BlogJunction Illinois
A weblog for the WebJunction Illinois community
The upcoming WebJunction Webinar Finding a Legal Comfort Zone on the Web is scheduled for Wednesday 7/27/2011 beginning at 1:00 PM Central Time. Allowing the public to contribute to, comment on and otherwise engage with your library’s website content can be a scary thought, fraught with bogeymen real and imagined, lined with both success and horror [...]
If you want to be taken seriously as a professional in the workplace, you need to be able to communicate clearly, effectively and in a professional manner. This is just as true for library staff as it is for library directors. Whether you are looking to be better at your current job, or get ready [...]
This week the Illinois State Library spotlights Waukegan Public Library. An adult learner had a number of issues when she first visited the literacy program at Waukegan Public Library. She rarely made eye contact with people and cried a lot. The woman did not have a car and had to borrow a vehicle to attend her [...]
The FY 2011 ILLINET Interlibrary Loan & Reciprocal Borrowing Statistical Survey is available here for completion. Data submitted should cover the fiscal year July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011. The Survey will be closed on September 30, 2011. If you have questions, please follow these guidelines: USERNAME/PASSWORD: Contact Becky Hunter, bhunter1@ilsos.net, 217-557-7259 or Gwen Harrison, [...]
The State Library has announced that Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White has approved the merger of Alliance, DuPage, Metropolitan, North Suburban and Prairie Area Library Systems into the Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS) and the merger of Lewis and Clark, Lincoln Trail, Rolling Prairie and Shawnee Library Systems into the Illinois Heartland [...]
The upcoming WebJunction Webinar Information Cartographer: Social Media Librarians of the Future is scheduled for Wednesday 7/20/2011 beginning at 1:00 PM Central Time. Ever wonder if it’s too late or too early to bring social media services to your library? Whether you are in a one-person library or one with one hundred staff, social media applications [...]
Due to a necessary reduction in our course listings, we are weeding some underused titles. Unfortunately this means the diversity and compliance Learning Paths will be phased out as of July 1 since the majority of the courses in them will no longer be available. But if you enroll before the end of the month, [...]
This week the Illinois State Library spotlights Rend Lake College in Ina. Determined to obtain his GED, an eighteen-year-old enrolled in GED classes at Rend Lake College. He had been home schooled due to serious health issues and could only read at the 4th grade level. The man’s ultimate goal was to pursue an education in [...]
Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White says new digital Talking Books and players are now available to patrons who use the Illinois Network of Talking Book and Braille Libraries. White said all active Network patrons have been contacted to see if they wish to receive a digital Talking Book player, and he is [...]
Trends in Library Training and Learning: Developing Staff Skills in the 21st Century is a free two-day online conference to be held on August 10–11. Produced in collaboration with the ALA Learning Round Table, this WebJunction event is free and open to all. Eight sessions will be presented over the two days, including keynote presentations [...]