This month, OCLC's WebJunction celebrates 10 years as an online learning community for library staff.

On May 12, 2003, a celebration at the U.S. Library of Congress marked the launch of WebJunction.org, a new online community dedicated to sharing the knowledge and resources necessary for libraries to successfully provide public access to information.

Today, 10 years later, WebJunction has grown and sustained a virtual gathering place where library staff build skills and find support in responding to the changing learning needs of the profession. More than 80,000 library workers from across the United States and beyond—including 8,740 new... Read more

Every year, WebJunction creates a survey to collect input from its members. The goal of this survey is to make sure that WebJunction continues to be the best resource it can be to support all kinds of library learning. Please take a few minutes to share your opinions on the value of WebJunction, areas for improvement, and the future of libraries. This year's survey has been designed with your busy schedules in mind; the more feedback we receive, the better we can prioritize services and resources to meet the needs of libraries now and moving into the future.

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As we celebrate WebJunction's #WJ10th anniversary, we're pleased to recognize a new work by a webinar presenter alum, Kenneth Williment, co-author of Developing Community-Led Public Libraries. In Canada and the UK, libraries have been using variations on similar community-led approaches in developing needs-based library services. With fresh approaches to community assessment, impactful service planning and innovative delivery approaches, these policy recommendations and best practices can help public libraries tackle social exclusion and identify community needs. [CC Flickr Photo by seniwati]

This week’s guest post comes from Yan Xu of the Naperville Public Library. Yan is the Adult and Teen Services Supervisor at the Naperville Blvd. branch. The Naperville Public Library started a Nook lending program last May and Yan details how the library started the program and how successful it has been. Thanks for a great post Yan!

Naperville Public Library users embraced the downloadable ebooks idea with such enthusiasm that for a while our staff was scrambling to provide enough training for everyone walking through the door. Circulating eReaders were not a new idea any more by the... Read more