Prairie News 10-15-99

Volume 10, Number 20 October 15, 1999

The October Tech News can be found at

http://www.rpls.ws/991015tn.htm

99-284 LIBRARY CALENDAR

October 16-19 ILA Conference, Navy Pier, Chicago.

October 20 DRA Meeting, Vespasian Warner PLD, Clinton, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

October 28 Building Earth's Largest Library Teleconference, LTLS, 2:00 -

3:00 p.m.

October 28-30 ISLMA Conference, Holiday Inn Select, Decatur.

November 2 RPLS Round Table, Memorial Elementary School, Taylorville,

4:00 p.m.

November 4 Weeding 101, RPLS, 9:00 - noon.

November 9 S/MSLN Meeting, Williamsville H.S., 4:00 p.m.

November 9 Reference Legal Research, RPLS, 9:00 a.m. - noon.

November 10 RPLS Board, DPL, 2:00 p.m.

November 10-14 AASL Conference, Birmingham, AL.

November 17 Storytelling Basics, RPLS, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

November 19 Soaring To Excellence, RPLS, Noon - 1:45 p.m.

November 25-26 RPLS Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday

November 30, Dec. 1 Planning For Results, RPLS, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

99-285 MEMBERSHIP MEETING: Rolling Prairie held its membership meeting on

Thursday, October 14, at the Holiday Inn in Decatur. Librarians, trustees and

guests numbering over 80 were in attendance. Our first RPLS Awards were given

that evening. Karen Penn of Eisenhower H.S. in Decatur was awarded the Staff

Member of the Year. Library of the Year was awarded to the Maroa Public

Library District, Director Marilyn Gentle. There were two life time

achievement awards given. The first to Marilyn Metzger, retired Business

Manager of RPLS and Dr. Charles Hale retired director of the Staley Library at

Millikin University. A picture of the winners can be found on the web page

http://www.rpls.ws/Membership_Meeting_Awards_1999.htm.

Congratulations to winners of door prizes at the meeting, Becky Wilson, Herrick

Public Library; Linda Shaw, Rochester PLD; Pamm Collebrusco, Riverton Village

Library; Karen Lindley, Eisenhower H.S.; Connie Poole, SIU School of Medicine;

Gina Jannink, Robert Morris College; Deb Sanders, Lincoln PLD; Chuck Hale, Mt.

Zion PLD; Carmen Epstein, Chatham Area PLD; Sue Chenoweth, Atwood-Hammond PLD;

Brandy Kommer, Ursuline Academy, Springfield; John Moorman, Decatur Public.

Featured speaker for the evening was Sarah Long, President of ALA. She spoke

on her theme for the year, Libraries Build Community. She gave these

guidelines to keep in mind when seeking new partners. 1. Assess your own

organization's strengths and weaknesses and understand how they can add value

to a partnership. 2. Evaluate what values and goals you are unwilling to

compromise in working with a partner. 3. Think about how your constituency will

view the partnership. 4. Consider your goals for partnering. Three RPLS

librarians helped Sarah talk about partnerships by relating their partnership

experiences. Malinda Evans of Vespasian Warner Library in Clinton, Debra Aper

of Adams Elementary School in Decatur, and Dave Zindel of RCC. It was a great

evening. We thank all who helped to plan the evening, those who participated

as table top leaders and all those who attended.

99-286 ILLINOIS STATE CURRICULUM CENTER MOVED: The Illinois State Curriculum

Center is now located at 3430 Constitution Drive, Suite 114, Springfield, IL

62604. We can be reached at our old 800 number-800-252-4822. We will be

getting new individual phone numbers, but we don't have them in yet.

99-287 REACHING FORWARD SOUTH: Local Library Assistant Receives Award; Thelma

Ball, Library-Aide at the Niantic-Harristown Community Unit School District #6

was chosen to receive one of the two Reaching Forward South Library Assistant

Awards. Ms. Ball received her award on Friday, September 24, 1999 at the

Reaching Forward South Conference held in Decatur, Illinois. This conference

is an annual event especially designed for library assistants and support

staff.

Ms. Ball was chosen as a winner because of the impact she has made on other

library staff, library patrons, and the library community as a whole. "She has

been the glue in the library program at Niantic-Harristown CUSD # 1, "according

to her nomination written by Jane Whalen also of the Niantic-Harristown CUSD.

The other Reaching Forward South Library Assistant Award winner is Denita "Dee"

Reed of the Cahokia Public Library District.

99-288 READ FOR THE FUN OF IT: Notices about the Summer Reading Program have

been distributed. Orders should be sent directly to ILA by December 1. Order

forms are also available through the ILA website.

99-289 SUSPENDED LIBRARY CARD: The following card has been suspended from

borrowing privileges at the Athens Municipal Library. Card number 187.

Contact Bobbi Benning at the Athens library if you have any questions about

this patron's card.

99-290 MID-ILLINOIS TALKING BOOK CENTER: Linda Dahl is the new Outreach

Specialist at the Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center. She is replacing Ruth

Rademacker. She will be the primary contact for the Rolling Prairie Library

System and will begin doing library visits as time permits. If you want to

schedule a specific time, contact her; otherwise, she will just be dropping by

with materials and checking to see if you have any questions about the service.

Linda has recently retired after 16 years as a reference librarian at Fondulac

Library in East Peoria. Please call her at 1-800-426-0709 anytime you have

problems or questions.

99-291 ARE YOU A DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF LIBRARY AND

INFORMATION SCIENCE (GSLIS) ALUMNI? Please join us on the River Forest Campus

to Celebrate 50 Years of Graduate Education with "High Tea & Success Stories,"

Saturday, October 23, 1999, from 1:30-5 p.m. This event will provide you with

an opportunity to reconnect and network with other alums and to hear and share

our success stories. Carolyn Anthony, Illinois Library Association President,

will be the Keynote Speaker. Other speakers include: Prudence Dalrymple, Ann

Carlson, Michael Leonard and Peggy Sullivan to name a few. All money raised

from this event will be contributed to the newly established GSLIS Alumni

Scholarship Fund. Tickets are $35, $25 of which can be tax-deductible donation

to the GSLIS Alumni Scholarship Fund. If you cannot attend, but would like to

make a contribution to the scholarship fund, please feel free to do so.

Parking is available on campus. Registration Deadline is October 18. For more

information contact 708/524-6845. We're looking forward to seeing you on

Campus. Marie-Louise Settem, Graduate School of Library & Information Science,

Dominican University, 7900 West Division Street, River Forest IL 60305,

800/828-8475 (toll free), 708/524-6522 (direct line), settmari@email.dom.edu,

708/524-6657 (fax)

99-292 GIVEAWAYS: Barclay Public Library (Warrensburg) has the 1997 edition

of Thomas Register (33 vols.) to give away to the first library requesting it.

Please call 672-3621, or fax 672-8404 your request.

The Illinois State Historical library has 2 titles to give-away: 1. A 9 volume

set of Books in Print, 1998/99 ed., includes Titles, Authors, and Publishers.

2. A nearly complete, unbound, never-cataloged set of journals titled: Journal

of the IEST: the official publication of the Institute of Environmental

Sciences and Technology. Begins with 1973 to 1998. Please call Jane Ehrenhart

at ISHL at (217) 785-7945; first come, first served.

99-293 WORKSHOPS: CompuMaster will present a two-day workshop entitled

"Discovering the Secrets of Microsoft Access" with December and January dates

available in Illinois. Fee $399. Padgett Thompson will present "The Better

Business Writing Workshop" with November and December dates in Illinois. Fee

$159. KEYE Productivity Center is presenting "How To Deal With Unacceptable

Employee Behavior". November and December dates available in Illinois. Fee

$149. "How to Supervise People" is a one-day seminar presented by Fred Pryor

Seminars which has Illinois dates available in December. Fee $149. Fred Pryor

Seminars also is conducting "Business Writing For Results". November and

December dates available in Illinois. Fee $159. CareerTrack will offer

"Assertive Communication Skills" in Illinois in November. Fee $79. "Microsoft

Office" is the title of a one-day workshop presented by CareerTrack with

Illinois dates available in December. Fee $99.

99-294 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES: The job notices printed in the Prairie News are

either submitted to the newsletter editor or taken from the University of

Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science Placement web site.

The address is: http://carousel.lis.uiuc.edu/~jobs/.

Youth Services Librarian. HELEN MATTHES LIBRARY, Effingham. Duties: develop

and implement services for toddlers to teens, collection development, outreach

to schools and daycare, reader's advisory, Summer Reading Program, Story Hour,

attend professional meetings, some cataloging and data entry. Requirements:

BA, experience working with and enjoying children, knowledge of children's

literature, computer experience (DRA is our vendor), friendly and helpful

attitude. Desired: MLS. Salary: $24,000 - $25,000 depending on experience and

education; health insurance, IMRF, vacation, personal days and sick leave.

Date available: January 3, 2000. Closing date: December 1, 1999. Apply to:

Normalie Strickland, Director, Helen Matthes Library, 100 E. Market Ave.,

Effingham, IL 62401. Ph. 217 342-2464. Notes: Submit resume with three

professional references and cover letter.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: The Northern Illinois Library System (NILS) is seeking an

experienced Executive Director to provide leadership for a multitype regional

library system headquartered in Rockford, Illinois. Consisting of 151 member

libraries in 11 counties, NILS is one of 12 systems in Illinois. Duties: The

Executive Director works closely with the board and member libraries in

planning and implementing core services to the members of the system; manages a

staff of 16 FTE and a $1.7 million budget. Requirements: MLS from an

ALA-accredited school, minimum of 8 years progressively responsible library

management experience, 4 years at the senior level including supervision of

professional and supervisory staff. Demonstrated oral and written

communication skills, a commitment to excellence, experience in managing a

networked environment, and a commitment to technology based service. Knowledge

of Illinois library community is preferred. Salary: Minimum starting salary

of $64,000, commensurate with qualifications and experience, with excellent

benefits. Regional travel required. Procedure for Application: Submit letter

of interest, resume and four references to: Barbara Burroughs, Chair,

Executive Search Committee, 1105 W. 2nd St., Rock Falls, IL 61071-1001.

Application review starts Dec. 1, 1999; search open until the position is

filled. EOE

MULTI-TYPE LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT: The Alliance Library System, a

multi-type system serving 295 public, special/corporate, academic, and school

district libraries in a 14,008 square mile Central Illinois region, seeks a

creative, energetic, and experienced generalist consultant to work in the

Quincy area. The library development consultant serves as a member of the

professional staff directly responsible for planning, organizing, implementing

and monitoring major program efforts for multi-type library development and

cooperation and as a member of the Continuing Education Task Group. The

successful candidate must have a Masters Degree in Library Science (MLS) from

an ALA accredited library program, and five years of library experience of

which two years should be in an administrative capacity. Experience in at

least two types of libraries and in both urban and rural setting is highly

desirable. The successful candidate will (1) possess a broad knowledge of

library services and state/national library trends; (2) be able to work

effectively in a multi-type library environment; (3) be able to evaluate

situations, meet people easily, and possess good judgment; (4) function both as

a team member and a team leader in a decentralized organizational structure;

and (5) express themselves clearly and concisely both orally and in writing.

Initiative, self-direction, and strong management skills are essential.

Position requires a valid Illinois Driver's License and involves considerable

driving/travel. Salary negotiable from $32,350 based on experience and

education. An excellent benefit package is included. Review of applications

will begin on November 15 and continue until a suitable candidate is found.

Send resume and letter of application to Lynne Jones, Executive Assistant,

Alliance Library System, 845 Brenkman Drive Pekin, Illinois 61554. (309)

353-4110. EOE

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