| volume
#5 issue#20 |
May 15, 2008 |
Prairie Views: the
newsletter of the Prairie Area Library System |
System News
PALS
Board Meeting on May 20
There
will be a regular monthly meeting of the Prairie Area Library System Board
of Directors on Tuesday, May 20, 2008, from 10 am - 2 pm at the LaSalle Public
Library, 305 Marquette St., LaSalle, IL, 61301. A finance committee meeting
will take place at 9 am, one hour prior to the board meeting, also at LaSalle
Public Library. This month's agenda includes a new Strategic Plan, FY2009 work
plan, FY2009 budget, and revised organization chart. Due to pressures from
fuel and other vehicle costs and a lack of new income, PALS employment level
will decline by nearly 3 positions in FY2009. More information will be sent
via PALS Announce after the Board meeting and is available in the posted meeting
agenda. The May board meeting agenda can be viewed from the PALS website at
http://www.palsnet.info/about/board/0508/boardagenda20080520.doc
Deadline for PALS Board Election Fast
Approaching! Vote Now!
Both the PALS Board of Directors and the Librarian’s
Advisory Committee are holding their elections for FY2009. If you have not
already voted, please do so now! REMINDER: For both elections, we ask that
only one ballot be cast from each library agency/school district. Unless we
hear otherwise, we expect the library director to cast the ballots. All other
ballots will be disregarded. Both ballots are posted on the PALS website and
can be submitted electronically or mailed to the Coal Valley Service Center,
Attn: Cori Swanson, PO Box 125, Coal Valley, IL, 61240.
Ballot for PALS
Board of Directors Deadline is Sunday, May 18, 2008
Ballot for Librarian’s
Advisory Committee Deadline is Sunday, May 25, 2008
Even if you are not submitting
a ballot, please feel free to take a look at who’s running for office:
Board candidate information
LAC candidate information
If you any questions
about submitting a ballot or questions about these committees, please call
309-799-3155 x3163 or email Cori Swanson at coris@palsnet.info.
Last "Official" Week for School Deliveries
Just a reminder that next week (the week ending May 23) is the last "official"
week for school deliveries for PALS. However, if your school is open after
Memorial Day, or is on a modified year-round calendar, etc., you may contact
your delivery hub supervisor to request additional deliveries. The first "regular"
week for school deliveries for the fall is the week of August 25. Have a great
summer school members!
PMPT Trivia Contest - Week #2
At PALS Day last week, the PALS Marketing Power Team (PMPT)
included the first PALS library trivia contest in the event packets. We are
going to share the answers to the trivia contest through Prairie Views each
week for the next few weeks. If you weren't able to attend PALS Day, the trivia
contest is attached for you to
try answering all 15 questions. If you would like to submit trivia about your
library for our next contest, please send it to Judy Hutchinson at PALS, judyh@palsnet.info.
Question #3: At this library, you have to go outside to get downstairs to the
Children's Room?
Answer: Sheffield Public Library
Question #2: This library has the highest volume of PALS delivery for a single
building, averaging nearly 2500 items per week.
Answer:Bettendorf Public Library ?
The next meeting of the PALS Marketing Power Team is Wednesday, June 18, at 10:30
a.m. in person at the Highland Community College campus at Elizabeth, or via
neighborhood videoconferening. The sharing topic for this meeting is a round
robin panel discussion; bring a marketing problem and the group will brainstorm
how to make it better. All are welcome, so please consider attending!
Events/Continuous Learning
CLeO: All continuous learning events
sponsored by PALS are open to all staff or representatives of member libraries.
Registration is required for all PALS continuous learning programs. To
register, visit the PALS CLeO at http://www.palsnet.info/events/
Information on registration, how to set up a CLeO account, and PALS procedures
for continuous learning can be found on the PALS website at: http://www.palsnet.info/services/cl/default.asp
PALS
Events by Month
Continuing Education Elsewhere in the State
Looking for Funding Help?
The Donors Forum is offering new classes
including, for those of you with Foundations, “Demystifying the New
Form 990.” To learn about this workshop and the many others they offer
to help you seek outside funding, please go to http://www.donorsforum.org/.
Member News
Jodie
Toohey Book Signing at the Davenport Public Library
Join local author Jodie
Toohey on Saturday, May 24 from 10 AM to noon at the Davenport Public Library,
Fairmount Street location (3000 N. Fairmount Street) for a book signing of
her book, Crush and Other Love Poems for Girls. Toohey is quoted for writing
her book, which focuses on love and rejection for teens and pre-teens because, “I
realized there were no other books like this available.” Registration
is not required for this free event.
For more information call 563-328-6833
or visit us online at http://www.davenportlibrary.com.
BI-State Literacy Council Awards Literacy
Program Grants
The Bi-State Literacy
Council is pleased to announce that they have awarded $3200 in grants to sixteen
area literacy programs. This is the largest number of grants given out by the
Council. Recipient programs promote literacy skills and practices throughout
the Bi-State area (western Illinois/Eastern Iowa).
Receiving grants of $200:
Kids First Academy, Camanche
Stay N Play Child Care, Clinton
St. Joseph Catholic School, DeWitt
Children’s
Discovery Center, Clinton
Kewanee Even Start, Kewanee
Tree of Knowledge Program,
Muscatine
Garfield Elementary School, Moline
Jane Addams School, Moline
Hosts Program, Rock Island
Project Literacy, Rock Island
Morning Coffee Club,
Moline
Wood Intermediate School, Davenport
Play & Read Kids Summer, Davenport
Heritage Christian School Library, Eldridge
STAARS Mentoring Program, Davenport
Bettendorf Public Library, Bettendorf.
Congratulations and Farewell
To Pat Schwartz, Kids’ Library Manager
at the Plano Community Library on her retirement. Pat’s last day will
be July 31. Pat has worked at the library for over 17 years and will be missed
by her coworkers and patrons. Happy Retirement!
Maple Park Public Library Is Going To Be 45!
Maple Park Public Library will be turning 45 on June 16, 2008. You are cordially
invited to celebrate this occastion with the Maple Park Public Library Staff
and Board of Trustees.
When: Saturday, June 21, 2008
Where: Maple Park Public Library, 302 Willow Street, Maple Park, IL
Time: 3 - 5 pm
There will be free food and games for the whole family. See you there!
Missing Books - members
are welcome to post information about materials that are missing in
transit. As with all Prairie Views submissions, please send to prairieviews@palsnet.info
No Missing Books this week.
Freebies/Exchanges/For
Sale/Wanted
Prairie Area Library System offers a means for members to share
discarded items to needy libraries. Procedures are outlined in the Reference
Member Services Guide http://www.palsnet.info/services/reference/reference_guide.asp
They are also outlined below.
Libraries wanting to offer up materials can email to Prairie
Views,
providing the following information:
*Library's name and phone number
*Title(s) of the items
discarded
A list
will be compiled for inclusion in the weekly Prairie Views newsletter. Anyone
interested in freebies are to contact the library directly, (no earlier than
Monday following the listing). Members are responsible for making their
own arrangements. The PALS van delivery may be available for transporting
items, as space and time permits. Contact your
Service Center Delivery Manager to arrange for delivery of large shipments.
PALS Members - please remember that you are asked
to not request or release any items whether they are Free or For Sale until
Monday following the publication of the announcement in Prairie Views. This
gives library staff a chance to see the message and request the materials
if they are interested. Thanks for your cooperation - we have had several
complaints in recent weeks about items being released before Monday.
Free
Books from Homer Township Public Library
GOVERNMENT PHONE BOOK USA 2007
TOLL
FREE PHONE BOOK USA 2007
HEADQUARTERS USA 2007 (2 VOLS)
ERNST & YOUNG TAX
GUIDE 2007
NATIONAL 5 DIGIT ZIP CODE AND POST OFFICE DIRECTORY 2007 (2 VOLS)
HOOVER’S HAND BOOK OF PRIVATE COMPANIES 2007
HOOVER’S HAND BOOK
OF AMERICAN BUSINESSES 2007
HOOVER’S HAND BOOK OF WORLD BUSINESS 2007
HOOVER’S HAND BOOK OF EMERGING COMPANIES 2007
The library will
have to make arrangements to pick these volumes up, they are not to be sent
on the delivery:
BOOKS IN PRINT 2005-2006
(14 VOLS)
BOOKS IN PRINT 2007-2008 (14 VOLS) WRITER’S MARKET 2006
Job Openings
Jobs can be submitted on the PALS website at http://www.palsnet.info/jobs/ or by
sending them to prairieviews@palsnet.info. All jobs
submitted by either method will be included in Prairie Views for one
week and will be posted for 120 days on the PALS website unless the library
posting the job requests that it be removed before 120 days. Visit http://www.palsnet.info/jobs/
to views all the job ads that PALS currently has posted.
Library
Director
Winifred Knox Memorial
Library (Franklin Grove Public Library), Franklin Grove, Illinois. The
Franklin Grove Library Board is seeking applicants for the position of Library
Director. Located 40 miles southwest of Rockford, Ill., and about 30 miles
east of DeKalb, Ill., a new state-of-the-art facility which serves a population
of 1100 residents, was dedicated and opened to the public in August of 2007.
*The
Director will report to a 7 member elected Board of Trustees; supervise, maintain,
and enhance policies and procedures for the library; have a good understanding
of current library technology and trends, good administrative and organizational
skills, and knowledge of financial and project management.
Additional information
regarding the library and community can also be found at http://www.franklingrovelibrary.org and
http://www. franklingroveil.org.
*Qualifications: ALA/MLS (recent graduates
encouraged to apply); applicant’s
with a bachelors degree only plus a minimum of 3 years of supervisory library
experience, may also be considered. Must also have successfully completed or
be willing to obtain the Illinois Barcode Certification.
*
Salary: Min: $38,000.00;
20 days paid vacation per year; benefits negotiable with considerations given
for qualifications and experience.
To apply for this position, send a cover
letter, work history, unofficial transcripts and contact information for professional
references to:
Mr. Roger Fisher
President of Franklin Grove Library Board
203
Lincoln Hwy.
Franklin Grove, Il. 61031
No Phone Calls Please. Application deadline:
Friday, May 30, 2008.
Teen Librarian
Normal Public Library seeks an energetic, innovative,
team-oriented librarian to join the Adult Services staff, with primary focus
on services for teens. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until
the position is filled.
*
Requirements: MLS from an ALA-accredited graduate program;
ability to work as part of a professional team dedicated to excellent customer
service; experience working with teens; willingness to work with diverse populations
of all ages; excellent computer skills. Interested applicants should be flexible,
outgoing, creative, self-motivated, and possess both a positive attitude and
a sense of humor.
*
Preferred qualifications: Web development skills; previous
library experience.
*
Responsibilities: Planning and presenting teen programming,
including Summer Reading, Teen Advisory Council, Anime/Manga Club, Gamefest,
plus additional community partnerships and outreach activities; collection
development and maintenance; provision of public services; other duties as
assigned.
Applications will be accepted from qualified applicants
until position is filled, and should include cover letter, current resume,
and a list of three references. Submit application materials to:
Brian Chase
Director
Normal Public Library
206 W. College Avenue
Normal, IL 61761
Email:
bchase@normal.org
Reference and ILL News
ILLINET INTERLIBRARY LOAN TRAFFIC FORM FY 2007 (July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2007)
The Illinois State Library is pleased to release the ILLINET Interlibrary Loan
Traffic Form FY2007. All ILLINET libraries will have the opportunity to utilize
the Bibliostat Collect product to submit their interlibrary loan statistics.
Bibliostat is a division of Baker and Taylor. There are several improvements
and enhancements using this new vendor's Collect software program, including
new format, new functionalities, and compatibility with other Bibliostat products.
A mailing is being distributed that includes Username/Password and other information.
In response to questions about the FY2008 Traffic Form-it is in development
at Bibliostat and should be released this summer.
Youth Services and School Library News
Teen
iREAD Poster Contest 2010 theme
The Illinois Library Association and Illinois Reading Enrichment
and Development (iREAD) are sponsoring a Poster Contest to promote Teen Reading.
The contest is open to all middle and high school aged artists. The poster should
illustrate the 2010 theme “SCARE UP A GOOD BOOK”. The winning entry
will be the basis for the artwork for the Young Adult iREAD Summer Reading Program
in 2010. Here are the particulars for the poster:
• Include images of
books, a library, or something related to reading
• All art and characters
must be original (not existing cartoon or comic characters)
• Artwork should
be appropriate for hanging in public libraries
• Poster can be up to 19
inches by 26 inches
• Final art can be either computer generated or a drawing,
painting, or collage using traditional media
• If submitting computer art,
be sure that it is either vector art (Adobe Illustrator) or if it is a Photoshop
file, that it is 300 pixels per inch
• Completed entry form page must accompany
all entries (see attachment)
• All entries will become property of the Illinois
Library Association.
• Winner will receive $1,000.00
Deadlines
• All
entries due to the individual libraries by July 31, 2008
• By August 15
determine your winner and submit winning entry to Jane (RFSY) or Norma (SWSB).
Also please either call or send us an email that you have sent an entry.
• System
winner will be determined by August 31.
• System winning poster will go
to ILA conference in September and be on display.
• Online voting for
winner to be held in September and October.
• State winner will be announced
by October 15, 2008.
Each library that chooses to participate can control how
they promote the contest. If you would like to send a letter and/or copy of the
submission form to your schools, that is great. If you prefer keeping the promotion
of the contest strictly to within your library, that is fine also. For more information
go to www.ila.org/iread . Jason Stuhlmann from Elmwood Park Public Library is
the 2010 iREAD Committee Chair.
Children’s Choice Book Award Winners
The Children’s Book Council
announced the winners of the first annual Children’s Choice Book Awards
May 13 at a gala in New York City hosted by Jon Scieszka. Some 55,000 children
across the country voted for their favorite books, authors, and illustrators
at libraries, bookstores, and online. The Children’s Choice Book Award
winners are as follows:
Kindergarten to Second Grade Book of the Year: Frankie
Stein written by Lola M. Schaefer, illustrated by Kevan Atteberry (Marshall Cavendish
Corporation)
Third Grade to Fourth Grade Book of the Year: Big Cats by Elaine
Landau (Enslow Publishers)
Fifth Grade to Sixth Grade Book of the Year: Encyclopedia
Horrifica by Joshua Gee (Scholastic)
Illustrator of the Year Award: Ian Falconer,
Olivia Helps with Christmas (Simon & Schuster)
Author of the Year
Award: J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Scholastic)
The Children’s
Choice Book Awards program was created to provide young readers with an opportunity
to voice their opinions about the books being written for them and to help develop
a reading list that will motivate children to read. The program is a new component
of Children’s Book Week, the longest running literacy event in the country.
Public Library News
No Public Library News this week.
Academic Library News
No Academic Library News this week.
Special Library News
No Special Library News this week.
Support Staff News
No Support Staff News this week.
Technology Services News
No
Technology Services News this week.
E-Rate Corner
No E-Rate Corner this week.
New
Books at PALS
Library News Around the State & Nation
WebJunction Illinois Hits Number One!
It's only been six months since the official
launch of WebJunction Illinois at the Illinois Library Association annual conference
in Springfield, but WJIL is now leading the nation in WebJunction registrations.
Thanks to everyone for enthusiastically embracing this exciting new online
community for librarians. You can read about this outstanding achievement,
along with information on the most recent Fundraising Basics archive from Alliance
Library System; an original article from an Illinois Special Librarian; and
registration information on a free upcoming learning Webinar called Introduction
to Shaping Outcomes. All in the latest "What's New @ WJIL" at the
following link: http://webjunctionworks.org/il/blog/index.php/2008/05/06/new-wj-il-0506/
News from Vendors
No News from Vendors this
week.
Legislative/Advocacy News
Legislative News Update
We’re in the home stretch now for the three IMRF
bills, the mandatory filers, Libraries in Name Only and other bills of interest
to libraries.
May 15, Senate Committee deadline for substantive House bills.
May 23, House deadline for 3rd reading of Senate Bills.
Congressman Takes Aim at Second Life in Libraries
(ALA, Chicago) U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.)
announced May 5 that he was gearing up to reintroduce the Deleting Online Predators
Act (DOPA), legislation that would require libraries and schools that rely
on e-rate funding to prohibit minors from using chat rooms and social-networking
sites without parental permission. He indicated that the new bill would create
an adults only (.ado) domain for chat rooms and social networking sites such
as MySpace and Facebook. During a press conference at the Mount Prospect police
station of Kirk’s suburban Chicago district, the representative singled
out Second Life as a site where youngsters were particularly vulnerable. Read
more
Grant News
No Grant News this week.
Just So You Know
No
Just So You Know this week.
Prairie
Views will be published weekly on Thursdays on the PALS website.
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