BlogJunction Illinois
A weblog for the WebJunction Illinois community
The upcoming WebJunction Webinar Understanding Unemployment Insurance and Its Impact on Your Library Customers is scheduled for Thursday 1/27/2011 beginning at 1:00 PM Central Time. One simple change in library hours can have an unexpected impact on a large number of library patrons: Unemployment Insurance (UI) customers. In this webinar, we will be joined by [...]
The upcoming WebJunction Webinar Best Small Library in America 2010 is scheduled for Tuesday 1/18/2011 beginning at 1:00 PM Central Time. Library Journal’s annual Best Small Library in America Award, sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, was created in 2005 to encourage and showcase the exemplary work of libraries serving populations under 25,000. After [...]
This week the Illinois State Library honors DeLaSalle Institute Family Literacy at Toman Library in Chicago. A single mom took a year off from literacy program studies following the birth of her second son. She returned to the family literacy program to continue improving her English speaking skills and brought her sons with her. The early childhood [...]
The online Penny Severns Summer Family Literacy Grant Application is now available and is due Tuesday, February 1, 2011, at 4 p.m. A webinar grant information session was offered December 8, 2010, and can be viewed at the link provided above. The Penny Severns Summer Family Literacy Grant is funded with LSTA funds, used [...]
For the eighth year, Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White, the Illinois Literacy Foundation and Borders stores collaborated to raise funds for local literacy programs and promote literacy awareness in Illinois. From October 5 through November 1, 2010, Borders cashiers asked customers at the time of purchase if they wished to donate [...]
Want to let job-seekers in your community know what a wealth of resources and services your library has to offer? Use this “Chart Your Course” marketing toolkit recently added to WJIL as a part of the Workforce Resources collection. Here is a sneak peek at what you’ll find. For the full story and resources follow the links. Overview Why [...]
Article from ILA E-News, December 14, 2010 On Tuesday, 14 December 2010, representatives of the Illinois library community met with Illinois Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White to present an action plan for statewide cooperative services, such as delivery and other priorities. Secretary White agreed to consider awarding an LSTA grant to support [...]
“Weeding the Library Collection” is a necessary activity and also, happily, a course you can take via WebJunction Illinois. If you mention collection development a lot of library staff think of selecting new materials for the library. Weeding – removing library materials from your collection – is an integral part of collection development. In this [...]
The Southern System Planning panel conducted an extensive survey of the membership of the library systems from mid October 2010 to early November 2010. The response to the survey was outstanding and demonstrated the interest in the planned merger between the systems. Over 750 people took time to participate in the survey. For a summary [...]
Two years of long-range planning have led the Illinois Network of Talking Book and Braille Libraries to begin a restructuring process aimed at streamlining services. The network includes the Talking Book and Braille Service in Springfield; Chicago Public Library Talking Book Center; Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center in East Peoria; Southern Illinois Talking Book Center in [...]