News Archive for February 2012    

This post has training and information about the Online InterLibrary Loan Application. 

Here are some Video Tutorials created especially for Cumberland County Library System staff members who use the Capital Area Library District Interlibrary Loan Resource Sharing Online Application to send requests to June.  These were created before the update to the application by Carolyn:

1_ILL Training – Public Interface

2_ILL Training – Daily Tasks – The Queue

Below you will see some videos to show the new application:  (Try not to laugh!)

Demo of Login, Explanation of Queue, and the Elements of a Request (How to change a Status): ILLDemoVideo1

Searching and Account password change demo video: ILLTrainingPart2

How to Submit a Request demo video: SubmittingARequestforanItem

These videos show the Administrative Settings:

• ILL Admin Overview:  What are all those menus?  ILLAdminOverview
• For ILLAdmin: Settings menu explanation:  SettingsforILLAdmins

Training Videos for Perry County Staff Doing ILL:

SubmittingAnILLorDistrictLoanforPerryCounty

This is a simple handout to explain the basic changes that front line staff will see in the Online ILL Application:  ILLUpdateScreenShotofChanges

Digital Collection Development Registration

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2012FebLibGuides

This PDE/Commonwealth Libraries Professional Development Workshop will apply traditional collection development methodologies to the “curation” – selection, organization, and professional presentation – of digital content, services, and tools.

Designed for school and public librarians who work with children and teens, this workshop will focus on the application of LibGuides, a media-rich, easy-to-use platform that can become your virtual library “parking lot” to present web resources, both content and tools.

Specifically, participants will learn to:

All trained workshop participants will receive free access to LibGuides through September 2012 (it is a commercial, licensed web product, currently paid by PDE.) Resources for this workshop—Powerpoint, handouts, and online resources—will be made available online via WebJunction. Workshop participants will be expected to download all materials and may need them in order to create a LibGuides electronic pathfinder.

Please join us at the Central Dauphin High School Library (437 Piketown Road, Harrisburg) on Friday, February 17 from 7:20 AM to 2:50 PM.

Trainers Carolyn Blatchley and Brenda Blackburn-Foster will teach you to use LibGuides, and you will obtain free access for your school or public library through September 2012. The workshop is designed for six hours of instruction and practice over two consecutive evenings.

The Office of Commonwealth Libraries, within the Pennsylvania Department of Education, will award 6 hours of Act 48 credit to those who complete the workshop, and it will count as Continuing Education for public librarians. Participants must complete a workshop evaluation to obtain credit.