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Getty Foundation Grants

The Getty Foundation provides funding to libraries, scholars, educational institutions, and museums through three separate funding programs which range in variety, and target specific individuals and/or organizations. The Foundation funds all three programs each year that it offers funding. The areas of interest are Conservation Grants, Research Grants, and Educational and Professional Development Grants. This funding initiative's next two deadlines are Nov. 1, 2007, and Dec. 15, 2007. Grants range from $25,000 to $250,000. Visit the Getty web site for more information. Deadlines are November 1 and December 15, 2007

Weekly Poll

Be sure to check out our weekly poll below, or on our home page.

You can also view results from previous weekly polls.

Public Per Capita Deadline Reminder

FY08 Public Library Per Capita and Equalization Aid Grant application deadline is fast approaching. The applications are to be postmarked on or before October 15, 2007 or hand delivered to the Illinois State Library no later than 4:30 p.m. on October 15, 2007.

System Sponsored ILA Events

An Invitation

You are cordially invited to attend the All Conference Reception, held during the Illinois Library Association Annual Conference and hosted by Illinois Library Systems!

What: A reception—we’ll have light refreshments and a DJ!
When: Wednesday, October 10 from 8:00-midnight (During ILA)
Where: President Abraham Lincoln Hotel and Conference Center in the Presidential Ballroom, Springfield, IL
Why: To celebrate System members and to support the Fund for Illinois Libraries

In recent years, use of the Fund for Illinois Libraries, a service for libraries who don’t hold 501(c)(3) status to accept donation from companies that need to donate to 501(c)(3) charitable institutions, has increased dramatically. This has meant greater access to dollars for Illinois libraries. To continue this valuable service, we will be accepting donations at the door for the benefit of the Fund for Illinois Libraries.

Special thanks to OCLC, Innovative Interfaces, Inc., and SirsiDynix for their generous financial support for the event.

Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Grant

DEADLINE EXTENDED!! New deadline: Oct. 15, 2007

The $5,000 Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Grant will be awarded to a US library for the best public awareness campaign incorporating the 2008 National Library Week theme, “Join the circle of knowledge @ your library.” The grant is sponsored by Scholastic Library Publishing, a division of Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and mediacompany, and is administered by the Public Awareness Committee of the American Library Association (ALA). National Library Week is April 13-19, 2008. Funds can be used to pay for promotional aspects of the program, i.e., printing/design of flyers, advertising, honoraria, and other campaign expenses related only to promotion.

A grant application form and guidelines are available on ALA's web site.

Illinois Senate Bill 186

The Illinois Senate Tuesday afternoon to override the governor's veto of Senate Bill (SB) 186, Working Cash Funds, by a vote of 44 yes, 0 no, and 8 present.

SB 186 now goes to the Illinois House of Representatives. If passed by both chambers and ILA believes the Illinois House of Representatives will also override the veto, the bill will become law.

In the interim, library advocates can thank their Senator and request their Representative to override the governor's veto of Senate Bill (SB) 186, Working Cash Funds.

ILA Legislative Update

The Illinois House of Representatives just voted this afternoon (Tuesday, 2 October 2007) to override the governor's veto of House Bill (HB) 3866,"The State Budget" by a vote of 105 yes, 4 no, and 4 present.

HB 3866 now goes to the Illinois Senate. If passed by both chambers and ILA believes the Illinois Senate poses a challenge regarding overriding the governor's veto, the bill will become law.

In the interim, library advocates can thank their Representative and request their Senator to override the governor's veto of House Bill (HB) 3866, "The State Budget."

ILLINET ILL Code Revision Draft

The Illinois State Library has announced that a draft revision of the ILLINET Interlibrary Loan Code is ready for Public Comment. Comments are being accepted for a 30 day period.

The ILLINET Interlibrary Loan Code will be presented to the Illinois State Library Advisory Committee during their December 2007 meeting for final adoption.

The link to this revision is found at http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/library/who_we_are/illinet.html

A comment box is included at the above link. We welcome all comments and they will be taken under consideration.

Further questions can be directed to Gwen Harrison at gharrison@ilsos.net.

LTLS Receives Grants

LTLS is pleased to announce that we received notification today that we received funding for 3 LSTA Grants.  The grants that received funding are "Archival Collection of World War IITuskegee Airman Lt. Col. William R. Thomposn and the Chanute AFB History Office," "PolyTalk: Expansion and Sustainability," and "A 21st Century Public Access Catalog: Year 2" (known as WorldCat Local).  We are very excited about this news and thank ISL for awarding us this funding.