Calendar of Events
August 2005 - July 2006

Registration: Online registration is now open to all LTLS members. Go to http://dot.lincolntrail.info:591/OnlineReg/onlinereg.htm to get event information, check your current registrations, or register for an event. If you subscribed to CLaSS previously, you may use the same login and password. If you cannot locate this information or do not have a login and password, contact Donna Schaal at ce@lincolntrail.info.

Workshop materials: Click the event name to download materials as they become available. If you need login and password information, send an email to ce@lincolntrail.info.

Special Events

1. Celebrating Forty Years and Looking to the Future
Fall 2005 • 3-8 p.m. • CPDU: 4
On January 6, 2006, Lincoln Trail Libraries System will celebrate its 40th birthday. LTLS will celebrate the past and, in the coming months, develop a strategic plan for the future. To kick off this planning process, member library staff, administrators, trustees, and members of the community at large are invited to participate in an event called “Looking to the Future.” The program will include exciting speakers and stimulating discussion. Please plan to help in developing the future direction of your library system by attending this event to be scheduled for late September or early October.

2. Spanish for Librarians: An Intensive Course for Librarians and Library Staff
April 4, 11, 18, 25, and May 2 • 1-4 p.m. • CEU: 3
This basic library Spanish course, led by instructor Marilyn Best, consists of five three-hour sessions. The course will introduce basic Spanish and provide participants with specific vocabulary to enable them to interact with patrons. Participants will be given materials for practicing and applying their skills between sessions. CLaSS Fee: $125.00 Non-subscriber fee: $200.00 Registration

3. Illinois Library Advocacy Day
April 2006
Lincoln Trail Libraries System strongly encourages member libraries to send at least one representative to Library Advocacy Day. This is an important time to bring the library message to policy makers in Springfield. Your participation will lend greater strength to the collective voice of colleagues from academic, public, school, and special libraries from LTLS and around the state. LTLS will release the date of this event as soon as it is announced; carpooling will be arranged closer to the date of the event. There is no fee for this event, but registration is required.

4. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Tour
Tentative Date: June 8, 2006
LTLS will coordinate a bus trip to Springfield to tour the new Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Complex. Lunch will be on your own. CLaSS subscriber fee: $30.00 • Non-subscriber fee: $40.00

5. “Ask a Consultant” Via iLinc
October 26 • 2:30-3:30 p.m.
February 8 • 10:30-11:30 a.m.
May 24 • 2:30-3:30 p.m.
LTLS consultants have received requests to host
general Q&A sessions. Using newly available online meeting technology, the consultants will take questions from callers. Participants will join remotely using their computer and telephone. More information will be coming soon.There will be no fee for this service.

Regularly Scheduled Events

September

6. Prescription for Success: Consumer Health Information on the Internet
September 6 • 1-4 p.m. • CPDU: 3
National Library of Medicine Librarian Tammy Mays will provide an introduction to consumer health information. She will cover the information-seeking behaviors of consumers, the basics of MedlinePlus.gov, DIRLINE, ClinicalTrials.gov, and other reliable web pages such as those from professional medical associations and advocacy groups. The workshop will cover sites devoted to pharmaceutical information for consumers, drug-interaction databases, and herbal information. Non-subscriber fee: $35.00.

7. Searching with FirstSearch
September 20 • 1-4 p.m. • CPDU: 3
This course will cover selecting databases to search and searching them effectively. Hands-on practice will involve several databases, but WorldCat will be a primary focus. Some familiarity with using FirstSearch will be expected. Configuring the user interface will be referred to but will not be covered in the workshop. The Statewide Illinois Library Catalog (SILC), a subset of WorldCat, will also be discussed. Non-subscriber Fee: $35.00

October

8. FirstSearch Administration
October 5 • 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. • CPDU: 2
This workshop explains how the settings in the FirstSearch Administration module affect the FirstSearch Public module; it covers configurable functionality such as scoping in WorldCat to library-specified holdings, patron initiated ILL, staff settings for ILL, linking to library-specified resources outside of FirstSearch, and many other useful settings. Workshop participants will have the opportunity to actually configure their library's FirstSearch account. Non-subscriber fee: $35.00

9. OCLC Interlibrary Loan
October 5 • 1-4 p.m. • CPDU: 3
Hands-on training will focus on the ability of staff and patrons to place interlibrary loan requests through the same FirstSearch interface. Participants will learn how to place requests, fill requests from otherlibraries, and complete the request process. Other information will be provided on Constant Data and routing of requests. Non-subscriber fee: $35.00

10. Library and Park District Partnerships
October 27 • 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. • CPDU: 1
Kathy Wicks of The Urbana Free library will present a program on partnerships between libraries and parks and recreation agencies, why the combination is logical, and what types of programs are currently out there. Participants will see examples of festivals, book clubs, road races, library music series, combined use of buildings, etc. The program was warmly received at the 2004 National Recreation and Parks Congress on community partnerships between libraries and recreation and park agencies. Wicks has a dual background in librarianship and in parks and recreation and will provide a well-balanced perspective on partnerships of this type. Non-subscriber Fee: $35.00

11. Reading the Future of the Public Library
October 27 • 1-4 p.m. • CPDU: 3
This program will introduce participants to the techniques, which form the basis of a non-judgmental, patron-oriented readers' advisory service for fiction readers. At the conclusion of the workshop, participants will be aware of the role of readers' advisory for fiction readers in the public library and some of the reference sources and activities necessary to perform that role. Non-subscriber Fee: $45.00

November

12. Repairing and Maintaining Print Materials
November 10 • 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. • CPDU: 3
John Ison of DEMCO will review how to assess damage to print materials and how to do minor repair work. Non-subscriber Fee: $35.00. Registration

13. Repairing and Maintaining Audiovisual Materials
November 10 • 1:30-3:30 p.m. • CPDU: 2
John Ison of DEMCO will review how to assess damage to audiovisual materials and how to do minor repair work. Equipment designed to repair DVDs and CDs will also be demonstrated. Non-subscriber Fee: $35.00. Registration

14. FirstSearch Administration
November 14 • 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. • CPDU: 2
This workshop explains how the settings in the FirstSearch Administration module affect the FirstSearch Public module; it covers configurable functionality such as scoping in WorldCat to library-specified holdings, patron initiated ILL, staff settings for ILL, linking to library-specified resources outside of FirstSearch, and many other useful settings. Workshop participants will have the opportunity to actually configure their library's FirstSearch account. Non-subscriber fee: $35.00. Registration

15. OCLC Interlibrary Loan
November 14 • 1-4 p.m. • CPDU: 3
Hands-on training will focus on the ability of staff and patrons to place interlibrary loan requests through the same FirstSearch interface. Participants will learn how to place requests, fill requests from otherlibraries, and complete the request process. Other information will be provided on Constant Data and routing of requests. Non-subscriber fee: $35.00. Registration

16. Soaring to Excellence Teleconference Series: Libraries, the Universe, and Everything: Google and Your Patrons
November 18 • 11 a.m.-1 p.m. • CPDU: 2
Steven Bell will address the myths and realities of Google, along with its unique features and its impact on libraries. This teleconference explores the library worker's role in connecting users to high quality information in the age of “Googleization.” Non-subscriber fee: $35.00. Registration

December

17. Library Fund Development
December 8 • 1-4:30 p.m. • CPDU: 3
Participants will begin this workshop learning about library development and finish it focusing on capital campaigns. Roxanne Frey will present “Finding Library Donors in Your Own Back Yard: the art of identifying, cultivating and soliciting charitable gifts from your own library patrons.” She will answer questions such as who to target your energies towards, how to identify donor prospects, and ways to offer opportunities to make a gift. Amy Weber will present an alternative perspective on how to conduct a capital campaign. Non-subscriber Fee: $35.00. Registration

January

18. Repairing and Maintaining Audiovisual Materials
January 10 • 10 a.m.-12 p.m. • CPDU: 2
John Ison of DEMCO will review how to assess damage to audiovisual materials and how to do minor repair work. Equipment designed to repair DVDs and CDs will also be demonstrated. Non-subscriber Fee: $35.00. Registration

19. Repairing and Maintaining Print Materials
January 10 • 1-4 p.m. • CPDU: 3
John Ison of DEMCO will review how to assess damage to print materials and how to do minor repair work. Non-subscriber Fee: $35.00. Registration

20. Trustee Development
January 26 • 7-9 p.m. • CPDU: 2
LTLS consultants will take public library trustees through a whirlwind overview of issues and trends in topics such as laws, levies, policies, and general responsibilities that all trustees need to know in order to be effective in library oversight. Non-subscriber fee: $35.00. Registration

February

21. Soaring to Excellence Teleconference Series: Always a River, Sometimes a Library
February 3 • 11 a.m.-1 p.m. • CPDU: 2
Rick Anderson explores the three ways the library profession is broken and the four ways to fix it. He uses the Mississippi River as a metaphor for patron behavior and gives us new and useful ways to think about our patrons. Non-subscriber fee: $35.00. Registration

22. Technology Update with a Focus on Communications
February 23 • 1-4 p.m. • CPDU: 3
Jenny Levine, known for her techno-savvy blog “The Shifted Librarian,” will discuss the latest in technology. She will focus more particularly on developments in communications and publishing (IM, blogs, wikis, podcasting, etc.). A limited number of online spaces will be available. Other participants may take part in this program at LTLS. Non-subscriber: $35.00. Registration

March

23. Searching with FirstSearch
March 3 • 9 a.m.-12 p.m. • CPDU: 3
This course will cover selecting databases to search and searching them effectively. Hands-on practice will involve several databases, but WorldCat will be a primary focus. Some familiarity with using FirstSearch will be expected. Configuring the user interface will be referred to but will not be covered in the workshop. The Statewide Illinois Library Catalog (SILC), a subset of WorldCat, will also be discussed. Non-subscriber Fee: $35.00. Registration

24. Providing Reference Via Instant Messaging
March 7 • 1-3 p.m. • CPDU: 2
Aaron Schmidt, Reference Librarian from the Thomas Ford Memorial Library in Western Springs, Illinois, will demonstrate how to put this powerful tool to work for you. Participants will learn how to IM at the reference desk and how to handle messages popping up when there are patrons standing at the desk. Non-subscriber fee: $45.00. Registration

25. First Search Administration
March 9 • 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. • CPDU: 2
This workshop explains how the settings in the FirstSearch Administration module affect the FirstSearch Public module; it covers configurable functionality such as scoping in WorldCat to library-specified holdings, patron initiated ILL, staff settings for ILL, linking to library-specified resources outside of FirstSearch, and many other useful settings. Workshop participants will have the opportunity to actually configure their library's FirstSearch account. Non-subscriber fee: $35.00. Registration

26. OCLC Interlibrary Loan
March 9 • 1-4 p.m. • CPDU: 3
Hands-on training will focus on the ability of staff and patrons to place interlibrary loan requests through the same FirstSearch interface. Participants will learn how to place requests, fill requests from otherlibraries, and complete the request process. Other information will be provided on Constant Data and routing of requests. Non-subscriber fee: $35.00. Registration

27. Annual IREAD Virtual Showcase: Voyage to Book Island
March 10 • 10 a.m.-12 p.m. • CPDU: 0
This year's IREAD theme, “Voyage to Book Island,” focuses on travel and adventure. The IREAD virtual showcase is a statewide V-Tel aimed at bringing librarians from around the state together to begin preparation for summer reading 2006. The program will provide ideas on programming, crafts, registration, and much more. Non-subscriber fee: $35.00. Registration

28. First Search Administration
March 28 • 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. • CPDU: 2
This workshop explains how the settings in the FirstSearch Administration module affect the FirstSearch Public module; it covers configurable functionality such as scoping in WorldCat to library-specified holdings, patron initiated ILL, staff settings for ILL, linking to library-specified resources outside of FirstSearch, and many other useful settings. Workshop participants will have the opportunity to actually configure their library's FirstSearch account. Non-subscriber fee: $35.00. Registration

29. OCLC Interlibrary Loan
March 28 • 1-4 p.m. • CPDU: 3
Hands-on training will focus on the ability of staff and patrons to place interlibrary loan requests through the same FirstSearch interface. Participants will learn how to place requests, fill requests from otherlibraries, and complete the request process. Other information will be provided on Constant Data and routing of requests. Non-subscriber fee: $35.00. Registration

April

30. Soaring to Excellence Teleconference Series: Serving Immigrant Populations
April 7 • 11 a.m.-1 p.m. • CPDU: 2
Bill Erbes and panel will explore immigrant needs. The teleconference begins with a look at the history of immigrants and libraries and examines how to assess the needs of your community's immigrant population, including legal issues, work issues, and bi-lingual library resources (e.g., English as a Second Language materials). Non-subscriber fee: $35.00. Registration

31. Libraries and Community Crisis
April 27 • 2-4 p.m. • CPDU: 2
Dianne Harmon of Joliet Public Library will present a program on disaster planning with the community. She will review establishing the library as a community crisis information center, her library's grant project to develop the library as an information cross roads, and experiences of other libraries and their communities that have used the model developed for Joliet Public Library. Non-subscriber fee: $35.00. Registration

May

32. Designing and Delivering Online Surveys
May 11 • 1-4 p.m. • CPDU: 3
Need to find out what your patrons think? What about using your library's web site to survey your community through online quizzes and surveys? Join instructor Paula Dempsey from DePaul University Library to hear about both the theory and the nuts and bolts of online surveys. Participants will explore the differences between fee-based and free products as well as compare a few free web-based survey tools. Learn how to phrase questions in order to learn what you want to know, effective survey design, and strategies for reaching the target audience. Non-subscriber fee: $45.00. Registration

June

School Library Day
June 12 • 9 a.m.-4 p.m.• CPDU: 6
This full-day session will focus on issues relevant to elementary, middle, and high school librarians. Potential topics range from collaboration, educational mandates, intellectual property, literacy, management, and technology. Non-subscriber fee: $80. Registration

July

33. Rescheduled - See June 12, 2006 - School Library Day Session 1: Elementary Librarianship
July 8 • 9 a.m.-12 p.m. • CPDU: 3
This half-day session will focus on topics relevant to elementary school librarians. It will also provide an opportunity for children's librarians to get an alternative perspective on serving school age children. More details will be provided soon. Non-subscriber fee: $80 for Sessions 1 and 2 or $50 if purchased individually. Registration

34. Rescheduled - See June 12, 2006 - School Library Day Session 2: Secondary Librarianship
July 8 • 1:30-4:30 p.m. • CPDU: 3
This half-day session will focus on topics relevant to middle and high school librarians. It will also provide an opportunity for young adult librarians to gain an alternative perspective on serving school age teens. More details will be provided soon. Non-subscriber fee: $80 for Sessions 1 and 2 or $50 if purchased individually. Registration

35. LINC Training

MediaMall (Overdrive)
For LINC libraries, MediaMall is a new initiative that provides e-books and downloadable audiobooks through the LINC Pac. Training will be provided in how to place holds on these items, checkout, and download content to appropriate devices. The cost, dates, and times will be announced.

Horizon 8
Training for Horizon 8 will be announced after the Beta testing of this new product. Dates and times are tentatively slated for spring of 2006. The cost, dates, and times will be announced.

WebReporter
September 16, 1:30-3:30 p.m., and September 30, 9:30-11:30 a.m. • CPDU: 2
Training on the interpretation and statistical reporting of LINC will be provided in an open session held in the LTLS boardroom. If requested, an iLinc session can be opened as well for staff who cannot attend in person. iLinc is a web-based conferencing tool allowing you to log on to a web site and listen to the discussion via telephone. Non-subscriber fee: $35.00

For non-subscribers, the following four core courses* are $100 or $35 if purchased individually.

*Getting Started
August 23, September 7, September 17, and November 1, December 3 • 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
March 20, April 8, and May 3 • 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
CPDU: 3
The Dynix Horizon system at the core of LINC is a complex system of functional and database components. To work effectively on LINC, a basic understanding of how these components operate and interact is essential. This session will define these integral parts of the system, such as modules, agency records, accounts, security records, item types, and other codes. Knowledge of these components will be assumed in all other training sessions. The session will continue with an introduction to the Horizon interface and basic searching techniques. Registration

*Basic Circulation
August 24, September 8, and November 2, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. • September 17, December 3 • 1:30-5 p.m.
March 21 and May 4 • 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
April 8 • 1:30-5 p.m.
CPDU: 3
This session will cover all essential functions, such as Check Out and renewal, Check In, adding and editing borrower records, Fast Adds, and processing the various blocks on a borrower's record. Registration

*Advanced Circulation
August 25, September 9, and November 3 • 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
March 22 and May 5 • 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
CPDU: 3
This session will cover advanced techniques in circulation, adding requests for borrowers, reviewing the hold queues, reports and notices, and the group editor menu. Also, there will be a discussion of the policies and procedures for sharing materials between agencies, reviewing procedures for filling transit holds, and integrating the flow of items between automated and non-automated libraries. Registration

*Adding Items
August 25, September 9, and November 3 • 1:30-2:30 p.m.
March 22 and May 5 • 1:30-2:30 p.m.
CPDU: 1
Bibliographic records form the core of LINC. The accurate and thorough addition of new items ensures the long-term usefulness of the system. This session will teach fundamental details about bibliographic records and holdings records. Activities will focus on the correct methods for adding items to the system, including strategies for complete item searching, and identifying serials and monographs accurately. Registration

Serials I
October 25 • 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. • CPDU: 1
This class is designed specifically for staff who check in serial holdings through the serials module. Non-subscriber fee: $35.00. Registration

Serials II
October 25 • 1-4 p.m. • CPDU: 3
This class is designed specifically for serial staff who need advanced skills such as publication patterns and vendors within the Serials module Prerequisite: Basic LINC Serials. Non-subscriber fee: $35.00. Registration

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