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Weekly Poll

Be sure to check out our new survey below, or on our home page.

You can also view results from previous weekly polls.

2009 Illinois Election Workshop: Preparing for a 2010 Election

Are you ready for a 2010 election?

• What are the top-10 factors impacting success at the polls?
• When is the best time to return to the ballot, spring of fall of 2010?
• Why are public opinion polls essential?
• How can we determine voters’ tax threshold?
• What are the ins and outs of issue framing?
• Who are the most important voters to target?
• What are the key elements of a campaign budget and timeline?
• How can fund-raising efforts be significantly improved?
• What are the legal timelines and issues for 2010?
• What is the best way to stretch a campaign budget?
• How do we move our campaign from grassroots to grassfire?

There's NO fluff. It's 180 minutes of nonstop, great information.
We’re less than six months away from the February 2010 election. If you’re considering placing a tax measure on the spring ballot, it’s time to get your game plan in place.

Reference Services Forum

The ILA Reference Services Forum will meet on Thursday, September 10 at 10:00 a.m. (CST).

To access the conference call, dial 1-218-339-3600 and use access code: 839660# .

The agenda includes the ILA Conference in Peoria.  Hope you can make it!

Nation’s libraries to celebrate Library Card Sign-up Month

 This September, the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries throughout the country will celebrate Library Card Sign-up Month. It is a time when libraries remind parents and caregivers to bring their school-age children to the library to get the most important school supply of all – a library card.

New ALA Public Programs Office site supports Picturing America programs in public libraries

The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office is making available a new, online community to support the development of local programs that incorporate the National Endowment for the Humanities’ (NEH) Picturing America collection of art reproductions.  The site, Picturing America for Public Libraries (www.programminglibrarian.org/picturingamerica), features programming resources for public libraries that received the Picturing America collection. The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) provided major support for the Picturing America for Public Libraries Web site.

Final offering of Second Life workshops

Offered by the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois and the Illinois Alliance Library System.

We invite you to register for the final sessions of the following Second Life workshops.  After September we will no longer be conducting Second Life continuing education classes.

New book censorship map reveals national problem

Censorship in the United States is not limited to isolated pockets of the country. A new online map of book censorship shows that no area is immune from what is a national trend. The map  has just been posted on the official Web site of Banned Books Week, www.bannedbooksweek.org.

PLA Advocacy Toolkit now available

“Libraries Prosper: A Guide to Using the PLA Advocacy Toolkit,” by Sandra Nelson, is now available for purchase from the Public Library Association (PLA).  The first in PLA’s new ‘Train the Trainer series,’ this electronic publication supports “Libraries Prosper with Passion, Purpose, and Persuasion: A PLA Toolkit for Success.”

Weekly Poll

Be sure to check out our new survey below, or on our home page.

You can also view results from previous weekly polls.

LTLS Budget Feedback Survey

The LTLS Executive Committee met on August 17th, to discuss possible cost-cutting measures for LTLS in light of the FY2010 budget reduction.  To help in this decision-making process, we are requesting feedback from the member libraries and welcome your comments and suggestions about this issue.  Please take a few minutes to fill out the LTLS Budget Feedback Survey