The St. Joseph Township Library is missing a CD. The CD is Joe Diffie, "Honky Tonk Attitude". It has SJN written around the center as well as the significant bar code digits "359305". Please return or let us know if you remember seeing this cd. Email stjosephtownshiplibrary@gmail.com or call us at 469-2159.
Paris Public Library's copy of the Harlequin romance larger print version of / Italian //Tycoon, Secret Son/, 10-digit ISBN 0373184417 is missing.
The LTLS Cataloging Center cataloged this item on June 2. If you have received it by mistake, please direct it to Teresa Pennington at Paris Public Library.
The LTLS administrative office in Champaign will be closed Friday, July 3rd in observence of Independence Day. There will be no van delivery. The staff at LTLS wish you a very happy Independence Day!
The Illinois state budget situation is extremely serious. The General Assembly has passed what is being called the "50% budget" and as a result, various state agencies and those receiving state funds are preparing for a "doomsday budget." Terms being used to describe the Illinois finances and funding reductions are "dire" and "draconian." This "50% budget" could potentially impact your library and the services you now receive from Illinois Library Systems and the Illinois State Library.
The following link will take you to a page on the Illinois Library Systems' web site that lists funding information taken from the known bills that contain funds for Illinois library programs and library systems: http://www.ilsdo.org/downloads/ILBudget2010.pdf
Note: Library Systems receive approximately half of their funds from the General Revenue Funds and half from Live & Learn Funds.
The Illinois Library Association provides the following summary of the current situation in Springfield regarding the FY2009-2010 state budget. In addition, Illinois Library Systems have compiled a document showing the current amounts budgeted and for what areas, based on the so-called "50% budget". If there is no further agreement on increased budget amounts, and the already-passed 50% budget is signed into law, the budget cuts that would follow will affect state funded library programs dramatically. As you can see the primary missing piece is the General Revenue Fund appropriation. If this funding is added to the budget it will likely be through an amendment to HB0313, which is a placeholder bill that currently appropriates $2 from the GRF.
Continue reading "Illinois State Budget Negotiations Continue " »
ILDS will be adding 3 new locations this summer. Morton College (MRT), and Kennedy-King College (KKC) will begin service on July 1. Richard J. Daley (RJD) will begin service on August 1. A revised paper label that includes the 3-letter ILDS code for the new locations is available here.
In early May, Oakland CUSD #5 shipped the book "Comprehending Columbine" to Urbana Free Library, from which Oakland had borrowed the book. The book has not arrived at Urbana Free Library. If anyone has received this title by error, please forward it to Urbana Free Library.
The Lincoln Douglas Debate Exhibit that has been rotating among LTLS libraries for several months will be available to any LTLS library during June and July. 
The exhibit is 20 feet long and 7 feet tall, so a large space is required. (Click image for larger view)
Further details are available on previous blog postings from June 11, June 17, and June 24 last year.
Please contact Joe Sciacca at LTLS (jsciac - at - lincolntrail.info) if your library is interested in booking this exhibit.
Lincoln Trail Libraries System is pleased to announce that the Illinois Library Systems and OCLC have secured pricing information for Wilson Select Plus for 2009/2010.
For libraries that do not currently subscribe to Wilson Select, we are also pleased to announce that you don't have to wait to start a subscription -- you can begin right away at a pro-rated amount!
Illinois Library Systems have arranged very competitive pricing for this highly-valued database. If you would like to purchase access to this database, please visit the Wilson Select webpage. There you will find pricing information, agreement form, answers to frequently asked questions and other information. The pricing is the most competitive offer available, showing once again that when Illinois libraries work together, we can accomplish more than we could on our own.
Interested libraries should complete and sign the Wilson Select Agreement prior to September 14, 2009 to ensure uninterrupted access to this resource.
If you would like further information, please contact Amanda McKay, Special Projects Coordinator, Illinois Library Systems, at 618.656.3216, ext. 143 or by email at amandamckay@lcls.org.
Wilson Select Plus provides online indexing and abstracting of a wide range of high-quality periodicals with all records pointing to full text articles. It is updated weekly and has coverage from 1994 to the present. There are over 1.5 million records from 2,393 sources. We know that for many libraries, the Wilson Select Plus database is the only access patrons have had to full-text articles, making this resource vital to the people of Illinois in meeting their information needs. A listing of over 2500 periodicals indexed by Wilson Select is available.
