As written in the ILLINET Interlibrary Loan & Reciprocal Borrowing Code (2008), libraries are to annually submit interlibrary loan statistics to the Illinois State Library. The ILLINET Interlibrary Loan & Reciprocal Borrowing survey serves many purposes, and has been a useful tool for several Illinois State Library committees as they work towards meeting the resource sharing needs of Illinois libraries.

If you have questions, please follow these guidelines:

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Contact any of these Illinois State Library staff members:

• Becky Hunter, bhunter1@ilsos.net, 217-782-7849
• Gwen Harrison,gharrison@ilsos.net, 217-785-7334
• Robert Jones, rjones1@ilsos.net, 217-785-1168.
  The 800 number is 1-800-665-5576 x2.

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Contact any of these Illinois State Library staff members:

• Gwen Harrison, gharrison@ilsos.net, 217-785-7334
• Robert Jones, rjones1@ilsos.net, 217-785-1168.
  The 800 number is 1-800-665-5576 x2.

Technology Issues:
Contact Counting Opinions at 1-800-521-4930.

To put this in perspective, in FFY2010, Illinois received an allotment of $6,520,126. The FFY2013 allotment is more than one million dollars less than four years ago. On Friday, March 1, 2013, sequestration took effect, resulting in a series of automatic across-the-board cuts to federal government agencies. By September 30, 2013, $85 billion in reductions will be in place. For nondefense discretionary accounts including IMLS, this computes to a 5 percent annual reduction, which for IMLS means about a $12 million cut. Consequently, all states have seen a decrease in their LSTA allotment.

The Illinois State Library will continue to use the federal LSTA funds to support statewide initiatives and library services while continuing to address the goals of Illinois’ Long Range Plan for the Use of LSTA Funds. You can view the plan at:
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/library/grants/pdfs/lstalongrangeplan.pdf.

All those involved with delivery in a particular library agency (library director, resource sharing staff and others) are encouraged to work together to complete a survey for your library agency. The survey is accessible via Survey Monkey and responders should complete the survey by April 17.

The Illinois State Library has developed an Illinois State Library Delivery Advisory Committee (ISLDAC). The committee’s charge is to develop recommendations for a uniform, statewide delivery service. Consistency and standardization are critically important to ensure fairness and equity statewide, maximize efficiency and promote effective stewardship of funding. Survey responses will be shared with ISLDAC to help present a clear picture of current delivery practices and the goals and desires of persons who respond to this survey.

The new Center will operate from the Reaching Across Illinois Library System building in Burr Ridge.  Staff at the Illinois Talking Book Outreach Center can be reached via email at: info@illinoistalkingbooks.org. Patrons can also contact staff and reader advisors via phone: 800-426-0709. The new Illinois Talking Book Outreach Center will serve the entire state outside the city of Chicago. City of Chicago patrons will continue to use the Chicago Public Library Talking Book Center.

There will be a new user friendly website, illinoistalkingbooks.org, to offer more connections to databases, related service providers, various help links, book lists, and news items. Patrons will continue to receive materials as they do now, and will still be able to interact with reader advisors.

The Illinois State Library has developed an Illinois State Library Delivery Advisory Committee (ISLDAC). The Committee’s charge is to develop recommendations for a uniform, statewide delivery service. Consistency and standardization are critically important to ensure fairness and equity statewide, maximize efficiency and promote effective stewardship of funding. Survey responses will be shared with ISLDAC to help present a clear picture of current delivery practices and the goals and desires of persons who respond to this survey.

All those involved with delivery in a particular library agency (library director, resource sharing staff, and others) are encouraged to work together to complete a survey for your library agency. The survey is accessible via Survey Monkey and should be completed by April 17.

You may print a PDF version of the survey for internal use and discussion. However, please be sure and submit your library agency’s final response using Survey Monkey online.

Questions about the process should be emailed to ISL Library Development Group at isl_certify@ilsos.net.

This effort involves public libraries making space available in their buildings for one day or multiple days. Secretary of State organ/tissue donor program staff would set up a table in the library to provide information to library patrons and sign patrons up to become organ/tissue donors at LifeGoesOn.com. Public libraries soon will be receiving a supply of donor registration cards from the Secretary of State’s office to help sign up participants.

If your library would be willing to host an organ/tissue donor registration drive, please contact Wyconnda Boatman at wboatman@ilsos.net. Please include the name of your library, a contact person, email address, telephone, mailing address and the day(s) your library would be willing to host an organ/tissue donor registration drive. If you have questions, please call 800-210-2106. The Illinois State Library truly appreciates your cooperation in this effort.

• Establishing statewide service standards
• Gathering statistics
• Sorting, packaging and labeling
• Training and communications
• Integrating statewide technology/software solutions whenever feasible and possible
• Ensuring compliance with federal postal regulations
• Standardizing performance expectations for libraries, system agencies, and ILDS

From late April through November, committee members will work to create a single, seamless statewide delivery service model. The committee’s recommendations will be presented to the Illinois State Library Advisory Committee. Any meetings of the committee will be open and subject to the Open Meetings Act.

If you are interested in serving, please compose a brief letter of application with your name, workplace, address, phone, fax, and email. Briefly explain why you would like to serve and explain your knowledge of delivery. Email your letter of application to Ron Winner at rwinner@ilsos.net on or before March 29. The Illinois State Library encourages interested persons from all library types and sizes and all areas of the state to apply.

Please direct any questions to Ron Winner at rwinner@ilsos.net.

Further information and contact information for submitting the application are available online or via phone at: 217-782-1891.

The online form and additional information about the process are available at:
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/library/libraries/librarycertification.html.

Questions about the process should be emailed to ISL Library Development Group at isl_certify@ilsos.net.