Insight

              Organizers are hoping for the largest turnout in
recent years as the library community prepares for its
annual Illinois Library Day on Wednesday, March 1,
in Springfield.
Library Day participants will gather at the Abraham
Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum and march
en masse to the Lincoln statue on the east side of the
State Capitol for a rally featuring library leaders in
the state. Participants will lobby their state legislators
before and after the rally. Organizers are hoping for
a turnout of at least 500 members of the library com-munity.
“Illinois citizens are blessed to have one of the most
dynamic and progressive library networks in the
country,” said Secretary of State Jesse White. “Illinois
Library Day is an opportunity for librarians to bring
attention to the value of each library to their respec-tive
communities, whether that community is a col-lege
campus, a school district, a city or a specialized
setting such as a hospital.”
This year, representatives from the Illinois Library
Association, the Illinois School Library Media
Association, the Illinois Library System Directors
Organization, the Illinois Special Libraries
Association, and the Consortium of Academic and
Research Libraries in Illinois will take part in the
event.
“With so many challenges and issues facing the
library community, it is more important than ever to
demonstrate a united front and participate in Illinois
Library Day,” said Secretary of State and State
Librarian Jesse White.
You may register for Illinois Library Day at
www.ila.org.
January/February
in
this
issue
Illinois Library
Day — March 1
National Library
Service celebrates
75 years
Emerging Writers
awards
Library
construction
grants awarded
Small Public
Library
Management
Institute
Bi-state virtual
reference
Insight
Jesse White
Secretary of State
Illinois State Library, Gwendolyn Brooks Building
300 S. Second St.
Springfield, IL 62701-1796
Jesse White, Secretary of State and State Librarian.
Produced by the Secretary of State Communications Department.
Printed by authority of the State of Illinois. January 2006 — 10.2M
Presorted
Standard
U.S. Postage
PAID
Permit #93
Spfld, IL
2006
THE
DATE
March 1
Illinois Library Day
Springfield
March 3
National Library Service for the
Blind & Physically Handicapped
75th Anniversary
March 15
Illinois State Library Advisory Committee meeting
Illinois State Library
March 28-30
Synergy: Illinois Library Leadership Initiative
Starved Rock Lodge, Utica
April 2-8
National Library Week
SAVE
Illinois Library Day set for March 1
The DuPage Library System has added Secretary of State
and State Librarian Jesse White to their collection of
READ posters promoting Illinois libraries. Secretary White
is pictured reading the official Illinois Blue Book, which is
published biennally by his office.
You “Tried-It” — Big time!
“Try-It! Illinois,” the State Library’s annual statewide database trial, was a phenomenal success,
receiving 66,243 visits during October and November 2005. Thanks to all the vendors who partici-pated
and all the libraries, librarians and patrons who perused the databases offered during the trial.
Illinois State Library Advisory
Committee Members — 2006
Kang Moy Chiu (chair), Citizen
Representative, Chicago
Barbara J. Aron, Public Libraries,
Winnetka-Northfield Public Library
District
Bradley Baker, Academic Libraries,
Northeastern Illinois University
Yvonne Beechler Bergendorf, Public
Libraries, Wood Dale Public
Library District
Patricia Burg, Special Libraries,
Illinois State Museum
Barbara Burroughs, Citizen
Representative, Chillicothe
Gail Bush, Academic Libraries,
Dominican University
Alice Calabrese, Library Systems,
Metropolitan Library System
Lynda Clemmons, Citizen
Representative, Harrisburg
Mary Dempsey, Ex-Officio,
Chicago Public Library
John Dittmer, Citizen Representative,
Bowen
Kristine Hammerstrand, Academic
Libraries, Consortium of Academic
& Research Libraries in Illinois
Dianne Harmon, President, Illinois
Library Association,
Joliet Public Library
Joe Harris, Library Systems,
Shawnee Library System
Kay Langston, Academic Libraries,
Triton College
Barry Levine, Citizen Representative,
Homer Glen
Carol Little, Citizen Representative,
Auburn
Barbara Lund, School Libraries,
Lisle Senior High School
Robert McKay, Library Systems,
Prairie Area Library System
Chad Raymond, Public Libraries,
Northbrook Public Library
Becky Robinson, School Libraries,
Galesburg