News from Illinois Library Association

Vol. 5, Issue: 20 | June 6, 2012

Bounce Higher in Peoria

ILA Annual Conference Preliminary Program Available

The Preliminary Program for the 2012 ILA Annual Conference is now available on the ILA website.

Libraries are not only bouncing back from restructuring and budget cuts. They are bouncing higher by going beyond expected boundaries via cutting-edge technological innovation, re-examining core services, reaching out to the community, and becoming more pro-active.

If you share this optimism and strive to do more, resurrect your superball, gain momentum, and bounce to new heights at the 2012 ILA Conference at the Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, October 9-11, 2012.

Fifty Shades of Grey Survey

The Reference Services Forum needs your help! We are working on an article for the August 2012ILA Reporter and would like to hear from our fellow Illinois libraries on how you are responding to the Fifty Shades of Grey hype. Please click here and take a moment to fill out this brief survey; your feedback is invaluable and would be greatly appreciated. Also, if you would like to be interviewed for the article, please get in touch with Kara Kohn or by phone at 815-327-2515. We would love to hear from both libraries who have purchased this item and what the response has been as well as libraries who decided not to purchase this item and why.

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.

Fountaindale Public Library Has Much More to Offer than Just a New Building

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Todd Parr's "The Family Book" Banned by Illinois School District for Gay Parent Reference

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Cary Grove Merger Talk Makes Officials Nervous

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Library to Start Work on New Crest Hill Branch
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Prospect Hts. Library Seeks New Director
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Mount Prospect Library Launches New Checkout System
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SIU Appoints New Dean of Library Affairs
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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.

Sincerely,

Robert P. Doyle
Illinois Library Association

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