L2: Library Learning Events - Metropolitan Library System - Monthly

dotProject meeting

2010-09-01T06:00:00-05:00

Wednesday, September 1 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
MLS Training Lab (Chicago)

WJ: Creating a Virtual Orientation for New Staff

2010-09-01T08:00:00-05:00

Wednesday, September 1 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
WJ Webex Room
NOTE: This event is managed by WebJunction. Please check their calendar (registration link above) for any changes to this event. Orienting new staff quickly to your organization is very important. A virtual orientation could be the key to a timely, comprehensive, standardized introduction to your library system. Discover advantages to implementing a virtual orientation for your workplace. Join us for this webinar, presented in collaboration with the ALA Learning Roundtable, and by staff from the Baltimore County Public Library as they talk about the creation and design process of this valuable Human Resources tool. Presenters include Jean Mantegna, Sandy Lombardo, and Melissa Hepler.

Merger Design Team Mtg.

2010-09-01T14:00:00-05:00

Wednesday, September 1 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
MLS Meeting Room (Burr Ridge)
Meeting of the Merger Design Team with people attending in person and also videoconferencing equipment available.

Advanced Create Lists

2010-09-02T04:30:00-05:00

Thursday, September 2 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
MLS Training Lab (Burr Ridge)
This is an advanced Create Lists class and assumes prior, fluid, working knowledge of create lists on the Report Server. This class will also cover the Statistics mode on the Report Server.

Labor Day

2010-09-05T19:00:00-05:00

Monday, September 6
HOLIDAY
All Systems and the Illinois State Library will be closed today.

Delivery Task Force

2010-09-07T04:30:00-05:00

Tuesday, September 7 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
MLS Room A (Burr Ridge)

MLS Quarterly

2010-09-08T04:30:00-05:00

Wednesday, September 8 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
MLS Meeting Room (Burr Ridge)

SWAN Quarterly

2010-09-08T08:00:00-05:00

Wednesday, September 8 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
MLS Meeting Room (Burr Ridge)

eChicago @ Dominican University

2010-09-09T13:00:00-05:00

Thursday, September 9 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
OTHER
Registration Fee: $30 dom.edu/echicago Free for Dominican University students, faculty, and speakers Registration includes evening buffet on Thursday and refreshments and lunch on Friday. DATES: Thursday September 9 : 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Friday September 10 : 8.30 a.m.- 5 p.m. to register:http://www.dom.edu/echicago/register/index.html The Annual Community Informatics Symposium is a practice/policy/research symposium sponsored by the Graduate School of Library & Information Science, Dominican University. Every year at the symposium practitioners, policymakers and researchers exchange ideas and find better ways to work together. As the global information society impacts the local, and vice versa, this year’s symposium will explore not only local community projects but also global projects. Three of our key speakers will discuss collaborations in countries which are very much on the minds of the international community, Haiti and China. The symposium is sponsored by the Chicago Public Library, the Metropolitan Library System, and the Skokie Public Library. Key Speakers: Gaston Armour is currently with the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) as the Statewide Emergency Preparedness Coordinator, in the Office of Security and Emergency Preparedness. In this role he assists, coordinates and provides direction for the emergency preparedness and readiness programs with the agency's 13,000 employees. Prior to his current assignment he was in the Office of Strategic Planning as liaison for the governor’s Team Illinois initiative. Professor Barbara J. Ford, Director of the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs and Mortenson Distinguished Professor at the Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Former President of the American Library Association (ALA). Recognized with awards by the ALA and Chinese American Librarians Association for her significant contributions and dedication to international librarianship. Dr. Shuyong Jiang is the Chinese Studies Librarian at the Asian Library at the university of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Jiang is project director of Think Globally, Act Globally US-China Librarian Collaboration. Funded jointly for the US Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Chinese Ministry of Culture. Dr. Kathleen Robbins, developed FonkoSel Aktive pa Digicel, a replication of the Grameen Bank Village Phone program, creating a partnership between Digicel, the largest cellular provider and Fonkoze, the largest MFI in Haiti. Co-founder of Jatropha Pepinyè, a non-profit business that uses a non-edible plant native to Haiti as a biofuel source.

Preparing and Building Community in Crises
Community Technology Centers in Chicago
Youth Community Technology Programs
Archives and Collective Memory in the Digital World: International and Local Communities
The 21st Century Skills Movement in Libraries and Museums

eChicago @ Dominican University

2010-09-10T03:30:00-05:00

Friday, September 10 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
OTHER
Registration Fee: $30 dom.edu/echicago Free for Dominican University students, faculty, and speakers Registration includes evening buffet on Thursday and refreshments and lunch on Friday. DATES: Thursday September 9 : 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Friday September 10 : 8.30 a.m.- 5 p.m. to register:http://www.dom.edu/echicago/register/index.html The Annual Community Informatics Symposium is a practice/policy/research symposium sponsored by the Graduate School of Library & Information Science, Dominican University. Every year at the symposium practitioners, policymakers and researchers exchange ideas and find better ways to work together. As the global information society impacts the local, and vice versa, this year’s symposium will explore not only local community projects but also global projects. Three of our key speakers will discuss collaborations in countries which are very much on the minds of the international community, Haiti and China. The symposium is sponsored by the Chicago Public Library, the Metropolitan Library System, and the Skokie Public Library. Key Speakers: Gaston Armour is currently with the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) as the Statewide Emergency Preparedness Coordinator, in the Office of Security and Emergency Preparedness. In this role he assists, coordinates and provides direction for the emergency preparedness and readiness programs with the agency's 13,000 employees. Prior to his current assignment he was in the Office of Strategic Planning as liaison for the governor’s Team Illinois initiative. Professor Barbara J. Ford, Director of the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs and Mortenson Distinguished Professor at the Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Former President of the American Library Association (ALA). Recognized with awards by the ALA and Chinese American Librarians Association for her significant contributions and dedication to international librarianship. Dr. Shuyong Jiang is the Chinese Studies Librarian at the Asian Library at the university of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Jiang is project director of Think Globally, Act Globally US-China Librarian Collaboration. Funded jointly for the US Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Chinese Ministry of Culture. Dr. Kathleen Robbins, developed FonkoSel Aktive pa Digicel, a replication of the Grameen Bank Village Phone program, creating a partnership between Digicel, the largest cellular provider and Fonkoze, the largest MFI in Haiti. Co-founder of Jatropha Pepinyè, a non-profit business that uses a non-edible plant native to Haiti as a biofuel source.

Preparing and Building Community in Crises
Community Technology Centers in Chicago
Youth Community Technology Programs
Archives and Collective Memory in the Digital World: International and Local Communities
The 21st Century Skills Movement in Libraries and Museums

Circ Du SWAN MilCirc Overview & Offline Circ

2010-09-13T04:30:00-05:00

Monday, September 13 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Eisenhower PLD
MilCirc Overview and Offline Circ

MLS Board Committee of the Whole

2010-09-13T12:30:00-05:00

Monday, September 13 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
MLS Meeting Room (Burr Ridge)

Readers' Advisory Special Interest Group: Gentle Romance

2010-09-14T04:30:00-05:00

Tuesday, September 14 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
MLS Room B (Burr Ridge)
Often set in a small town, gentle romances tend to focus more on the main characters’ family, friends and community then on their sex lives. Witty conversation and humor are common; suspense and adventure are not. Debbie Macomber is a benchmark author. Led by Brenda O’Brien, Woodridge Public Library MLS contact: webmaster@mls.lib.il.us

WJ: The Rural Library Trustee: Roles, Responsibilities and Relationships

2010-09-14T08:00:00-05:00

Tuesday, September 14 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
WJ Webex Room
NOTE: This event is managed by WebJunction. Please check their calendar (registration link above) for any changes to this event. How do library trustees get trained? How are director and trustee roles defined to ensure a healthy library organization? How are trustee relationships cultivated both in and outside the library circle? Join us for a webinar exploring these and other questions related to library trustees that will provide you with practical ideas and tactical strategies to support and advocate for your library organization as a trustee, or library director in a small or rural community. This webinar is brought to you by ARSL (Association for Rural and Small Libraries) and featuring presenters: Sally Gardner Reed, Executive Director ALTAFF (Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations); Kim Armentrout, Library of Virginia; and Jim Minges, Director of the Northeast Kansas Library System.

ResearchPro Committee

2010-09-15T09:00:00-05:00

Wednesday, September 15 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
MLS Room A (Burr Ridge)
Meeting reservations requestd by Cindy Rauch, Homewood PL.

WJ: Real Library Solutions Using Competencies

2010-09-16T08:00:00-05:00

Thursday, September 16 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
WJ Webex Room
NOTE: This event is managed by WebJunction. Please check their calendar (registration link above) for any changes to this event. You've heard the buzz about competencies, but do you have a clear idea of how to use them for your library? Competencies are building blocks, which you can combine in a variety of constructions for guiding staff training, work performance, and other strategies to benefit your library and your staff. Join presenters Sandra Smith and Betha Gutsche as they use case studies to explore the practical application of competency-based staff development efforts.

CLASS Meeting

2010-09-20T04:00:00-05:00

Monday, September 20 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Lansing PL
Lansing Public Library will be hosting this meeting. MLS contact: webmaster@mls.lib.il.us

NWYS Meeting

2010-09-20T04:30:00-05:00

Monday, September 20 9:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Riverside PL
MLS contact: webmaster@mls.lib.il.us NWYS is a forum for MLS Public Youth Services librarians in the near west suburbs of Chicago, providing an open avenue of exchange in materials, ideas and programs pertinent to Youth Services and to promote cooperation between member public libraries. Open to Youth Services librarians and support staff serving MLS libraries north of Route I-55 in zones 1-4 of MLS.

WJ: Using Technology to Move your Small/Rural Library Forward

2010-09-21T08:00:00-05:00

Tuesday, September 21 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
WJ Webex Room
NOTE: This event is managed by WebJunction. Please check their calendar (registration link above) for any changes to this event. Feel overwhelmed with new technology? Not sure how your small or rural library can take advantage of new and not-so-new technology? Don’t feel you have time to keep up with keeping up? Then this webinar is for you. Presenters Robin Hastings, Information Technology Coordinator for the Missouri River Regional Library, and Maurice Coleman, Technical Trainer at Harford County Public Library, will discuss best practices for using technology to keep your library connected and up to date. They will also share some of the latest and greatest sites and technology best suited for a small or rural library. You’ll also receive some expert guidance to better evaluate and assess these tools for your library system and your customers, with a focus on small and rural library environments.

SWAN Council

2010-09-22T04:00:00-05:00

Wednesday, September 22 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
MLS Room B (Burr Ridge)

SWAN Tech Users' Group

2010-09-23T05:00:00-05:00

Thursday, September 23 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
MLS Meeting Room (Burr Ridge)
Meeting topics for September include:

Millennium Client Cleanup - Sandy Hayes

Online Patron Registration - Mary Lou Coffman

Wireless VPN - Dan Graham and Versatile Staff

SWAN website page for Tech - Sandy Hayes If you have an interesting innovative tech project at your library we want to hear about it. Please contact Kate Boyle at boylek@mls.lib.il.us or 630-734-5162 if you are interested in sharing your experiences/project with the other attendees.

LACONI: YSS

2010-09-24T04:30:00-05:00

Friday, September 24 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Oswego Public Library District
Sponsored by: Youth Services Section Friday, September 24, 2010 9:30am - 3:00pm YA Author Simone Elkeles and Janice Del Negro, Ph.D. LOCATION: The Montgomery Campus of the Oswego Public Library District 1111 Reading Drive Montgomery, IL 60538

SWAN Circ Advisory

2010-09-28T04:30:00-05:00

Tuesday, September 28 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
MLS Meeting Room (Burr Ridge)

WJ: mySkills, myFuture: A New Tool for Job Seekers

2010-09-29T08:00:00-05:00

Wednesday, September 29 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
WJ Webex Room
NOTE: This event is managed by WebJunction. Please check their calendar (registration link above) for any changes to this event. As part of the ongoing collaboration between IMLS and the Employment & Training Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL/ETA), WebJunction is hosting this ETA presentation on the new job-seeking tool, mySkills, myFuture. Coming in September, this free online tool will enable job seekers to increase their career mobility and economic prospects. Specifically, the self-paced tool will help previously employed to (1) use their previous experience to identify occupations that they might be qualified for; (2) identify the skills s/he needs to acquire to qualify for a specific job; (3) identify education or training institutions where these skills can be obtained; and (4) provide links to relevant job opportunities in national and state job banks. Libraries will want to add mySkills, myFuture to their resources to help job-seeking patrons in their community.

Circ Du SWAN MilCirc Overview & Offline Circ

2010-09-30T04:30:00-05:00

Thursday, September 30 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Glenwood-Lynwood PL
MilCirc Overview and Offline Circ

SWAN Staff Meeting

2010-09-30T09:00:00-05:00

Thursday, September 30 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
MLS Room A (Burr Ridge)