Resources

Podcasting – Not an alien activity!

• Still trying to figure out exactly what podcasting is and how your library can use it? Use this WJ Weekly tip for a pathfinder on creating audio and podcasts for your library as well as an example of what other libraries are doing with podcasts from the Library Success Wiki Podcasting page.

How to Make a Special Library Work: 10 Steps to my Solo Success

• Tips for developing a successful solo special library from Illinois’ own Barbara Decker, Research Librarian, Lake County.

Community

We’re # 1!

• Attention Illinois Library Community! You may now pat yourselves on the collective back. Since the official launch of WebJunction Illinois in October 2007, the number of registered users on the site has grown each month. In fact, Illinois now has the *most* registered users of any state - surpassing even New York! So celebrate – you’re #1!

Courses and Learning

Fundraising 101: Creating an Annual Fund for Your Library

• A well-run annual fund is the basis of a development-based approach to fund-raising for your library. The annual fund allows you to identify new donors, upgrade prior donors and make needed improvements to move your library ahead. Within a few years, an effective annual fund can result in major gifts coming your way. Thanks to the Alliance Library System again, you can listen to this archived workshop and download the related documents that will help you develop a well-run annual fund.

Welcome, Stranger: Public Libraries Build the Global Village

• Learn about the recently published report, Welcome, Stranger: Public Libraries Build the Global Village by Urban Libraries Council from report authors, Rick Ashton and Danielle Patrick Milam. Find out five strategies libraries can use to support successful immigrant transitions in this archived Spanish Language Outreach Webinar.

Upcoming Learning Webinar: Introduction to Shaping Outcomes

• On May 29 from 1:00-2:00 pm CT Join presenter Rachel Applegate as she introduces the online course, “Shaping Outcomes,” which teaches the principles of an “outcomes-based planning and evaluation” (OBPE). The course was developed to help LSTA and IMLS grant applicants create stronger grant proposals-and stronger programs. For more information and to register click on the link above.