan all summer long to celebrate MeL (but he already told us YDL is his favorite Michigan library 🤫).
Mittens is traveling throughout Michigan all summer long to celebrate MeL (but he already told us YDL is his favorite Michigan library 🤫).
Look who's here — Mittens from #MeLCat! 🐾
#MittensLovesMeLCat and is helping celebrate 20 years of MeLCat and we're so excited he visited!
Thanks for stopping by, Mittens! Safe travels on your next library adventure! 💚
#MichiganLibraries #Booksky
#MittensLovesMeLCat and is helping celebrate 20 years of MeLCat and we're so excited he visited!
Thanks for stopping by, Mittens! Safe travels on your next library adventure! 💚
#MichiganLibraries #Booksky
February 10, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Look who's here — Mittens from #MeLCat! 🐾
#MittensLovesMeLCat and is helping celebrate 20 years of MeLCat and we're so excited he visited!
Thanks for stopping by, Mittens! Safe travels on your next library adventure! 💚
#MichiganLibraries #Booksky
#MittensLovesMeLCat and is helping celebrate 20 years of MeLCat and we're so excited he visited!
Thanks for stopping by, Mittens! Safe travels on your next library adventure! 💚
#MichiganLibraries #Booksky
It's time for Ypsilanti District Library's 2024 Wrap Up! Stay tuned for more stats about everything we accomplished with our community this year. 🤩
December 27, 2024 at 7:22 PM
It's time for Ypsilanti District Library's 2024 Wrap Up! Stay tuned for more stats about everything we accomplished with our community this year. 🤩
We love that you love MelCat! Keep advocating!
I LOVE our inter-library loan system, and use MelCat for research for all of my books. Proudly part of the 1 million books checked out through MelCat last year. www.tadl.org/imlsfunding @milibraries.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
We love that you love MelCat! Keep advocating!
Made my first library Tiktok yesterday!
Rowan at the Library on TikTok
Just another MelCat Monday 😸 #melcat #publiclibrary #bookdelivery #michiganlibraries
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October 24, 2023 at 4:13 PM
Made my first library Tiktok yesterday!
I never cease to be amazed by the American library system: thanks to MeLCat (the Michigan eLibrary Catalogue system) and interlibrary loan, it is actually much easier for me to access most Brazilian books (except new releases) here than in Brazil. Thanks, librarians!
November 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I never cease to be amazed by the American library system: thanks to MeLCat (the Michigan eLibrary Catalogue system) and interlibrary loan, it is actually much easier for me to access most Brazilian books (except new releases) here than in Brazil. Thanks, librarians!
Melcat and way more. Damn.
Moments after seeing the news about the cuts Tr*mp wants to make, I saw a post about an upcoming basic needs fair at the Flint library.
Libraries are vitally important.
Moments after seeing the news about the cuts Tr*mp wants to make, I saw a post about an upcoming basic needs fair at the Flint library.
Libraries are vitally important.
What is at stake if IMLS is defunded and dismantled from a Michigan perspective? 1/xx
March 16, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Melcat and way more. Damn.
Moments after seeing the news about the cuts Tr*mp wants to make, I saw a post about an upcoming basic needs fair at the Flint library.
Libraries are vitally important.
Moments after seeing the news about the cuts Tr*mp wants to make, I saw a post about an upcoming basic needs fair at the Flint library.
Libraries are vitally important.
1) The Michigan Electronic Library (MeL and MeLcat) - a centralized catalog and resource-sharing service created to lend and share materials among all types of libraries in Michigan will cease to exist if this funding and agency are dismantled. 2/xx
March 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
1) The Michigan Electronic Library (MeL and MeLcat) - a centralized catalog and resource-sharing service created to lend and share materials among all types of libraries in Michigan will cease to exist if this funding and agency are dismantled. 2/xx
The current administration is attempting to dismantle the IMLS—the only federal agency dedicated to funding library services. These library services in Michigan are now at risk.
You can contact your representatives here & let them know how this order will impact you: bit.ly/ProtectLibraryFunding
You can contact your representatives here & let them know how this order will impact you: bit.ly/ProtectLibraryFunding
March 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The current administration is attempting to dismantle the IMLS—the only federal agency dedicated to funding library services. These library services in Michigan are now at risk.
You can contact your representatives here & let them know how this order will impact you: bit.ly/ProtectLibraryFunding
You can contact your representatives here & let them know how this order will impact you: bit.ly/ProtectLibraryFunding
Me when my library doesn’t have the book: Fine. I’ll ask the entire state. (LOOK at all of those libraries!)
With the Michigan eLibrary Catalog, you can search collections of participating libraries in Michigan & request materials be delivered to your home library.
Explore MeLCat: mel.org/welcome
With the Michigan eLibrary Catalog, you can search collections of participating libraries in Michigan & request materials be delivered to your home library.
Explore MeLCat: mel.org/welcome
September 22, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Me when my library doesn’t have the book: Fine. I’ll ask the entire state. (LOOK at all of those libraries!)
With the Michigan eLibrary Catalog, you can search collections of participating libraries in Michigan & request materials be delivered to your home library.
Explore MeLCat: mel.org/welcome
With the Michigan eLibrary Catalog, you can search collections of participating libraries in Michigan & request materials be delivered to your home library.
Explore MeLCat: mel.org/welcome
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I'm actually working at the library today. In the first two hours we've helped patrons use the computer, order books via MelCat (our state-wide, interlibrary loan service) and get seeds for a garden. And we're in a town so small there is no stoplight nor fast food. Libraries are VITAL!
I'm actually working at the library today. In the first two hours we've helped patrons use the computer, order books via MelCat (our state-wide, interlibrary loan service) and get seeds for a garden. And we're in a town so small there is no stoplight nor fast food. Libraries are VITAL!
Disseminating factual information no longer serves trump and co. interests.
FEDERAL FUNDING
Trump yanks SIUE grant for high school library program. ‘No longer serves US interests.’
Steph Kukuljan
www.stltoday.com/news/local/e...
Trump yanks SIUE grant for high school library program. ‘No longer serves US interests.’
Steph Kukuljan
www.stltoday.com/news/local/e...
April 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
🤬🤬
I'm actually working at the library today. In the first two hours we've helped patrons use the computer, order books via MelCat (our state-wide, interlibrary loan service) and get seeds for a garden. And we're in a town so small there is no stoplight nor fast food. Libraries are VITAL!
I'm actually working at the library today. In the first two hours we've helped patrons use the computer, order books via MelCat (our state-wide, interlibrary loan service) and get seeds for a garden. And we're in a town so small there is no stoplight nor fast food. Libraries are VITAL!
*MeLCat is the statewide catalog that allows patrons from participating libraries to borrow materials from libraries all over Michigan. MeL.org: Michigan eLibrary provides all Michigan residents with free online access to full-text articles, full-text books, valuable research, and much more.
Michigan eLibrary: Home: Welcome
Michigan eLibrary: Home: Welcome
MeL.org
April 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
*MeLCat is the statewide catalog that allows patrons from participating libraries to borrow materials from libraries all over Michigan. MeL.org: Michigan eLibrary provides all Michigan residents with free online access to full-text articles, full-text books, valuable research, and much more.
Is this the fund that supports interlibrary loan systems?
-Signed a very hopeful new MI Melcat library assistant
-Signed a very hopeful new MI Melcat library assistant
June 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Is this the fund that supports interlibrary loan systems?
-Signed a very hopeful new MI Melcat library assistant
-Signed a very hopeful new MI Melcat library assistant
Every book in the State of Michigan is at my fingertips using a program called MelCat.
honestly? interlibrary loan is a miracle
December 6, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Every book in the State of Michigan is at my fingertips using a program called MelCat.
Btw if any local folks use Melcat, I would like to warn y'all against transporting books from the Genesee District Library system. I checked out the Lost Subways of North America from them and it came with a free side of baby roaches living in the book 🤢
September 11, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Btw if any local folks use Melcat, I would like to warn y'all against transporting books from the Genesee District Library system. I checked out the Lost Subways of North America from them and it came with a free side of baby roaches living in the book 🤢