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Locate Library Info Home » Members » Members CornerMembers' Corner: January 2006Keep up on the achievements of your colleagues. Member's Corner will publish the first Friday of each month. Hurricane Relief NSLS has adopted the Jefferson Parish Library in Metairie, LA on behalf of NSLS libraries who wish to help these libraries who have suffered so much as a result of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. We are in almost weekly contact with Jefferson Parish Library officials and they are very grateful for the many boxes of books and checks that we've sent them. In addition, we have asked the Jefferson Parish Libraries to create a wish list for items they need. View wish list information. Below is a list of what's been donated during December. Check the October, November, and December Member's Corner for previous announcements. We commend all of our libraries for being so helpful and supportive during this difficult time for those struck by the hurricanes. To be included in next month's Member's Corner, contact Christina Johnson.
Bookmobile To Head South The Waukegan Public Library 's 43-year old bookmobile is going to Jefferson Parish, Louisiana as perhaps the largest gift they've ever received, and probably one of the most surprising this year. The bookmobile, and the books on it, are being donated as part of a relief effort organized by NSLS. The bookmobile is filled to capacity with over 300 boxes of books donated by the Friends groups of the Lake Forest Library, Vernon Area Public Library, Warren-Newport Public Library, and the Wilmette Public Library. Plans are being made for her delivery via a freight train and no final timetable is ready. Retirement Jack Alan Hicks, Administrative Librarian of the Deerfield Public Library, has announced his plans to retire from the library at the end of June, 2006. Hicks has been employed at the library for 35 years, half of that time as the Head of the Reference Department and half as Library Director. Read full press release. Interim Director Ela Area Public Library's Board of Trustees has named Brenda Duff , Assistant Director, as the Interim Library Director effective January 3. She will serve until a permanent director is in place. Duff replaces Frank Novak who resigned to become library director at Rockford Public Library. Library Express Beginning February 1, Indian Trails Public Library District will institute Library Express, a new library materials service. As part of this LSTA grant-funded pilot program, books, videos, CDs, and more can be sent directly to patron's doorsteps for a nominal shipping fee of $4 per item. "The Arlington Heights Memorial Library, Indian Trails Public Library District and the Skokie Public Library formed a partnership to develop Library Express. By delivering reserved and Interlibrary Loan materials, this project will provide an opportunity to enhance convenience and ease of use for busy patrons. The partners will undertake service variations in terms of delivery method and one or two way returns." Grant The Chicago Tribune Charities – Holiday , a fund of the McCormick Tribune Foundation, has awarded a $20,000 grant to the Waukegan Public Library 's Foundation in support of the Lake County Adult Learning Connection's Families First program. The Lake County Adult Learning Connection is a coalition of three organizations concerned with adult and family literacy. These agencies include the Waukegan Public Library , the College of Lake County and Literacy Volunteer s of Lake County. Support is also provided by United Way the United Way of Lake County. The Families First literacy program serves parents and children from the Zion area and is held at the Zion-Benton Public Library. The primary purpose of the program is to encourage parents to become their child's first teacher while improving their own academic skills. As the parents are working towards earning the GED, the preschoolers are engaged in educational activities. Exhibit Fremont Public Library is hosting The Traveling Pants exhibit through January. returned to Fremont in November. Fremont Public Library sent a pair of jeans to area libraries for their teen groups to decorate in the spirit of friendship as seen in the book, "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants." View photos. Food for Fines
On the Radio Oakton Community College does a radio show (Sundays, 6:25 a.m., WTMX 101.9) and the library has been invited to contribute to a handful of shows, the first being the "self-improvement" topic. The show will air sometime in January. The other dates/topics are to be determined. Hispanic Grassroots Leadership Development Program The Des Plaines Public Library will host the Hispanic Grassroots Leadership Development Program (HGLDP) "[t]o
promote and facilitate constructive dialogue and interaction between Hispanic citizens and public officials who are responsible for administering city of Des Plaines , Cook County and school governments." Over the course of 11 seminars, the
program will help train Hispanic community leaders on a broad range of public policy issues for public service and/more effective leadership roles. The following libraries were mentioned in "Our Libraries" during the month of December:
What's New in Libraries? The following libraries were featured in the December episode of What's New in Libraries?, Libraries Help Create Lasting Memories.
Cartoon Corner Start your day with a smile with this cartoon from Richard Lee, Waukegan Public Library. 
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