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Volume 3, Issue: # 9
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March 15, 2010
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April 2010 ILA Reporter on the ILA Web Site
| Check out the latest issue with articles on:
 Bringing in
New Users and Nonusers, by Jan
LaRoche
More
Treasures in Library Wonderland, by Chris
Watkins
When City
Hall Comes to Call: Looking to
Library Budgets for Deficit Relief, by Robert
P. Doyle
Snapshot! One Day in the Life of Illinois
Libraries
2010
General Primary Library Referenda Results
It's Time
to Hang On, Sloopy!, by Allen
Lanham
Kindred
Spirits Found at the Public Library, by Jo Ann
Armenta
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Now Available Illinois Library Laws & Rules in Effect January 2010
|  This updated
edition of Illinois Library Laws & Rules is an essential reference tool for librarians,
library trustees, lawmakers, and others in need of the body of law affecting
Illinois libraries. Included in
this edition are laws and regulations that affect local libraries, library
systems, the Illinois State Library, the Illinois Records Act, and the Illinois
Open Meetings Act.
Bulk discounts were made available for Illinois Library Systems. If you have ordered the publication
through the DuPage Library System, Lewis & Clark Library System, or Rolling
Prairie Library System, please do not submit a duplicate order.
If you would like to order the publication, please click here.
Price: Member $20.00; Non-member $30.00.
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Programming Ideas for Shoestring Budgets
There's still time to register for the Spring Workshops offered jointly by the ILA Youth Services Forum and the Young Adult Services Forum. |
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Woodridge Public Library
Friday, March 19, 2010
Ideas for Kids: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Ideas for Teens: 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Lunch will be ordered from Panera; bring $10.00 to cover lunch. You may bring a sack lunch, if you desire.
Fun, yet cost-effective program and craft ideas will be presented by
local practitioners and members of the Forums. You'll walk away from
this workshop with make-and-take ideas. Register for one age group or
for both! Lewis and Clark Library System
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Ideas for Kids: 9:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Ideas for Teens: 1:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Lunch is on your own at local, nearby restaurants.
The Youth Services people from Lewis & Clark Library System
(LCLS) libraries will present a practical make & take workshop.
Participants will go away with directions and supply lists to accompany
programs at their libraries. Register for one age group or for both! Register Now!
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Social Media Cheat Sheet
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 How do you know which social media sites to use?
Of course... there is no single, magic or easy answer to that
question. It all depends on your goals, your overall marketing
strategy and your resources. It's not a cookie cutter
sort of thing.
However...there's nothing wrong with a little cheat sheet to help you determine which sites are best for:
- Customer communication
- Brand exposure
- Driving traffic to your site
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Which is why the cheat sheet created by CMO.com is so handy. It
ranks the most popular/used social media sites (from the biggies like
Facebook and Digg to the less talked about Reddit and del.icio.us) as
good, okay or bad for the four goals above.
You can download a much bigger, easier to read PDF version of it by clicking here. |
| It Isn't Too Late to Add Your Statistics
Snapshot! One Day in the Life of Illinois Libraries
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Please email your statistics to kristy@ila.org.
Also check out the preliminary statistics reported in the April 2010 ILA Reporter, along with photos and comments from the day.
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New ILA Web Site
Please check out the new ILA Web Site and let us know your reactions and suggestions for improvements. Thanks.
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| Governor Releases Budget
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Illinois Governor Pat Quinn released his proposed FY 2011 budget on Wednesday, 10 March. Later that day, Illinois Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White testified in support of his proposed FY 2011 budget in the Illinois House Appropriations General Services Committee. The Secretary testified that he was asking for a zero growth budget for fiscal year 2011.
The budget process, however, is just beginning. Now the debate moves to the Illinois General Assembly, where lawmakers will likely make changes to the budget before it is enacted. During last year's budget process, significant cuts were made from the governor's proposed budget.
ILA will provide more information when it is available.
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In the News |
In the last ILA E-News, there was a misleading headline regarding the Arlington Heights Memorial Library. The story referred to the village cuts not library cuts. Please accept our apology for this error.
Des Plaines Valley Public Library District Extreme Makeover
To continue reading about this story, click here.
Highland Park Library Allies Angry over Budget Override
To continue reading about this story, click here.
Pedestrian Bridge in Wheeling Bear Sharon Ball's Name
To
continue reading about this story, 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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CALENDAR
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Register online now for the following workshops: 2010 Youth Services Forum Workshops 2010 IACRL Conference Reaching Forward Conference |
ILA Committee and Forum News
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