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MARK YOUR CALENDAR
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SCHOOL LIBRARY TO-DO LIST
Past Due: Please check to make sure that you … Signed up for Wilson Select Plus for 2009/2010. All new or returning institutions must have signed a new agreement prior to September 14, 2009 to ensure uninterrupted access to this resource. But it’s not too late! Send in the agreement today if you are want to provide this valuable tool.
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WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE The movie version of Maurice Sendak’s classic book, Where the Wild Things Are is scheduled to be released on Friday, October 16. Here are some resources to help you join the fun.
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NOVELIST® & NOVELIST® K-8 | NOVELIST PLUS & NOVELIST® K-8 PLUS NoveList and NoveList K-8 or NoveList Plus and NoveList K-8 Plus are available to ILLINET member academic, public, special and high school library buildings and to middle and elementary library buildings. The Office of the Secretary of State, Illinois State Library pays 50% of each library building (location) fee. Order forms received after October 30, 2009 will not be eligible for the Illinois State Library subsidy. Complete the NoveList order form (pdf) to initiate your request. Please direct any questions to Gwen Harrison at 217-785-7334.
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ILLINET
INTERLIBRARY LOAN TRAFFIC FORM The FY2009 ILLINET Interlibrary Loan Traffic Form is now available. You can assist our efforts to measure and evaluate the effectiveness of resource sharing by completing the survey. Surveys are due by October 30, 2009.
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READ
FOR A LIFETIME
The Illinois State Library is again coordinating Read for a Lifetime, the highly acclaimed reading program designed exclusively for high school students. School or public libraries may sign up for the program by completing this registration form (pdf). For additional information contact Jeanne Urbanek, 217-524-0050.
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JOIN THE CAMPAIGN TO SAVE ILLINOIS LIBRARIES In response to the recent cuts to system funding and library grants, the Illinois library community is launching a campaign to secure the future of Illinois libraries. You can keep up with the campaign and find out what you can do to help by visiting us on Facebook or Twitter, or by going here. The campaign is just beginning: be sure to check back regularly for updates!
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ISLMA/LBSS ENDOWMENT
FUND GRANT
 Illinois School Library Media Association is thrilled to announce that 160 Illinois schools and libraries will receive the second annual ISLMA/LBSS Endowment Fund book grants. Grant recipients, who agreed to participate in the Children’s Choice programs, will be shipped one set of books for the 2010 reading campaign at the level indicated on their grant application. The Illinois children’s choice reading awards programs are the Monarch Award (k-3), the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award (4-8), and the Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award (9-12). Students throughout the state of Illinois may participate in the programs by reading these books and voting for their favorite title. A complete listing of grant recipients is posted on the ISLMA/LBSS Endowment Fund Website. The Illinois School Library Media Association received funds for the endowment fund when the nonprofit Library Book Selection Service dissolved in June 2005. A stipulation of the agreement between LBSS and ISLMA was that the assets be invested in order to fund grants to encourage students’ reading of quality literature in Illinois. RPLS libraries receiving the ISLMA/LBSS book grants are:
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LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White is urging students in grades 4-12 to enter the 2010 “Letters About Literature” contest, a national reading and writing contest sponsored by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress and the Illinois Center for the Book in partnership with Target. "Every year students across the nation write letters to authors, living or deceased, describing how a book positively impacted their life," said White, who serves as honorary chair of the Illinois Center for the Book. "Anyone who has read these letters can see how literature inspires and touches the lives of our young people. Students truly enjoy this contest, and I hope thousands of Illinois students will participate this year." The deadline to enter the competition is December 12, 2009. State winners will be announced in April 2010. For more information about the competition, contact Bonnie Matheis at 217-558-2065. Information can also be found here.
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Vicki Hall from Springfield School District recommends the free webinars that Classroom 2.0 has available. After just a few minutes of looking around the site, I have to agree with her. Vicki says, “I just participated in a webinar on Elluminate from Classroom 2.0 about the fantastic web site, AllaboutExplorers.com. The creators of the web site took us through a web tour of the site. The site teaches students that not everything you read on the web is true and you need to check for accuracy. Start by reading, "About this Site".
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WHAT
HAPPENED TO SEPTEMBER?
I’m not alone in wondering this; I heard it at the grocery store just last night. My response? “I’d like to know what happened to August, too!” In reality, I know what happened to August and September. Interesting projects kept me out of the office large chunks of time and illustrated the old adage, “Time flies when you are having fun.” It’s no wonder the September issue of Let’s Get It All Together got lost in the shuffle.
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ONE MORE THING... Scholastic has free downloadable October bookmarks with a library theme.
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Let’s Get It All Together is a
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