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Next month the State Library will offer important videoconferences on Calculating the 2010 U.S. Census and Changes in the Public Library Per Capita and Equalization Aid Grant Application. Instructions on using the U.S. Census Bureau’s Web site, American Factfinder2, to determine the population of a public library’s service area will be offered on: Thursday, August [...]
This week the Illinois State Library spotlights Pui Tak Center in Chicago. Chinatown in Chicago is filled with immigrants looking to make a new life in America and offers everything they need ― restaurants, a post office, medical care, banks and even a popular pharmacy. To obtain better jobs, the immigrants must be able to [...]
In preparation of the Public Library Per Capita Grant applications, the Illinois State Library is requesting that every public library district submit the population for your service areas to the Illinois State Library. Calculating your populations for the counties and townships your library district serves helps to deal with the intricacies of your boundaries to [...]
With all the demands placed on public library staff these days, it is all too easy to let things get out of hand and lose sight of that balance between work and personal life that is so important. Or just to let the day-to-day stress get the better of you. Here are two courses that [...]
This fall the Illinois State Library will again offer the highly acclaimed service Try-It! Illinois to Illinois librarians and their users. Try-It! Illinois introduces Illinois librarians, staffs and patrons to a variety of electronic databases. These resources will be offered free of charge through the State Library during the trial period (October 1 – November [...]
This week the Illinois State Library spotlights the Safer Foundation/PACE Institute in Chicago. Sometimes improving one’s education can lead to a new beginning. A female adult learner was incarcerated in Cook County jail but was studying with a tutor through the PACE Institute of Safer Foundation. The student wanted to obtain her GED when she [...]
Eliminate the Digital Divide: Helping Patrons Find Web Based Legal Information will be held next Wednesday, July 27th from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon. This webinar will focus on the online resources available on Illinois Legal Aid Online’s award winning website. Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now
Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White and the ISL remain steadfast in their commitment to support Illinois libraries and library systems and the priorities of delivery, the automated consortial catalogs and the Talking Book programs. To fulfill this goal, in Fiscal Year 2012 (July 1, 2011-June 30, 2012), the ISL will once again [...]
The FY2012 Public Library Per Capita and Equalization Aid Grant application is now available. Find the application and related materials, including a letter from Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White and a memorandum from State Library Director Anne Craig on the State Library website.
This week we spotlight The Literacy Council in Rockford. The need for tutors to work with English as a Second Language learners is increasing in the Rockford area. One learner with limited English speaking skills came to the Literacy Council in Rockford to study with a tutor. She could speak and read some English but [...]