Insight

              INSIGHT
A message
from the
Secretary
A Newsletter from the Illinois State Library • January/February 2000
J E S S E W H I T E • S E C R E T A R Y O F S T A T E A N D S T A T E L I B R A R I A N
Inside INSIGHT
Ariel grants for academic libraries
Per capita grants announced
Administrative Ready Reference
  
State Library sets goals for FY 2001
 
The Illinois State Library
Advisory Committee met on Dec. 8,
1999, to hear from State Library
Director Jean Wilkins and staff
members on goals for the library for
the next fiscal year. The meeting also
served as an orientation for new
members recently appointed to the
group by Secretary of State Jesse
White.
Wilkins discussed her priorities
for the State Library in the coming
year, including enhanced work with
Illinois libraries and a closer working
State Library Director
Jean Wilkins (front/
center) met with
members of the
Illinois State Library
Advisory Committee
in December. The
committee includes
six new appointments
and two reappointed
members made by
Secretary of State
Jesse White. (See
Goals on page 3 for
names of new
members.)
see Goals on page 3
JESSE WHITE
Secretary of State
and State Librarian
“Find-It,” Project Next Generation among budget requests
relationship with the library’s Literacy
Office. She also addressed the
upcoming move of the Regional
Library for the Blind and Physically
Handicapped, which is relocating to
Springfield early this year. The
program has been funded by the
Illinois State Library for 25 years and
subcontracted to the Chicago Public
Library.
State Library staff members
provided an overview of budget
My first year as Secretary of State
and State Librarian has been very
rewarding. We are now heading full
force into what is dubbed the
“Information Age,” and libraries are
a key part of this great era.
I am truly inspired by all the new
initiatives Illinois libraries are
undertaking to meet the challenges
of the new millennium. Increased
Internet access, expanded electronic
databases and new outreach
programs for people of all ages are
among those projects that are
changing the face of the library
community. Libraries have, indeed,
become community resource centers
that help citizens meet their
information needs in this ever
changing world.
I am most pleased with the efforts
of the Illinois State Library in
addressing the needs of Illinois
citizens. Although resources are
limited at times, I am confident that
we can continue to help libraries
across the state do what they do best
— help the people of Illinois realize
their full potential through the world
of libraries.