President's Message
|  What a year this has been for the Illinois library community. We came together in October at Navy Pier and listened, learned, laughed, and got loud. We dodged cuts in Springfield and traveled to Washington to advocate for libraries. We tracked more than 160 diverse legislative initiatives that might impact our community while, once again, blocking a filtering bill from gaining momentum. We met statewide for various professional development workshops and made new partnerships with other Illinois literacy associations while sadly missing many of our dear library systems friends. We planned for the future of Illinois library cooperation while northern and southern systems merged into RAILS and Heartland. We took snapshots, went green, scared up a good book, and basked in the glow of new luminaries. During these unsettling times, libraries around the state remained steadfast to missions of service, of the best library service, to their communities and all the while here we were at ILA providing a collective and reasoned voice to the best of our abilities.
It has been my great pleasure and humble privilege to serve the Illinois library community as the president of the Illinois Library Association. To our leadership including board members, committee chairs and members, and forum managers and members, I am grateful for your sweet patience and generous support and for the challenges and the growth that this opportunity has afforded me. Thank you for letting me live out loud with you for this very special year in the life of Illinois libraries.
Appreciatively yours,
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Future of Illinois Library Cooperation
|  Responses to the delivery consultant RFP have been received and are being reviewed by representatives from both of the merged systems, CARLI/ILDS, Chicago Public Library System, and task force co-chairs. Both proposals offer strong experience in both library and logistics settings and will be evaluated for the best fit for the current Illinois situation. The consultant selection will be made in early July, following additional input from meetings scheduled during the American Library Association Annual Conference in New Orleans. The timeline calls for preliminary information to be shared at the ILA Annual Conference in October and a completed draft plan by the end of 2011 for presentation to the Illinois State Library.
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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.
| Cherry Valley Library Expansion May Start in August
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Wheaton Mayor Boots Library Trustees over Budget Flap
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Library Board: Nothing We Can Do about Hopp
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Geneva Officially Interested in Buying Library
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Hearing Ordered on Indian Trails Referendum
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Naperville Public Library Names New Executive Director
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Lake Bluff Library Loses Thousands of Dollars Due to Card Problem
To continue reading about this story, please click here.After 34 Years at Northbrook Library, Donna Hicks Calls it QuitsTo continue reading about this story, please click here.Morton Grove Library Trustees Debate Finance AuditTo continue reading about this story, please click here. Whittier Parents Picket to Block Library ConstructionTo continue reading about this story, please click here. Evanston Library Director LeavingTo continue reading about this story, please click here. Changes at Fremont Library Designed to Improve Patron ExperienceTo 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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