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Volume 3, Issue: # 8
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March 8, 2010
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Judith F. Krug Is the Second Illinois Library Luminary
|  Illinois Library Luminaries honor those who have made a significant
contribution to Illinois libraries and whose supporters make a
contribution of at least $1,000 to the Illinois Library Association
Endowment on their behalf. The first Luminary was Peggy Sullivan.
The second Luminary is Judith F. Krug. No person is more closely identified with libraries and the cause of
intellectual freedom than Judith F. Krug, ILA member and director of
the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom
since it was founded in 1967. During that time, Krug helped to found
the Freedom to Read Foundation and served as its executive director
from 1969 until her death in 2009. In 1982, she helped to create
Banned Books Week, now an annual event. An April 14, 2009, editorial
in the New York Times celebrated Krug's role in promoting and
protecting a precious First Amendment right: the freedom to read. The
editorial noted that Krug, "assisted countless local librarians and
library trustees dealing with objections to library materials." Among
her many honors, Krug received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the 2009
William J. Brennan Award, presented posthumously by the Thomas
Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression.
For more information, visit the ILA Web site.
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There's Still Time to Register!
Thriving While Surviving: The Complete 21st Century Librarian
2010 IACRL Conference
| March 25-26, 2010
President Abraham Lincoln Hotel and Conference Center
701 East Adams Street Springfield, Illinois
Join IACRL, a forum of the Illinois Library Association and a
chapter of ACRL, for a statewide conference for academic librarians in
Illinois. The 2010 conference, Thriving While Surviving: The Complete
21st Century Librarian, will offer inspiration as well as practical
tips for how to thrive as a librarian in the 21st century. Beverly Lynch from the UCLA Graduate School of
Education and Information Studies and R. David Lankes of Syracuse
University will each present a keynote address. In addition, there will be more than twenty peer-reviewed sessions
on the conference theme, invited sessions on the Google Book Settlement
and next generation discovery systems, two preconference sessions, and vendor exhibits.
Complete Conference information is available on the ILA Web site.
Conference Registration is available online.
The registration fee includes all conference sessions,
two continental breakfasts, Thursday lunch, three snack breaks, and the
exhibits reception with cash bar. Remember to contact the hotel
directly for room reservations!
For more information, contact Jane B. Treadwell, University Librarian & Dean of Library Instructional Services, jtrea1@uis.edu, (217)206-6597. |
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Update: Summit on the Future of Illinois Library
Cooperation
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 Co-chairs
of the steering committee and three task forces (in formation) on Services, Structure,
and Funding met Tuesday, February 23, at the Prairie Area Library System in
Shorewood. The group determined to
focus their work on identifying a short list of core library cooperative
services that are essential to Illinois library patrons and developing a plan
for delivery, implementation, and funding of these key services to be drafted
in the coming year. Task force
charges are being refined based on the group's discussion and will be finalized
by March 15.
Each task
force will be composed of approximately 10-15 members representing all types of
libraries and library agencies, as well as reflecting the geographic diversity
of the state. Slates have been
drawn from volunteers and nominations; proposed members will be contacted prior
to March 15. Meetings will be held
via VTEL videoconferencing and conference call and information will be
regularly communicated to ILA members through the ILA E-News, Web site, and
other vehicles.
The task
force chairs are as follows:
Services
Carolyn
Anthony, Skokie Public Library, and Gail Janz, Morris Community High School
Structure
Tom Sloan,
DuPage Library System, and Rebecca Teasdale, Schaumburg Township District
Library
Funding
Allen
Lanham, Eastern Illinois University and co-chair to be determined
For
additional information or to comment, please contact steering committee
co-chairs,Dee Brennan or Donna Dziedzic.
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In the News |
State Funding Shortage May Doom Library Systems
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NSLS Legislative Breakfast Doesn't Ease Librarians' Angst over State Budget Woes
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And Now the Pols Are Sticking it to Libraries
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Naperville Library Board Approves Capital Projects
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Book Sparks Controversy at Jacksonville High School
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Durbin Announces Nearly $12 Million for DeKalb Broadband Internet
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Omicron Chapter of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International Donates 750 Books to Grundy and La Salle Schools
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Book Remains, but Library Programs Evolve for the Future
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School Librarian, Man Charged with Running Pot Farm
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Lisle Mourning Teacher, Longtime Board Member
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Gail Borden Earns Nation's Top Library Award
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Romance Writers Show Love for Naperville Librarian
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Ann Cawley New Executive Director of Roselle Public Library
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Kelley Nichols-Brown New Director of the Richton Park Public Library
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Big Rock: The Little Library that Could
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Residents Rally around Wheaton Library
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Park Ridge Library to Cut $300,000 from its Budget
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Illinois Libraries Waiting for State to Pay Up
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Evanston Library Hits a Mark for the Books: One Million
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Arlington Heights Library Cutting Budget, Staff
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Library Site a Hot New Social Media Hangout for Teens
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Rockford Public Library Staff, Patrons Settle in to Changes
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Snapshot Day Videos
Niles Public Library District, click here.
Des Plaines Public Library, click here.
Glen Ellyn Public Library, there are six parts on YouTube, click here for part 1.
Huntley Area Public Library District, click here.
PALS Delivery Snapshot, click here.
Palatine Public Library District Snapshot Day, click here.
Mount Prospect Library District Snapshot Day, click here.
Gail Borden Public Library District Snapshot Day, click here.
Homer Township Public Library District, click here.
Plainfield Public Library District, click here.
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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