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For-Profit/Small Academic Libraries Group

We're a group of librarians from either for-profit or small academic libraries who come together to share experiences, ideas, and best practices. We support one another through successes and challenges. We communicate through email, in-person, and online meetings. Our group is open to any Illinois library staff that defines themselves as working in a for-profit or small academic library.

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Happy New Year from RAILS!

Submitted by Dan Bostrom on December 19, 2018 - 10:56am
News from RAILS
Dear RAILS members, On behalf of the RAILS Board and staff, Happy New Year! Thank you so much for all of your dedicated work on behalf of Illinois libraries and users throughout 2018. Looking back over our 2018 accomplishments, I see how many of them came as a result of the collaboration and...

Conducting a Library Facility Security Assessment

Most library staff think you need to hire an expensive security consultant to conduct a site security assessment of their facilities. While it's true security professionals do have a certain expertise, it often helps to consider the in-house experience and knowledge of the facility that the library...

Understanding WEMI (Work, Expression, Manifestation, Item)

Work, Expression, Manifestation, Item (WEMI) starts out with the broad concept of work and moves towards the narrow concept of item. Libraries have been trying to link related items for centuries. Printed card catalogs were a primitive way of organizing materials by author, title, and subject. The...

FRBR (Functional Requirements of Bibliographic Records)

Functional Requirements of Bibliographic Records (FRBR) is the underlying conceptual model of Resource Description and Access (RDA). This webinar will provide a brief description of how FRBR relates to cataloging and a library's database. Topics: - FRBR - Group 1-3 Entities - RDA - FISON (Find,...

Librarian Copyright Superpowers: Inter-Library Loan, Preservation, Fair Use and More!

In this webinar, Sara Benson will guide librarians through what she calls their "librarian copyright superpowers," including the right to copy and send in-copyright works through inter-library loan, the right to archive unpublished and published copyrighted materials, as well as the right to fair...

Copyright and Standardized Rights Statements for Digital Collections

Copyright can be a difficult task to undertake when it comes to digital collections, especially with uncertainty about legal language and object originations. This webinar will discuss how to make informed copyright decisions with tools available, and how to utilize standardized rights statements...
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RAILS selects three projects for Multitype Collaborative Grants

Submitted by Dan Bostrom on June 18, 2018 - 2:27pm
News from RAILS
The Reaching Across Illinois Libraries System (RAILS) announced that three projects have been selected to receive Multitype Collaborative Grants, which encourage RAILS member libraries of different types to work together on collaborative projects. Each grant project must include at least two...

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