Reminder: The enrollment period for the statewide group purchase of Wilson Select Plus for 2009-2010 will end on September 14th. Detailed information, including pricing, FAQ, and agreement form, is located on the Illinois Library Systems website. This offer, negotiated by ILSDO on behalf of all Illinois libraries,
makes this full text database available at a substantial discount.
New Electronic Resource Management Systems (ERMS) Interest Group email list available. CARLI has established a new email list for those interested in issues relating to electronic resource management and electronic resource management systems. Topics of discussion might include:
- Comparing homemade and commercial ERMs - Sharing experiences regarding ER licenses - Discussing patron authentication issues - Reviewing practices for publicizing ER holdings and ER trials - Discussing, interpreting, and using ER statistics
The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF), the First Amendment legal defense arm of the American Library Association (ALA), has joined publishers, booksellers, writers and other media groups in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a statute that, if upheld, would allow the government to ban a wide range of material it deems to lack value, including many mainstream books, magazines and movies.
In this WJIL Focus on Social Networking and Web tools find out how libraries are using the innovations of Web 2.0 tools to collaborate, communicate and connect. WJIL resources listed in this issue include a web 2.0 collaboration tools chart, tips for effective tagging, why blogs are important to libraries, twittering for marketing communications and an archive of the 23 Things Summit webinar.
Register now for the 2009 ILA Annual Conference to receive a substantial early bird discount. Peoria is the site for the upcoming conference, which will feature keynote speaker Omar Wasow, Youth Services Breakfast speaker Jill Thompson, and Illinois Authors Luncheon speaker Vicki Myron, in addition to dozens of workshops and seminars devoted to the hottest and most critical library issues today.
ILA Members: Log in to the Members Only site to register now. Contact kristy@ila.org if you need your log in ID and password. Non-ILA Members: Register securely online here.
ILA is delighted to announce that the 2010 iREAD Resource Guide and CD will be distributed free to all Illinois public libraries in October 2009. The Resource Guide will be produced and distributed free with funds from the 2009 Barack Obama Commemorative License Plate sales.
ILA would like to distribute the Resource Guide to the correct person in your library's youth services department. Please check this list and submit any corrections to kristy@ila.org, with the subject line item 2010 iREAD. The libraries appear alphabetically in the list.
The 2010 iREAD Catalog will be included in the October 2009 ILA Reporter. In the fall, if you want to order additional copies of the 2010 iREAD Resource Guide, the cost is $25 and orders may be placed on the ILA Web site or by mail or fax.
Associate Professor Christine Jenkins and Assistant Professor Carol Tilley of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have received a grant to support eight full-tuition scholarships for school or public youth services librarians to want to further their education as youth services librarians through the GSLIS Certificate of Advanced Study (CAS) program. The grant, in the amount of $364,925, was awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) as part of the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program.
Acquisitions and selection librarians (must also be an ALA member) with an interest in Spanish language materials are eligible for financial support to attend the 22nd Guadalajara International Book Fair to be held November 28 - December 6, 2009. Support includes 3 nights hotel stay, registration fee and $100 towards airfare.
ALA and the Guadalajara International Book Fair are partnering for the ninth year to provide support for ALA members to attend the Fair. Get more information and the application form on the ALA International Relations Office website. The application deadline is August 17, 2009
