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IOUG (ILLINOIS OCLC USERS’ GROUP) Board Retreat
Illinois State Library - October 14-15, 2008
The purpose of the Illinois OCLC Users’ Group shall be to promote the use of OCLC WorldCat and related services for libraries and educational institutions in Illinois for educational, literary, scientific and research purposes. To this end, the IOUG shall:
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Provide training and continuing education to Illinois OCLC Users. |
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Ensure participation of the Illinois users of OCLC in planning and implementing programs connected with OCLC in Illinois. |
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Serve as the means of organized input from Illinois users of OCLC to the manager of the ILLINET/OCLC office and the Illinois OCLC program contained in the Illinois State Library. |
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Serve as a vehicle for communication concerning OCLC among the users of OCLC and the Illinois OCLC program contained in the Illinois State Library. |
Twenty-two Illinois librarians and staff met at the Illinois State Library for the annual IOUG Board Retreat. The membership included the current executive committee officers, advisors to the executive board, continuing education committee, OCLC Members’ Council delegates and Illinois State Library staff. Reports were heard from Anita Morgan, chair, Linda McEwan, treasurer, Anne Craig, director of the Illinois State Library, Donna Schaal, IOUG webmaster, and Jan Ison, Bev Obert, and Ted Schwitzner, OCLC Members’ Council delegates.
Board discussion included the future directions of IOUG, approval of amended bylaws, standard operating procedures, appointment of the nominating committee for upcoming elections, and the annual meeting. Evaluations and comments from last year’s annual meeting provided positive suggestions on speakers and format. Links to last year’s excellent speakers can be found on the IOUG website at http://www.ioug.info/PastConferences.html. Preparations for the 2009 annual meeting were discussed, and an innovative delivery of speakers and content is being formatted. Please stay tuned to the IOUG website, OCLC Headlines and ISL Announce for upcoming details.
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Pink sheet of contact information provided at meeting |
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Copy of financial report |
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Bylaws |
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Articles of Incorporation |
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IOUG Standard Operating Procedures |
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Nomination Election Procedures and Calendar |
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2008 Annual Meeting Survey Results |
10@10 Workshops
Join State Library's ILLINET/OCLC Services staff for a monthly discussion about OCLC products and learn what is new with ILLINET and IOUG: interviews, the latest OCLC news, questions and answers about ILLINET, IOUG, and OCLC. The next event will be held on Friday, November 21st. For more information and to register, click here!
The 10@10 workshops have now been archived! Click here!
Membership Form
The 2008-2009 Membership Form is now available! Click here for more details!
Spring 2008 Conference
The IOUG Spring Conference was held on Friday, May 9, 2008 at the Illinois State Library. Entitled, "Back to the Future: The Technological Evolution of Libraries Revisited," brought talks from a stellar group of speakers.
IOUG is pleased to provide video of the talks from all three presenters. The format for these videos is Windows Media Player.
Ask Away!
Ask?Away is a virtual reference project that offers both e-mail and chat reference and is currently funded through a grant that is administered by the Illinois State Library. Ask?Away uses the OCLC QuestionPoint platform "to deliver professional library reference services to all residents and students of Illinois by providing them with digital access to librarians 24/7".
The Ask?Away project launched on April 24, 2006 and since then over 250 Illinois libraries have joined. Each of these libraries has taken the bold step to provide their patrons with access to librarians 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Illinois librarians monitor with back up from other librarians in the cooperative so that a patron can always get a reliable answer. Staffing is currently optional, so you don't need to use your staff hours to provide your patrons with this service.
Even if your institution is providing IM, e-mail or some other type of virtual reference, consider the benefits of offering your students access to trained and experienced librarians 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. We are still actively recruiting libraries and hope that your library will join. Please go to www.askawayillinois.info for more information or contact Natalie Tagge, Illinois Virtual Reference Coordinator at the Illinois State Library - ntagge@ilsos.net or 217-557-6329.
who is ioug
The purpose of the Illinois OCLC Users' Group (IOUG) is to promote the use of the OCLC database and related ILLINET/OCLC services for libraries and educational institutions for educational, literacy, scientific, and research purposes.
