Miscellany Volume 36   Number 6   (Final Issue) March 16, 2007 DuPage Library System 127 S. First Street Geneva, Illinois 60134 Phone: 630/232-8457 Fax: 630/232-0699 Website: http://www.dupagels.lib.il.us

Table of Contents:

Memo Checklist
DLS Workshops, Seminars, Meetings
Other Workshops, Seminars, Meetings
Employment Opportunities
Announcements, Wanted, For Sale
Giveaways
Miscellany Submissions

Events may have changed since this issue was published. For current information, details, and online registration, see the Continuing Education section of the DLS website.

Everything You Need To Know About the Open Meeting Act

Intermediate Microsoft Word

Tools and Techniques for Teaching Technology

Cataloging Basics

Effective Meeting Skills (We Have To Start Meeting Like This!) **RESCHEDULED**

Library Transformation: Making it Happen

Readers' Advisory SIG

Behavior Management

OCLC Connexion Client

The Other Side of Digitization

The Best from the Web

Introduction to Interlibrary Loan

From Search to Socialization

Intermediate Microsoft Word

Bus to Springfield for Illinois Library Day -- April 18-19, 2007

Illinois Library Day Strategy Session and Dinner

Virtual Reference Roundtable and Best Practices Web Conference

Reference SIG

Library Friends Roundtable

Understanding Board - Staff Relationships

Parliamentary Procedure Workshop

* Request for Items: For items marked with an asterisk, please contact DLS for a copy of the flier if wanted.

*The Ultimate Supervisor

This workshop will teach you new ways to be a supportive coach, correct poor performance, and bring out the best in your employees. This seminar is a good way to ensure that your supervisory style and strategies are in sync with what today's work force really wants and needs. One-day training seminars held on various dates between May 1 and May 23, 2007 at several locations in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Contact Career Track at 800/556-3009 or register online at http://www.careertrack.com.

Mapping Illinois Communities Workshop: An Introduction to GIS and Community Analysis

Participants will learn to use ArcGIS 9.2 to do the following: Creating thematic maps, address mapping (geocoding), download and map Census and American Community Survey data. Participants will also learn to conduct spatial queries, download free shapefiles, and create well designed maps.

Date/Location: May 15, 2007, University of Illinois at Springfield, Springfield, IL; May 17 or 18, 2007, MicroTrain of Chicago, 200 W. Adams St., Suite 410 Chicago, IL. All classes are scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Audience: Beginners or anyone interested in mapping their community. Intermediate Excel skills required.

Materials provided: Comprehensive workbook (75 pages) which includes the presentation, exercises, and reference worksheets; ArcGIS (ArcView 9.2) software 30-day trial CD set; 30-day free access to new 2005 Tiger/Line geography files (converted to shapefiles) which include streets, zip codes, school districts, voting districts, census tracts, and many other useful geographies; 30-day free access to "Analyzing Your Community: Local Demographic Analysis Online Workshop."

To register and see the agenda, go to http://www.nur-online.com.

In the Know: 2007 Health Science Librarians of Illinois Annual Conference

Mark your calendars for October 25-26, 2007 for the Annual HSLI Conference. Continuing education speakers will be finalized soon and posted on the conference website at http://hsli.org/Conference. The conference hotel is the Holiday Inn, Champaign/Urbana. Reservations can be made by calling 217/328-7900. In addition to continuing education offerings, the NLM update, and a speaker, this year's conference will offer Table Talk, a venue for sharing ideas on new projects and services and to network with people facing similar issues. Table Talk will blend elements of poster sessions and round table talks. Participants may bring posters, handouts, or any other items that help spark a conversation. If you have a topic that you need to discuss but don't have time to prepare materials, just hang a sign off the table so visitors know what you want to discuss.

Applying for Table Talk: Since space for tables is somewhat limited, the conference committee is requesting that those wanting to host a table apply before July 1, 2007. Please send an email to Stacey Knight-Davis at slknight@eiu.edu that includes the name(s) of the table hosts, a title for your table, and a short description of what you will present/discuss. Please contact Stacey Knight-Davis for further information. Phone: 217 /581-6072.

Job openings formerly listed in Miscellany are now posted on the DLS blog, Here & Now, at http://dls.typepad.com/news/jobs_careers/index.html.

For links to other library job ads, visit: http://www.chicagojobs.org/cats/library.html  and  http://www.libraryjobpostings.org.

Miscellany Changes

This March 16 issue of Miscellany is the final issue.

• Back issues of Miscellany will remain on the DLS website.
• The DLS memo list has been added as a new section on the DLS website at http://www.dupagels.lib.il.us/pages/dlsmemo.html. This list will be updated weekly.
• DLS workshops, seminars, and meetings are listed on the DLS website under Calendar of Events at http://www.dupagels.lib.il.us/calendar/index.html. The Continuous Learning web page also contains a link to this calendar. Reminders for some events are also announced through various DLS email lists.
• Other workshops, seminars, and events will be listed on the DLS Here & Now blog at http://dls.typepad.com, usually under the Continuous Learning category. Some may also be announced through various DLS email lists.
• Employment opportunities are already listed on the DLS Here & Now blog at http://dls.typepad.com, under the Jobs & Careers category.
• Announcements will be posted on the DLS Here & Now blog and/or distributed to appropriate DLS email lists.
• Items for sale or to be given away will be announced through our new Giveaways and For Sale email list. To receive these announcements and to post to the list, subscribe to the new list through the DLS Email Lists section on our website at http://www.dupagels.lib.il.us/lists. When you subscribe, you will receive an automated message explaining how to post messages. This is a moderated list to reduce spam, so your message will not appear immediately. Usually it will appear on the next working day.
• The online submission form and the Miscellany email address (miscellany@dupagels.lib.il.us) will be discontinued. Announcements that your library wants distributed to other DLS members should be sent to info@dupagels.lib.il.us.
• After this final Miscellany issue on March 16, the DLS publications email list will be discontinued. This list was mainly used to announce Miscellany publication. In the future, announcements of other DLS publications will be made through our general Announcements email list and other DLS email lists as appropriate.

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No giveaways for this issue. DLS members have begun using the new Giveaways and For Sale email list.

Miscellany submissions are no longer accepted. Announcements that your library wants distributed to other DLS members should be sent to info@dupagels.lib.il.us. Submit job ads through our online form or by emailing jobads@dupagels.lib.il.us.