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Vol. 5, Issue: #5| February 1, 2012
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| Trustees' Corner
by Peggy J. Danoff, Trustee Forum President
| The members of the Trustee Forum Executive Board are looking forward to a busy year for Trustee Education! On February 4, 2012 the winter training session will be held at the Oak Brook Marriott from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. And it looks like record attendance with approximately 180 attendees. The downstate training will be held on March 24, 2012 at the Abraham Lincoln Hotel and Conference Center with the same time schedule. The program will be the same for each location. This year we will be looking at different kinds of libraries, trustee competencies and trustee actions and
policies. We will also have information on current legislation, advocacy, and Ethics Training. The Forum especially encourages Library Trustees to attend one of these workshops to continue their education in their role as Trustees. We also encourage Library Directors to fund their Trustees to attend these sessions.
The ILA Trustee Forum Trustee Day will be held on Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at the ILA Annual Conference in Peoria. The program is shaping up nicely and we anticipate having a session with "Hands On" Technology training for Trustees.
The Trustee Forum Executive Board is always looking for new members. The Forum meets four times a year for our planning sessions. Our next meetings are as follows:
- May 19, 2012 - 10:00 a.m. at Bridgeview Public Library, Bridgeview
- August 25, 2012 - 10:00 a.m. at Fountaindale Public Library, Bolingbrook
Please join us and help us broaden our membership and participation in planning Trustee events for ILA!
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Reaching Forward Registration is Open
| Registration is now open for the 2012 Reaching Forward Conference, which will be held Friday, May 4, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. This year's conference features a keynote by James Feldman of Shift Happens, and an Author Keynote from the ever-popular Al Gini.
Reaching Forward offers a full-day of programming for library staff at all levels and includes a continental breakfast and plated lunch.
A full list of programs is available on the Reaching Forward Web site.Nominations are currently being accepted for Reaching Forward's two awards -- the Doyle Award and the Oberman-Rich Award. The Doyle Award recipient receives a one-year ILA membership and full registration, plus expenses, to attend the ILA Annual Conference, not to exceed $800. Oberman-Rich recipient(s) receive free registration to the current year Reaching Forward Conference, an overnight stay at the Reaching Forward conference hotel, $50 for expenses, and a framed certificate. Both awards are open to all support staff working in all types of libraries. Consider nominating yourself or a colleague today! |
| IACRL Poster Session Deadline
February 10, 2012
|  The deadline for poster session proposals has been moved to February 10th, 2012.
The Programming Committee for the Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries (IACRL) is issuing a call for poster session for its annual conference to be held March 16, 2012, at the Doubletree Hotel in Oakbrook, Illinois. The conference is broadly themed as "Adopt, Adapt, Accelerate."
Please click here to find the .pdf poster session proposal form.
Don't forget to register for the March 16th conference. The Early Bird registration deadline is February 17, 2012. Please click here to find the preliminary program and the online registration. |
In the News
Library-related stories appearing in local news media are reflected in this section of the ILA E-Newsletter. The intent is to alert and inform the Illinois library community about issues and events that are considered significant by the general media. | Few Respond to Call for Westclox Memories
To continue reading about this story, please click here.Information Transliteracy in the 21st Century Classroom
With This System, Government Isn't All Bad
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YOUmedia Turns Teens into DIY Rock Stars
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A Hard Act To Follow
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MacNeil Resigns Frankfort Library Seat
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School Celebrates New Library as a Success of 2009 Referendum
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Glen Ellen Library Taking its Message to the Streets
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Peoria's $28M Upgrades to Library About Done
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Western Springs Library Marks 80th Birthday
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Gerber/Hart LGBT Library Set To Move From Edgewater Site
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Green Roof Video Tour by Teen Volunteers at Oak Park Public Library
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Open House Addresses Proposed Sandwich Library
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Library Serves as Social Center for Largely Hispanic Fairmont City
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Feud Heightens between Elk Grove, Schaumburg Libraries
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Sugar Grove Library Settles with Former Director
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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-Newsletter. Thanks.
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Sincerely,
Robert P. Doyle
Illinois Library Association |
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CALENDAR
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February 20, 2012Deadline for April issue of the ILA Reporter. Guidelines for Submissions to the ILA Reporter.February 4, 2012February 10, 2012ILA Executive Board meeting, 10:00 a.m., via VTEL videoconferencing
February 20, 2012 22nd Presidents' Day Legislative Breakfast, Arboretum Club, Buffalo Grove, Ill.
March 13-17, 2012 Public Library Association Conference, Philadelphia, Pa.
March 16, 2012 Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries Conference, Doubletree Hotel, 1909 Spring Rd., Oak Brook, Ill. March 24, 2012April 9, 2012
Youth Services Workshop, RAILS, Rockford
April 11, 2012
Youth Services Workshop, Illinois Heartland Library System, Edwardsville, Ill.
April 12, 2012
Youth Services Workshop, Champaign Public Library
April 13, 2012
ILA Executive Board meeting, Bloomington
April 13, 2012
Youth Services Workshop, Arlington Height Memorial Library
April 18, 2012
Illinois Library Day, Springfield, Ill.
April 24, 2012National Library Legislative Day, Washington, D.C.May 4, 2012October 9-11, 20122012 ILA Annual Conference, Peoria
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