| Advocacy: Talking Points for the Illinois General Assembly and Members of the Illinois Congressional Delegation | |
Spring is here and the second half of the Spring legislative session is in full swing. Despite the increase in the state income tax earlier this year, the state still faces significant fiscal challenges. Legislators will be looking for areas to target for additional cuts. This is the time for you to contact your elected representatives and let them know how important libraries are to your community.
ILA has prepared a fact sheet with the talking points and budget numbers supporting flat funding for the Illinois State Library. Last year, legislators made a 50 percent reduction in library grant funding and all state support given to libraries is in the form of grants. Please click here for a copy of this fact sheet.
ILA has also prepared a general fact sheet on selected library issues before the 97th Illinois General Assembly and the 112th U.S. Congress. Please click here for a copy of this fact sheet.
National Library Legislative Day will be Tuesday, 10 May 2011. To register, please click here. |
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Future of Illinois Library Cooperation (FILC) Meeting to Focus on Delivery Planning
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Representatives from systems, merger groups, school and academic libraries will meet on Thursday, April 14, to work on development of the LSTA-funded plan for effective and efficient service models for delivery being coordinated by the Illinois Library Association. If you are closely involved in delivery issues with one of these groups and have an interest in attending, contact Chris Watkins. The meeting will be held at the CARLI offices in Champaign. For more information about this project, please click here.
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| ILA Electronic Polls Open April 1, 2011 |
It is almost time to cast your ballots in the ILA Election! Visit the ILA Web site to read the candidate statements; you will receive an e-mail when the polls open April 1 detailing the online election process.
If you wish to request a paper ballot, please e-mail kristy@ila.org or call (312) 644-1896. The return deadline is thirty (30) days after the ballot is postmarked. The electronic polls will close April 30.
ILA Vice President/President Elect (three-year term beginning July 1, 2011 -- June 30, 2014):
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Charm Ruhnke
Peru Public Library
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Pam Van Kirk
Galesburg Public Library
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Board of Directors (three-year term beginning July 1, 2011 -- June 30, 2014). A candidate from each pairing will be elected in accordance with the ILA bylaws as amended at the 1998 ILA Annual Conference; a total of four directors will be elected to serve three-year terms on the ILA board. (Pictured below: David Carlson, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Jeanne Hamilton, Charleston Carnegie Library; Jennifer E. Bueche, Gail Borden Public Library District, Elgin; John Sayers, Kewanee Public Library District; Scott Pointon, Des Plaines Valley Public Library District, Lockport; Alissa Williams, Pekin Public Library; Ellen Sutton, College of DuPage Library, Glen Ellyn; and Kate Hall, New Lenox Public Library District.)
   
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| Committee Appointments | |
Each spring the Illinois Library Association (ILA) president-elect is charged with making committee appointments for the following year's work. Nominations and/or self-initiated expressions of interest for seats on the following ILA committees are encouraged:
Advocacy Committee
Awards Committee
Cultural and Racial Diversity Committee
Fundraising Committee
ILA Reporter Advisory Committee
Intellectual Freedom Committee
iREAD Committee
Marketing Committee
Membership Committee
Nominating Committee and
Public Policy Committee.
Please send your recommendations to Lynn Elam at your earliest convenience, at least by tax day - April 15. Thanks very much.
Lynn Elam
Algonquin Area Public Library District
2600 Harnish Dr.
Algonquin, IL 60102
phone: (847) 458-6060
fax: (847) 458-9370
e-mail: Lynn Elam
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| In the News
Library-related stories appearing in local news media are reflected in this section of the ILA E-News. The intent is to alert and inform the Illinois library community about issues and events that are considered significant by the general media.
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Stevenson High School Candidates, Officials in Dispute over Library Project
To continue reading about this story, please click here.
New Cooperation: LJ Editorial
To continue reading about this story, please click here.
Library Outpost Opens in South Evanston
To continue reading about this story, please click here.
Candidate Says Joliet Library too Costly
To continue reading about this story, please click here.
Illinois Tech Firm Owner Pleads Guilty to E-Rate Conspiracy
To continue reading about this story, please click here.
Dundee Library Looks to Expand
To continue reading about this story, please 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-Newletter. Thanks.
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Sincerely,
Robert P. Doyle
Illinois Library Association |
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