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Volume 3, Issue: # 5
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February 1, 2010
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Snapshot: One Day in the Life of Illinois Libraries --- Wednesday, 10 February 2010
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If you have any problems using this Web site, please let us know.
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Confirmed Partial System Funding Numbers
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On Friday, 22 January 2010, the systems received partial payment, approximately 30-35% of the money owed. The confirmed numbers are:
Alliance Library System $540,000
Chicago Public Library System $804,304
DuPage Library System $357,788
Lewis & Clark Library System $315,279
Lincoln Trail Libraries System $240,575
Metropolitan Library System $936,721
North Suburban Library System $716,000
Prairie Area Library System $793,406
Rolling Prairie Library System $228,591
Shawnee Library System $416,756
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| It is that Time of the Year Again
Bills Are Being Introduced in the Illinois General Assembly
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The ILA Public Policy Committee (PPC) will be meeting today at noon at various VTEL locations across the state. ILA's Legislative Consultant Kip Kolkmeier will begin the process of explaining the various bills introduced that might have an impact on the Illinois library community. Twenty bills have been identified, so far. Please click here to see that list. PPC will discuss these bills to determine their recommendations to the ILA Executive Board. The next ILA Executive Board meeting is Friday, 12 February at the Prairie Area Library System in Shorewood. On that day, the ILA Executive Board will hear PPC's recommendations and determine the association's positions. Both the PPC and ILA Executive Board meetings are open and your attendance is encouraged.
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Where's Alice?
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No, not Alice Calabrese-Berry. Alice Liddell Hargreaves, aka Alice in Wonderland.
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library is exhibiting items from their Lewis Carroll collection from February 2-March 5, 2010. We're "curiouser and curiouser" about what other Carroll-related items might be lurking in Illinois's libraries.
If you know of any, e-mail Chris Watkins.
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In the News |
System Funding Shortfall Puts Strain on Library Programs
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Evanston City Council Supports 'Cutting Below the Line" to Reduce Deficit
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Evanston Residents Are Mounting a Campaign to Keep the Two Facilities Open
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Deerfield Library Seeks Advice for Makeover
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Warren-Newport Library Holds Bond Hearing
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Friends of the Ela Library Disbanding in August
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Plans Simmering for New Aurora Library
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Morton Grove Library Officials Discuss Future Course
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Bensenville Library Uses Snapshot Day and Valentine's Day to Focus on Loving the Library
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Incident at Arlington Heights Memorial Library Leads to Arrest
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Illinois Residents Show Support for Library Systems
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Park Forest Library Getting a Makeover
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Glen Carbon Best Small Library in America 2010
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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
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