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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.

A Nation of Readers

The Big Read, a national program to encourage literary reading and revitalize the role of literature in American culture, is accepting applications from non-profit organizations, including libraries and museums, to conduct month-long, community-wide reads between September 2008 and June 2009.

Get details here.

2010 IREAD Theme Announced

IREAD has announced that the theme for the 2010 Summer Reading Program is "Scare Up a Good Book!" IREAD will also be running an art contest among the young adults of Illinois to choose the art for the 2010 IREAD Young Adult posters and t-shirts. Stay tuned for more information as it becomes available.

Workshop: What Every Nonprofit Needs to Know About Fundraising

Joan Flanagan, nationally known fundraising trainer and author of "The Grass Roots Fundraising Book," will present a workshop at the Rosebud Theater in Effingham on February 21, 2008 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sponsored by the Helen Mathes Library in Effingham, the workshop cost, including lunch, is $20. For board members and executive directors, there will also be a free two-hour session with Joan Flanagan at the library from 6-8 p.m. To register, contact Amanda Standerfer at 217-342-2464, Ext. 5, or amandas@effinghamlibrary.org.

Free: Acrylic Book Holders

The Urbana Free Library has acrylic book holders for slatwall panels to give away. For more information, contact Becky Brown at 217-367-4058.

ILA Public Library Standards Survey

The ILA Executive Board has appointed a subcommittee to review and revise the publication "Serving Our Public: Standards for Illinois Public Libraries." Input from the public library community is especially sought after.

If you have any additional questions or concerns, please feel free to contact one of the co-chairs, Charm Ruhnke at charmruhnke@lcls.org or Cristy Stupegia at spartalib@hotmail.com.

Access the survey by clicking on this link:
Standards Survey