InfoPros as telecommuters, designing the digital experience, trustee webinar archives, an opportunity to celebrate Employee Learning Week with your staff plus tips on how to join in Discussions on WJIL. It’s all below in the latest “What’s New @ WJIL.”
Contents: Resources | Courses and Learning | Community | WJ Update | What could I do with…? | What’s New RSS Feed 
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Resources
Going Green: InfoPros as Telecommuters
- Written by Christina Stoll of the Metropolitan Library System, this article originally published in the SLA Information Outlook discusses the fact that in times when resources are tight, being creative and resourceful can be your ticket to an alternative work schedule while also being kind to the environment.
- Path: [Illinois Center -> lllinois Libraries -> Special Libraries]
Designing the Digital Experience: What is Community
- An excerpt from Designing the Digital Experience on how to use experience design tools and techniques to build websites customers love.
- Path: [Technology -> Website Development]
Resources for help with the WJIL Course Catalog
- If you need help with course enrollment, launching courses, or where to find learning opportunities on WJIL, visit the IL Course Catalog page and look for the Related Links in the right hand column.
- Path: [IL Course Catalog]
Updated Resource Sharing documents
- Find links to the updated ILLINET ILL Code as well as an editable ILSD form on the WJIL Interlibrary Loan page.
- Path: [Illinois Center -> Ongoing Statewide Programs -> Resource Sharing -> Interlibrary Loan]
Courses and Learning
- View the archived sessions in this series of workshops for Library Trustees.
- Path: [Library Management -> Rural and Small Libraries -> Webinars]
We’re constantely adding to the Illinois Wimba Archives. Click on the link above to access these archived learning opportunities any time of the day or night.
- Collection Development: Toss It (3rd in a 3 part series)
- Path: [Illinois Info Center -> Illinois Learning Center -> Online Learning -> Illinois Wimba Archives]
Celebrate Employee Learning Week by Learning!
- What could be more appropriate than celebrating Employee Learning Week with a shared learning experience? Plan now for your staff to register for the WJ webinar – Learning for Learning Professionals: Competencies, Strategies and Resources
Branding Libraries and Their Services
- We are surrounded by brands in our world—visual representations of a manufactured good or some service that allows a customer/user/patron to quickly identify the product/service. If someone says, “Golden arches,” you immediately think of a certain fast food restaurant. Any business or service can brand itself, for marketing and publicity purposes. But what is a brand? How are they created? What benefits do brands offer? What are the challenges facing a branding project? Can libraries effectively brand themselves and their services? If so, how? Listen to this WJ webinar archive as Michael Leach answers these and other questions, while providing a solid framework and background on what brands are and how they work.
Upcoming WJ Webinars (see L2 for details)
- TechAtlas Event Tracker, December 2
- Bite Sized Digital History, December 3
- Town Hall Focus on Tough Economic Times, December 4
- Libraries and the Bilingual Child, December 8
Community
Library Jobs and Careers in Illinois
- Don’t forget to check the Member Center for current information and feeds on Library Jobs in Illinois.
WJIL Update
Due to a recent software enhancement, users no longer have to check the “Remember Me” box when logging in to WJIL in order to remain logged in throughout their session. You can continue to check the “Remember Me” box if you would like to be automatically logged in when you return to the site.
What Could I do with…Discussions on WJIL?
One of the enhancements in the most recent version of WJIL is that all Discussion Boards are on the same page with relevant resources. That means when you’re browsing the site, if you come to a page of interest you can join in Discussions immediately from that page. The way you do this is by clicking on the “Discussions” tab on the page.
Once you click on the tab, you will see all Discussion threads related to that topic that have been posted and can click on any one of them to reply. Please note that you must be a registered user of WJIL and logged in before you can post to any Discussions. If you would like to receive an email notification when someone posts a reply, you can use the “Action” button to subscribe to any thread.
