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SEPTEMBER 24, 2009
Learning Express available
Improve the job search process, prepare for career certification, raise college entrance test scores, improve basic skills, and improve your computer skills can happen with just one click of the mouse. The Brillion Public Library is offering the Learning Express Library to Library users with a Brillion Library card.
Learning Express contains over 800 of the most up-to-date test-preparation and skill-buildikng reesources that can be used by both adults and students. There is a job skills assessment that allows your to create a resume and cover letter that can be used on job applications. The computer skills section offers tutorials on a variety of computer programs including Excel, Access, and Word. There are over 150 e-books that can be read.
Through a Manitowoc-Calumet Library System (MCLS) job grant, the Brillion Public Library has access to this database. Library users with a Brillion Library card can access this database from their home computer or from any of the Brillion Library's 11 public access computers. To use this database, log into www.learningexpresslibrary.com and register as a user. Your registration name is your library card number and the password is your pin number (last 4 digits of your telephone number.) Once you are logged in you can select from a variety of tests and skill building and save to your own center to work on when you have time.
If you are in the job market, this is a good starting point. You can assess your skills, practice tests to get into schools or prepare a resume based on your experiences. If you have any questions, or have difficulty getting into this data base, contact the Brillion Library at 920-756-3215 during library hours.
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SEPTEMBER 21, 2009
Patron Interlibrary loan available
Brillion Library offers patron initiated ILL option
Click my agent. This will bring you to a log in screen. If you have already registered for ILL at the library, enter your user name and password. If not, just select go. This will take you to a search screen.
From the search screen, select the description that meets what you are looking for and click on the title of the item. This will open to more description on the item. Make sure the description fits what you are looking for. For instance, if what you want is a compact disk of a book in the unabridged format. Don’t select the book version or the audio cassette version of the book. On the other hand if the version, doesn’t matter, put a note in the field, that you will take either version.
On this page there will be a box in the upper right hand corner that says “Request this item.” A form will come up. At a minimum, fill in the red highlighted fields. You may provide as much information as you wish. Hit the submit button and close the form. Your request has now been sent to the Brillion Library.
If you are not able to find your item through a search, contact the Brillion library by email using brref@esls.lib.wi.us, by sending a message through the online catalog, by calling the library at 920-756-3215 or by coming in during library hours.
If you would like the library to run through this process with you, contact or come into the library during library hours and a staff member will assist you. The ILL network offers the resources of Wisconsin public libraries, academic and special libraries in Wisconsin, Minitex, as well as libraries throughout the country. There is no charge except for copies to use ILL.
An Interlibrary Loan icon will be placed on the Library website in the future. To access it through the website, a link through the Library’s blog on ILL will be established to give you quick access. The library also has some handouts available to take you through the process and to watch the status of your Interlibrary loans.
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SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
Battle of Books good experience for team
A Brillion Library team of 4 teens participated in the recent Manitowoc-Calumet Library System Battle of the Books competition held at the Conference Center at Silver Lake College. Teen were questioned on their knowledge of 8 young adult books that were selected by the librarians for this competion. 3 Teams that correctly answered the most questions in the 2 preliminary rounds of competion met in a final round to determine the champion for the system. This year's winner was the Chilton Public Library, who won for the second year in a row.
Brillion was represented by a team consisting of Katelynn Fuhrman, Katherine Hopman, Rebecca Phipps, and Jessica Jones. They were coached by Kathy Potthast, Cheryl Glaeser, and Carol Hauser. While the team didn't make the finals this year, they did have a respectible showing for a team of 4. The winning team (Chilton) and the runner up team (Kiel) both had 10 youth on the team. This gave them a bigger pool of readers to draw answers from.
The Battle of the Books has been a yearly event of the MCLS Library System. Brillion teams have won twice in the past as have Chilton and Kiel teams. It is a great opportunity for youth who are readers to excel in a competion based on their reading. We thank our team member and coaches who spent the time to prepare for this competion.
We encourage all of our youth in grades 7-12 and especially those who enjoy reading to be a part of the Battle of the Book program. Watch for the list of the selected books next June and make plans to be a part of the battle. Let's show Chilton, Kiel, New Holstein, Manitowoc, and Two Rivers that we have the top readers around! See you next Battle!
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