I loved that show. It almost made me wish for rain delays during Cubs game. But Sidney Sheldon? Really?!? We had a great turnout this morning at the Wilmette Public Library for our workshop on genealogy. We had three wonderful speakers talk about ways to help library patrons start their family search. As Rose Faber … More I Dream of Jeannie (ology) Round-up
Slides from Steven Jablonski and Uri Toch’s presentation at ILA 2010:
Our recent program highlighting legal resources for reference librarians was a big success! Thank you to both attorney Teri Ross, who spoke about Illinois Legal Aid, and reference librarian Steven Jablonski, who gave a presentation on legal resources. Steven was kind of enough to share his presentation slides with us to post on this site!
We had 36 in attendance last Tuesday to hear Shannon Scanlan and Alex Todd discuss consumer-related websites. This was also our first ‘handout free’ workshop with the handouts and links available online instead of on paper. We did have Official RLA-CE Scratch Paper for folks to take notes on and I think the attendees appreciated … More Beyond Consumer Reports roundup
Alex and Shannon, our presenters for tomorrow’s program, “Beyond Consumer Reports,” have created an information-rich wiki to compliment their presentation. Please take a look at the Beyond Consumer Reports wiki!
This morning, reference librarian extraordinaire, Steven Jablonski of Skokie Public Library, gave a presentation called “Gotta Love Dot Gov.” With his usual good humor and mastery of information resources, Jablonski talked about the best online resources containing information for consumers, job seekers, people in need, seniors, and more. For many of us librarians in attendance, … More Gotta Love Dot Gov – Online Government Resources for Reference Librarians
