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December 24th through January 3rd
The SEFLIN Office will be closed for the period beginning December 24th through January 3rd. The office will re-open at 9:00 AM on Monday, January 4th, 2010.
The staff of SEFLIN wishes everyone a happy and safe holiday season!
The SEFLIN Board is Now Accepting Applications
The SEFLIN Board of Directors is now accepting applications for the position of Executive Director of SEFLIN. The Executive Director, working closely with the Board of Directors, provides leadership for one of the most dynamic multi-type library consortia in North America. Membership includes major academic and public libraries in Southeast Florida. SEFLIN’s offices are in the Wimberly Library on the campus of Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida. The Executive Director manages operating and grant funds totaling $941,000. The SEFLIN staff includes five FTEs. Major responsibilities include planning, financial administration, grantsmanship, organization and direction of services for members, and communication on many levels with staff, Board of Directors, committees, and professional and community organizations.
For more information and instructions for applying, click here...
The services were discontinued September 30
SEFLIN has discontinued its MyLibraryService.org Web site and the Spanish-language companion site, MiServicodeBiblioteca.org. These two Web sites and the services that they contain were discontinued on September 30, 2009. These sites have played an important role in serving the Southeast Florida region, its citizens, and its libraries. As the libraries of the region have expanded their Web services and newer online technology has emerged for locating and accessing Web based information and services, these two Web portals will no longer be supported or offered online.
Click here for more information....
2009/2010 Discussion Groups
All current and prospective members of SEFLIN's Discussion Groups are invited to attend the annual Orientation and Planning meeting on November 13,2009 at Broward County Library / North Regional to learn about SEFLIN services for SEFLIN Discussion Groups. Discussion groups will breakout into separate organizational meetings.
All staff members from SEFLIN member libraries and library systems are invited to participate in SEFLIN Discussion Groups. See the list of SEFLIN Discussion Groups.
Register for Discussion Group Meeting
More than 350 Library Locations are Listed in the Directory
SEFLIN announces the new Directory of Southeast Florida Libraries. This searchable, online directory provides a listing of more than 350 library locations belonging to SEFLIN member libraries and libraries affiliated with the Florida Library Information Network (FLIN).
Two search interfaces are provided in the directory: 'Simple Search' and 'Advanced Search'. The Simple Search provides a single search field to quickly search the information in the directory. The Advanced Search provides five search elements that can be used separately or combined for refined searching. These search elements include:
Click here to go to the new Directory...
Online Learning for SEFLIN members
The SEFLIN Element K® E-Learning annual subscription is renewed for 2009/2010. Contact your Library or Library System SEFLIN Training Administrator to learn about Element K® accounts and Access Keys.
Anyone who has a current Element K® account must renew by adding new Access Keys to the current Element K® login. This will allow continuation of courses in progress and access to the Element K transcript.
Those who are new to online learning should also contact the Training Administrator to get an Access Key. See the SEFLIN Element K Renewal and Registration page for instructions on becoming a new subscriber to Element K.
Element K E-Learning Renewal and Registration
Service Opens Doors to Libraries
Five library organizations in Palm Beach County announce the launch of a new program to provide cooperative borrowing services. The Sunshine Library Card Program allows registered users to borrow materials from participating libraries.
This program is the first in Southeast Florida to demonstrate reciprocal borrowing
among academic, public, and school libraries.
The libraries participating in the Sunshine Library Card Program are:
- Florida Atlantic University Libraries
- Palm Beach Community College Libraries
- Palm Beach County Library System
- School District of Palm Beach County
- West Palm Beach Public Library
South Florida Sun-Sentinel Article on Program
Sunshine Library Card Program Homepage
MIUAD Library Joins SEFLIN
The SEFLIN Board of Directors extended Associate Membership to the Miami International University of Art and Design
SEFLIN members libraries represent more than 300 library service locations and 2,800 library staff. SEFLIN supports library organizations in transcending boundaries and working collaboratively to improve library services.
Online Training for Library Staff
SEFLIN has created an online training presentation for library staff using the SEFLIN Library Card Program site. The presentation runs for seven minutes and covers the basics of:
1. Logging into the SLCP site
2. Creating a New SEFLIN Library Card
3. Validating the Use of a SEFLIN Library Card
The presentation is available on the SEFLIN Library Card Program homepage.
SEFLIN Library Card Program Homepage
Thank you for your support!
More than 270 library staff members attended the 2009 SEFLIN Regional Conference: New Technologies: Libraries & Beyond. The Conference was held on July 30, 2009, at the Kovens Conference Center on the Florida International University Biscayne Bay Campus.
The keynote speaker was Marshall Breeding, Director for Innovative Technologies and Research for the Vanderbilt University Libraries. Conference sessions covered a wide range of topics including library automation after Web 2.0, using mobile devices to support library services, and social media literacy.
Links and resources provided by conference speakers and presenters are available at the New Technologies: Libraries & Beyond Conference Toolkit. The Conference Toolkit also includes a link to the online 2009 New Technologies Conference Evaluation Survey Results.
Event Cancellations
Persons attending SEFLIN events should review SEFLIN's cancellation procedures in the event of hurricanes or tropical storms. The procedures covers both 'watches' and 'warnings' issued by the National Weather Service.
SEFLIN Hurricane/Tropical Storm Policy
SEFLIN & Partner Libraries Establish Sites Throughout the Region
SEFLIN classes, meetings and events will be held in newly rennovated training/meeting rooms located at: St. Thomas University Library in Miami Gardens; Library Learning Resources Center at the Palm Beach Community College in Lake Worth; Florida Atlantic University's Wimberly Library in Boca Raton, and Broward County/Broward College Library in Coconut Creek. The use of the rooms is governed by letters of agreement between SEFLIN and the partner libraries.
In FY2007-2008, more than 3,000 library staff attended SEFLIN sponsored continuing education and training events. The staff training & meetings centers were funded in part under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the Florida Department of State, State Library and Archives of Florida.
Continuing Education & Career Growth Program
Library staff of SEFLIN members may access the Neal-Schuman Professional Education Network. A wide variety of continuing education & career growth programs, developed by librarians for librarians, are available. Learn from the profession's leading practitioners and thinkers, selecting from a robust schedule of 50+ audio and web-based seminars and workshops. Contact your SEFLIN Training Administrator to learn more.
List of SEFLIN Training Administrators
Professional Networking Service for Member Library Staff
The Library Staff Networking Directory offers an online service designed to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and professional expertise among the library staff in member libraries. More than 1,500 staff persons from the Southeast Florida region are listed in the directory.
Library staff may post a professional biography, upload photos, select job duties and professional interests, add hyperlinks to useful Web sites, upload documents and presentations, and identify contacts among the other staff persons in the Directory.
