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Proper Use of Tape with Gold Bands

St. Joseph Township Swearingen Memorial Library has recently had damage to items because gold bands/receipts were taped directly to the items, causing damage when the tape was removed. Please do not put tape directly on items, or at least use removable tape that won't tear the items. Thank you for your cooperation.

St. Joseph Spring Used Book Sale

The St. Joseph Township-Swearingen Memorial Library announces its Spring Used Book Sale. The book sale will begin Monday, April 30th, and run until May 24th. Paperbacks are 25¢, hardbacks are 50¢, Magazines 10¢, some cds and videos $1, and some computer software $1. The sale will include adult fiction, non-fiction, romance, biography, large print, mystery, science fiction, fantasy, adventure, horror, and western, as well as a large selection of children's fiction and non-fiction. The sale will run during normal library hours, which are: Mondays and Wednesdays 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Tuesdays and Thursdays 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Fridays 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturdays 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call 217-469-2159.

Waste Management Research Center Has New Fact Sheets

Two new fact sheets are available on the WMRC Library Web site. They are:

TN07- 088 Shedding Light on Water -- Champaign, IL : Waste Management and Research Center, 2007. http://www.wmrc.uiuc.edu/main_sections/info_services/library_docs/TN/tn07-088.pdf

TN07- 087 The Visible Cost of Air -- Champaign, IL : Waste Management and Research Center, 2007. http://www.wmrc.uiuc.edu/main_sections/info_services/library_docs/TN/tn07-087.pdf

Library Referenda Show Mixed Results

Three LTLS member libraries had referendum questions on the April 17th ballot.

The Bement Public Library District's proposed tax rate increase from .15 cents to .30 cents passed by a vote of 348 "yes" to 120 "no".

The Mahomet Public Library District proposed a tax increase to fund the construction cost of a new building.  In a close election, the question failed by a vote of 1,384 "yes" to  1,548 "no".

The Newman Regional Library District had a partial success in the proposed annexation of unserved area to the south and west of the library.  The question failed overall, however it passed in one precinct, Murdock, which is contiguous to the existing library boundary, so that precinct will be annexed, and other precincts where the vote did not pass will not be annexed.  The overall vote was 125 "yes" to 403 "no", and the vote in Murdock precinct was 27 "yes" to 8 "no".

Waste Management Research Center Acquisitions

The January-March 2007 WMRC Library Acquisitions List is now available at http://www.wmrc.uiuc.edu/main_sections/info_services/library_acquisitions.cfm#janmarch2007.

Champaign Public Library Begins Initiative Aimed at Small Businesses

Made possible by a $100,000 grant from the Illinois State Library, Champaign Public Library has a new “Business Know-How” initiative. Bill Wilkinson of the local Small Business Development Center visited the library weekly to talk about business issues, and many other events are scheduled. The initiative also includes a Web site (http://www.bizknowhow.org), new business-oriented books, audiobooks and e-books, and online forums where business experts can share their knowledge. News-Gazette story

Sheldon 90th Birthday Open House

The Sheldon Public Library District invites you to their 90th Birthday Open House on Saturday, April 21, 2007, 10 a.m.-3 p.m, at the library. Sheldon authors Cindy Sumner and George Sheber will be present for book signings. A basement sale will take place to sell discarded library items such as a piano, books, and chairs.

Danville Public Library's Teen Night

Barb Nolan, Director, Danville Public Library sent the following note about the library's first Videgaming Night.

"Fifty students from approximately age 10 through 19 and ten parents made Danville Public Library's first Teen Videogaming Night (Tuesday, April 3) a huge success! Most of the teens were boys – a difficult group to attract to the library. Some hadn’t been in the library before. Some hadn’t played either Dance Dance Revolution or Guitar Hero before; some were experts and brought their own guitars – and friends to compete with.

Members of our Teen Advisory Board served as emcees for the two games. Teen Services Committee members from the staff – Mike Boedicker, Sue Daugherty, Vonna Bley and me (Barb) with help from Children’s Department assistant Lisa Abdelghani -- set up the room and the refreshments, kept score, handled technical problems, handled crowd control, and referred questions about the rules to the teen members. The teens were respectful and helped each other learn how to work the guitars and dance mats. They gave us lots of good suggestions for improving the event. (They also patiently explained the intricacies of the games to us Boomers...)"

Congratuations for the success. This project was a direct outcome of a Strategic Planning Process that Joe Sciacca and I (Jan Ison) facilitated for the library last year. Great job to the DPL group.

Parkland College Welcomes Poet Laureate

Parkland College welcomes Kevin Stein, Illinois Poet Laureate, in honor of National Poetry Month on April 26, 2007. Stein will read from 12:00 noon-12:45 p.m. in the Parkland College Library International Reading Lounge. A question and answer session will follow from 12:45-1:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend. For more information, contact Jody Littleton at 217-353-2683 or [email protected].

Champaign Library Foundation Raises $3 Million

The Champaign Public Library Foundation has reached its goal to raise $3 million for the new library building. The $29.4 million library is expected to open in November. City tax dollars are paying for most of the project. Read more in the News Gazette article.