BlogJunction Illinois » ILEAD U http://webjunctionworks.org/il/blog A weblog for the WebJunction Illinois community Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:42:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 ILEAD U Orientation and First Session http://webjunctionworks.org/il/blog/index.php/2010/02/08/ilead-u-orientation-and-first-session/ http://webjunctionworks.org/il/blog/index.php/2010/02/08/ilead-u-orientation-and-first-session/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:43:13 +0000 WJIL Project Team http://webjunctionworks.org/il/blog/?p=1335 ILEAD U (Illinois Libraries Lead, Apply and Discover), the State Library’s new initiative to help library staff develop stronger technology tools, kicks off Monday, February 22nd with an orientation meeting at the University of Illinois Springfield (UIS). Taking part in the orientation meeting will be the ILEAD U Steering Committee, instructors, mentors, the facilitator, UIS staff and ISL staff. The event begins at 11:30 a.m.

The orientation meeting will allow participants to become acquainted with one another prior to the following day’s start of the first three-day ILEAD U session. The eight five-member teams will meet February 23-25 at UIS. ILEAD U is funded with a Laura Bush 21st Century Program grant. Learn more about ILEAD U on WJIL.

]]> http://webjunctionworks.org/il/blog/index.php/2010/02/08/ilead-u-orientation-and-first-session/feed/ 0 ILEAD U Article appears in Springfield State Journal Register http://webjunctionworks.org/il/blog/index.php/2010/01/18/ilead-u-article-appears-in-springfield-state-journal-register/ http://webjunctionworks.org/il/blog/index.php/2010/01/18/ilead-u-article-appears-in-springfield-state-journal-register/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:51:36 +0000 WJIL Project Team http://webjunctionworks.org/il/blog/?p=1252 The Springfield State Journal Register newspaper wrote an article this week about the State Library’s ILEAD U initiative.  The primary goal of ILEAD U is to help library staff understand and respond to user needs through the application of participatory technology tools.   More information about the project can be found on WebJunction Illinois.

Funding for ILEAD U is provided through a Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program Grant awarded to the State Library from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

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