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Volume 3, Issue: # 12
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Talking Points for In-District Visits, Friday, 16 April 2010
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When you visit with your elected officials, the main message that ILA recommends is the following:
The State of Illinois has a statutory obligation to
fund Illinois libraries on a per capita formula basis. The State has
consistently underfunded and often cut the amount appropriated to
libraries. At the same time, use of Illinois libraries has increased
dramatically. As the Illinois General Assembly approaches the end of this
legislative session and considers passage of the fiscal 2011 State budget, it
is imperative that legislators oppose any further cuts to library
funding. Illinois libraries ask the Illinois General Assembly to support the
Illinois Secretary of State's proposed 2011 budget that includes funding for the
State's per capita funding for public libraries, school libraries, and library
systems. While the Secretary's request is still below the amount
necessary to fully fund the statutory formula, it would help stabilize a dire
fiscal situation for libraries.
Please download, print, and take the following Word documents containing essential information on library system funding for your visits.
Illinois Library Systems Funding Issues; and
Talking Points for Legislative Visits.
How do you establish a good relationship with your elected officials? Click here for tips.
When visiting your elected officials use the statistics, photos, and comments from Snapshot Day. Click here to use The Library Statistical Survey Report.
Take a copy of the ILA Reporter article Snapshot! One Day in the Life of Illinois Libraries.
Let us know your experiences. The ILA Advocacy Committee is asking library directors to electronically report the Advocacy Impact of Snapshot Day and your In-District Visits.
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The Value of Academic Libraries
|  The IACRL Web site links to research studies about the value of academic libraries. These
links and studies can be an important tool throughout the year, but most essentially for Illinois Library Advocacy Day, Friday, 16 April to be
armed in the defense and promotion of academic libraries and their value to
society.
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Mike Madden is the Fourth Illinois Library Luminary
|  Madden has been a leading force in local, state and national
arenas, representing libraries and lending his talents to keep libraries
relevant. He has served on and chaired numerous ILA and ALA committees
during his more than forty years in the profession, served as ILA
Treasurer, and taught classes in business librarianship at Rosary
College (now Dominican University). His mentoring skills resulted in
several former staff members becoming library directors, as well as one
being elected president of ILA. Among his innovations as the former Schaumburg Township District
Library director, he worked to install two teens as library trustees benefiting
the library and the community.
For more information, visit the ILA Web site.
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Remember to Vote
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The ILA election polls are now open. All
ILA personal members should have received a link to the electronic
ballot or a paper ballot in the mail by now. Please click here to let Kristy Mangel know if you
have not
received a ballot.
As of April 14:
Of 3,076 eligible voters -- 516 have voted (16%).
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In the News |
Frankfort Library Wants to Open Branch DowntownTo continue reading about this story, click here.'Twilight' Series on List of Challenged BooksTo 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. |
Sincerely,
Robert P. Doyle
Illinois Library Association |
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Disclaimer: Links to non-ILA sites have been provided because these sites may have information of interest. The Illinois Library Association does not necessarily endorse the views expressed or the facts presented on these sites; and furthermore, ILA does not endorse any commercial products that may be advertised or available on these sites.
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