Browse the WJIL State of the Stats, find out how you can get the WJIL “wordle” out, utilize the newly published Competency Index for the Library Field and learn more about bringing Web 2.0 into Academic Libraries.

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Resources

WebJunction Illinois State of the Stats, June 2009

• At ILA 2007 the Illinois Library Community launched a collaborative adventure called WebJunction Illinois. Today we are celebrating over 2,800 registered users, 1,800 course enrollments, and site visits that continue to climb.To help us mark this milestone we have published the WJIL State of the Stats. Find out what progress we’ve made in the past 2 years and what the opportunities for growth are.
• Path: [Illinois Center » Featured Statewide Initiatives » WebJunction Illinois]

New! Competences Index Published by WebJunction

• WebJunction has aggregated and synthesized competency definitions from a number of library organizations, subjected them to vigorous subject matter expert review, and compiled them into a Competency Index for the Library Field. The Index can be used by libraries of all types and sizes to build competency sets to meet their organization’s needs. Please feel free to download the PDF file, distribute widely, re-mix, and re-purpose as you see fit. Competencies are always a work-in-progress. Please tell us what you think by adding your comments to the Index’s webpage.
• Path: [Library Management » Training & Development » Training Program Management » Competencies]

Oh my Wordle! A new WJIL Flyer

• What’s in a wordle? In this case a great deal. Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. We’ve created a few WJIL wordles and an updated flyer that you can use in any way that you choose as you spread the “wordle” about WJIL!
• Path: [Illinois Center » Featured Statewide Initiatives » WebJunction Illinois]

Low Down on Fee vs. Free Virtual Collections for Virtual Reference

• A summary of Rutgers University’s survey of librarians’ use of e-reference sources by Laura Bowering Mullen and Martin Kesselman. Resources from their presentation are posted.
• Path: [Library Services » Information Services » Reference & Resources » Virtual Reference » Conference Proceedings » 2004 ]

Family Literacy: Case for Collaboration between Public and School Libraries

• A collection of resources compiled in for a presentation at the Washington Library Media Association conference.
• Path: [Library Services » Library Type » School]

Courses and Learning

Social Learning with Libraries – Webinar archive

• Listen to the archive of this online workshop and read more about the related resources.
• Path: [Member Center » Events » Webinars » Webinar Archives]

Bringing Web 2.0 into Academic Libraries

• Archive and related resources from June 30, 2009 webinar on using social networks and other web-based technologies to reach member of academic communities with Amanda Clay Powers and Ellen Hampton Filgo.
• Path: [Member Center » Events » Webinars » Webinar Archives]

Upcoming Webinars: Check L2 for details and registration

• July 7th – Crouching Tigers, Reading Dragons: Creating a Reading Challenge Program
• July 22nd – Living Library
• July 29th – BiLingual Story Times

Community

LSTA Grant Updates

Following is another update on what your colleagues are doing with their LSTA Grant money!

• A Village Grows: 50 Years of Life in Elmwood Park: Russel Parker, Elmwood Park Public Library. The Elmwood Park Public Library features 408 digitized photos of the early years of life in the Village of Elmwood Park. These images offer views of early area pioneers, businesses, government officials, street scenes and other aspects of the Village.
• BRRRRRR Blog: Deborah Bailey, Rockford Public Schools District #205. Because Rockford Public Schools District #205 restricts most aspects of Web 2.0, we had to provide a way to help our students understand a small piece of social networking. We chose a moderated blog.Books =Reviews, Reflections, Responses & Reactions, Rebuttals, Recommendations.This blog is our district’s first foray into web 2.0 thinking. It provided a technological venue for our elementary students to increase their appreciation of books and reading as well as improve their writing skills.
• Centurions Quest for Knowledge, Tracy Lance, Century CUSD #100 Libraries. The Centurions Quest for Knowledge program was designed to introduce students in 4th – 8th grades to better research skills using WebQuests, scavenger hunts and daily “Quests”.
• Progressive Links, Molly Scanlan, O’Fallon Public Library. Self checkout machines, a new state of the art drupal website, laptop computers, and presentation of a digital storytime workshop are some ways this grant was used to update technology at the O’Fallon Public Library.
• Sharing our Past: Digitally Archiving the History of USF, Linnea Knapp, University of St. Francis. “Sharing Our Past: Digitally Archiving the History of the University of St. Francis” is a project that will create an online collection of digitized photographs, brochures, newspapers, posters, and other materials related to the history of the University of St. Francis, the City of Joliet, and Will County. 

What Could I do with…the WJIL State of the Stats?

It is sometimes hard to gauge the progress of a project such as WebJunction Illinois, but hopefully these statistics and the story they tell will provide a better picture of the WJIL successes and areas for growth as we look to the future of the Illinois Library Community.

Because WJIL has developed over a long period of time (2 years), it seemed useful and important to take the time to stop, assess and reflect on where we started, where we are, and where we can go in this collaborative effort.

Please let us know if you have any questions, comments or suggestions. Thank you for your continued support and engagement with WJIL at a time that is so critical to resource sharing in the Illinois Library Community.