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Volume 3, Issue: # 2
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January 12, 2010
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2010 Conference Program Proposal Deadline Extended
| The ILA Conference Program Committee has extended the deadline for conference program proposals to Tuesday, January 19. Proposals can be submitted online via the ILA Web site.
The 2010 ILA Annual Conference, Libraries Out Loud, will be held at Chicago's Navy Pier, September 28-30. The Conference Program Committee will meet in early February to review program proposal and program organizers will be notified of their decisions shortly afterward.
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Wednesday, 10 February 2010
A Snapshot of a Day in the Life of Your Library
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Join Illinois libraries and participate in "Snapshot of a Day" by
collecting statistics, comments, and photographs from the day to
provide indisputable proof that libraries consistently provide
invaluable services to our community.
Illinois libraries are being requested to collect statistics in eight areas:
- Customer Visits/Door Count
- Internet/Public Computer
- Number of Reference Questions
- Children Participating in Programs
- Adults Participating in Programs
- Circulation Total for the Day
- Date Base Usage
- Web Page Hits
Click here to download the form. Eventually, libraries are being requested to record these statistics at the following link. In an upcoming ILA E-News, we will provide information on how to capture and share the comments and photos.
For assistance in organizing your Snapshot Day, please contact Denise Zielinski at the DuPage Library System.
Check out the results:
SnapShotPA: A Day in the Life of Pennsylvania Libraries
DuPage Library System Snapshot: A Day in the Life of Your Public Library.
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20 Easy Ways to Make Snapshot Day a Success for Your Library
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- Share the results with your elected officials, mayors and council members, members of the Illinois General Assembly, members of the school administration or school board, the deans at your academic institution, or your department head or boss at your company.
- Set up an appointment with the above mentioned individuals. If you haven't already, begin to establish a one-to-one relationship with your elected officials, so that they know you and your library's concerns.
- Use the quotes and comments that you collect in your annual report.
- Feature your participation and your customers in your next newsletter.
- Share your results with your board.
- Share the result on your Web site and link to the Flickr photo group.
- Make a slideshow of the Flickr photos and run it in the library near the check out desk.
- Make bold signs with your customer comments and display them throughout the library.
- Take your results, your handout when you visit schools, senior centers, community agencies, and any kind of outreach.
- Customize the model handout (add your own stats, logo, etc.)
- Welcome new library card holders with your custom handout.
- Send an e-mail blast to your customer list or community contacts featuring customer quotes.
- Let your Friends group know about your participation in Snapshot.
- Develop your own slide show or Web page featuring the comments and photos.
- Ask if your town Web site can feature the statistics, the comments, the slideshow.
- Ask your local cable station if they can use the statistics, the comments, the slideshow.
- Ask your local newspaper to run a photo and caption. Provide the
customer's name and phone number if you have permission so they can
contact them for an interview.
- Design a poster in color and print several copies "in house."
- Print even more copies and share them with your customers.
- Have Fun. Everything might not work perfectly, but try this national experiment in telling our stories to our elected officials and the general public.
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In the News |
Libertyville Women Catalogs Stories from Centuries Past
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Indian Prairie Public Library to See Improvements in 2010
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Fox Valley 2009 Newsmakers Includes Carole A. Medal
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Playtime Leads to Learning at Homer Township Library
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Sohair Wastawy Named Dean of Libraries at Illinois State
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Britains Consider Broadband Basic Utility
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Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Maine's Snapshot Day, as well as Wisconsin's Say Cheese Day
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Libraries Write Next Chapter Amind Record Use
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Lack of State Funding Hurting Libraries, Too
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Cops: Pair Stole Metal from Fox Lake Library Site
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Patron Bricks to Pave New Indian Trails Library Reading Garden
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Yorkville Library Trims Budget; Thinking about Becoming a District
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Evanston Residents Respond to Proposed Library Budget Cuts
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Litchfield's Library Cat Gets National Mention
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If your library has a newspaper story with link, send it to us at doyle@ila.org for possible inclusion in the next ILA E-News. Thanks.
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Sincerely,
Robert P. Doyle
Illinois Library Association |
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