A new Library Law article on Protecting Patron Privacy, valuable training materials for a World Language Story Time, instructor-led Amigos courses now available through the WJIL Course Catalog and flash tutorials on basic WJIL features. Find it all below in this What’s New @ WJIL for August 17th, 2009.

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Resources

Library Law: Protecting Patron Privacy

• Illinois law protects the privacy of circulation and registration records maintained by libraries. The Library Records Confidentiality Act (“Confidentiality Act”) forbids publishing or making information contained in registration and circulation records available to the public. Such records may be released pursuant to a court order or in an emergency situation.  The USA Patriot Act, a federal law, also impacts the release of such records. The Patriot Act expires at the end of this year, unless Congress reauthorizes it. Libraries must comply with both federal and state laws.
• Path: [Library Management » Organizational Management » Library Law Articles (IL)]

World Language Story Time Training Manual

• This manual is used to train story tellers for World Language story times. Community members are trained to be story tellers, and then paid to do world language story times at the Seattle Public Library. The manual was originally developed by King County Library System, then adapted by former SPL Children’s librarian, Tracy Li, and further adapted by current SPL Children’s librarian, Shannon Schinagl.
• Path: [Library Services » Populations Served » Children » Early Literacy]

Early Literacy Tips for Parents and Caregivers (Spanish and English)

• Two documents created for Bilingual Toddler Tales Program at the Mission Branch of the San Francisco Public Library.  A single page (one side English and the other Spanish) document with Early Literacy Tips for Parents and Caregivers and a set of 6 pages (also Bilingual) covering the 6 stations of the program
• Path: [Library Services » Populations Served » Children » Early Literacy]

Virtual Bulletin Board Example

• Director Bob Watson of the Lake Villa Library District shares about the Community Hub area of the library’s website.
• Path: [Technology » Website Development]

Courses and Learning

Amigos Courses on WebJunction Illinois

Five new instructor-led Amigos courses have been added to the WebJunction Illinois Course Catalog. You can view course details by visiting the IL Course Catalog page and clicking the Amigos Library Services Subject Area under Featured Courses. These courses are priced anywhere from $150 – $225 for a multi-week instructor led course. The WJIL user is responsible for payment when enrolling.

• Basic Digitization: Everyday Imaging  
• FRBR: How it can help you prepare for RDA  
• MARC 101 
• Tech Topics: Library 2.0  
• Tools for the Reference Desk

Learning Takes Time

• Remember to allocate enough time to complete the courses you have enrolled in. A recent change in our course enrollment software limits you to three courses in the shopping cart, so select those courses which will bring the most value to your time commitment. Once you have completed those courses you can enroll in additional courses, always limiting your course selection to three or fewer courses.         

Tea for Two Plus You? Workshop Series – now in Flash

Last spring a series of 30 minute online workshops were conducted to introduce WebJunction Illinois users to some of the basic features of the site. If you missed this series we’re happy to announce that you can now view these workshops at your convenience in flash without having to configure your computer for the web conferencing software. Check out these quick but meaty topics to help you use WJIL more efficiently. Be sure that you have flash enabled on your browser in order to view. 

• Posting a Document
• Creating and Joining Groups
• Registration and Social Networking
• Enrolling in and Launching Courses
  

Community

FY09 LSTA Grant Updates

City of Catholics–Chicago and the 1926 International Eucharistic Congress: Lorraine Olley. The 28th International Eucharistic Congress in June 1926 signaled the emergence of the Catholic Church into the mainstream of American culture, and of Chicago as a major international city. The University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary Library’s collection of 1,100 photographs and two souvenir books documents the events and depicts the prelates, dignitaries and pilgrims, totaling nearly 1 million, who attended. These formal, informal and panorama photographs documenting individuals, groups, activities, and places, such as Soldier Field, Mundelein Seminary and the Coliseum, will be of interest to researchers of religion, social history, transportation, and the Chicago and Lake County regions.  

What Could I do with…Discussion Subscriptions?

As a part of a recent install on the WebJunction Illinois site the Discussion thread subscription feature was fixed. If you are interested in keeping up with what is being posted on any Discussion board on the site, you can now “Subscribe” to that thread and receive an email notification when it is updated.

Just be sure that you are logged in to WJIL, browse to the relevant Discussion board, then click on the “Actions” button next to the thread and choose “Subscribe.”