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Our Library Face(s) – from the Lincoln Trail Libraries System

WJIL Project Team — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 02:45:27 +0000

Michelle Ralston and Joe Sciacca present a display of the PolyTalk Library Interpreters Network at the Diversity Fair at the 2007 ALA Annual Conference.

Our Library Place – Indian Trails Public Library Bookmobile, Wheeling, IL

WJIL Project Team — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 02:41:19 +0000

Our library places are on the go. Hear It! See It! and Read @ Indian Trails Public Library Bookmobile.

Our Library Face(s) – from the Institute for School and Public Librarians

WJIL Project Team — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 02:49:02 +0000

Meg Frazier (Bradley University), Kathy Baxter (Author), Mary Richars (Dieterich CU #30), Ellen Popit (Shawnee Library System) and Jan Bolding (Whiteside CUSD #15) network at the Institute for School and Public Librarians. They illustrate the benefits of multitype library collaboration.

Our Library Place – BP Corporate Library, Naperville, IL

WJIL Project Team — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 02:47:26 +0000

Special libraries meet the needs of their unique and specialized constituents. The BP Corporate Library in Naperville, IL is a model for corporate libraries.

Our Library Face(s) – Areli Lupercio, Harper College Student

WJIL Project Team — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:53:03 +0000

Areli joins several of her colleagues at Harper who share their love for reading. See the full set of Library Read Posters in Harper College Library’ flickr set.

Our Library Place – Pawnee Public Library, Pawnee, IL

WJIL Project Team — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:50:57 +0000

Who wouldn’t want to curl up on this sofa with a good book. History is preserved at the Pawnee Public Library as well as within – this wall is over 100 years old.

Our Library Face(s) – Sharon, Pat & Deb

WJIL Project Team — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:57:50 +0000

Sharon Ruda, Illinois State Library Talking Book and Braille Service, Pat Boze, Lincoln Trail Libraries System, and Deb Aggertt, Illinois State Library enjoy a break during the Small Public Libraries Management Institute (SPLMI).

Our Library Place – Hayner Youth Library, Alton, IL

WJIL Project Team — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:55:30 +0000

“In the spring of 1901, Andrew Carnegie offered to build a Carnegie Library for the city of Alton. This offer was respectfully declined! John Hayner, through further generous gifting to the endowment fund, provided for the Hayner library to be free to all the citizens of Alton. The acceptance of the Carnegie proposal would have required a yearly taxation on the citizens. Mr. Hayner’s benefaction allowed Alton citizens to enjoy the only free library in the country, wholly under the management of the ladies of the Jennie D. Hayner Library Association, previously the Alton Library Association.” – from the Hayner Public Library District history.

Our Library Face(s) – Paula Kaufman, U of I

WJIL Project Team — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 03:01:10 +0000

University of Illinois – University librarian and dean of librarians Paula Kaufman is pictured near the mural of the Celestial Hemisphere in the Main Library’ grand staircase.

Our Library Place – University of Illinois

WJIL Project Team — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 02:59:24 +0000

The Main Library’ east entrance features two of four Loredo Taft limestone sculptures of the “Sons and Daughters of Deucalion and Pyrrha,” created in 1933.