Randy Dykhuis

Randy Dykhuis is Executive Director of the Midwest Collaborative for Library Services, a nonprofit, membership organization that provides libraries in Michigan and Indiana with a convenient, single point of contact for training, group purchasing and technical support for electronic resources. He has held that position since February 2010. Prior to that, he was Executive Director for the Michigan Library Consortium, a position he held from August 1995 through February 2010. During his tenure at MLC Dykhuis worked with the Library of Michigan, individual Michigan libraries, and other library associations to implement a number of innovative statewide projects including the Michigan eLibrary and MeLCat, a statewide resource sharing system. With almost 410 participating libraries and more than 1,000,000 loan requests in 2011, MeLCat is one of the largest resource sharing projects in the country.

Prior to joining MLC, Dykhuis served as director of OCLC services at OHIONET in Columbus, Ohio and worked as senior marketing representative at OCLC in Dublin, Ohio. His experience in public libraries includes stints at Grand Rapids (MI) Public Library and Grace A. Dow Memorial Library in Midland, Michigan. Dykhuis received his Masters in Library Science from Wayne State University and his Bachelor of Science degree from Central Michigan University.