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Member's Corner: June 2007

Member's Corner articles publish in the nsls.info weekly e-newsletter on the first Friday of each month. It is a place for libraries to share the successes of their library as well as the accomplishments of staff. Contact Christina Johnson to share your news.

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Author Visit

Caldecott Medal winning illustrator/author Eric Rohmann will be at the Mount Prospect Public Library on Wednesday, June 27 from 6:30 - 7:30 pm. Rohmann's works include Time Flies, My Friend Rabbit, and The Cinder-Eyed Cats, among others. He is the illustrator for this year's Illinois Library Association reading program Mission Read: To the Library and Beyond. Rohmann will be discussing his writing and illustrations, giving an art demonstration, and answering questions.

Partnership

Read the book. See the play. Get involved! Through the presentation of Othello, special receptions, giveaways and more, Writers' Theatre and eight North Shore Libraries have partnered to design a program to enhance your experience and allow exclusive access to the art. More info.

Event

Dare to Dream will launch on June 2 at the Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin in conjunction with the library's Mission: Read summer reading program. Brought to Elgin locally by a $150,000 grant from the Grand Victoria Foundation, the exhibit was created in collaboration with NASA by Evergreen Exhibitions and national sponsors General Motors and Lockheed Martin. The exhibit will also include exhibits from NASA and interactive elements and programming provided by additional partners including the Adler Planetarium and the Sci-Tech Museum.

Awards

• The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office has announced that the Central Elementary School Library in Wilmette is the inaugural winner of the Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award for Exemplary Humanities Programming.  The award will be presented at the ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., during the Opening General Session on Saturday June 23, 2007. Central Elementary School Library will receive a plaque recognizing the achievement, a cash award of $4,000, and inclusion of the winning program in a national training session for model humanities programs.
• The AASL Collaborative School Library Media Award of $2,500 has been awarded to Renee Zorc, school library media specialist, Daniel J. Wright Junior High School, Lincolnshire. The Collaborative School Library Media Award, sponsored by Tandem Library Books, recognizes and encourages collaboration and partnerships between school library media specialists and teachers in meeting goals outlined in Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning through joint planning of a program, unit or event in support of the curriculum and using media center resources.

In Print

NSLS board member Nancy Heggem had one of her poems accepted for the 2007 Outrider Press, Black and White Anthology, "A Walk Through My Garden". She will be reading for the Kick-off of the book, in the Poetry Tent at Printers Row Book Fair on June 10, at 10am.

NSLS Attendees for the 2007 Institute for School and Public Librarians

This Institute is an information rich, intense, exciting and educational week of immersion in library programming. Programs focus on basic skills and knowledge needed by school and public librarians including reference, collection development, dealing with different personalities, technology issues, grants and more. ISPL offers opportunities to gather knowledge and develop job-related skills. Lectures, informal discussions, small group sessions, hands on sessions, and networking will be utilized.

• Elk Grove Village - Ridge Family Center for Learning
  Eileen Justus
• Evanston - Evanston Public Library
  Linda Balla
• Fox Lake - Grant Community High School
  Cynthia Wolf
• Grayslake - Grayslake Area Public Library
  Patricia Greedan
• Rolling Meadows - Community Consolidated School District #15 - Willow Bend School
  Kathleen LaPorte
• Round Lake - Round Lake Area Library
  Debbie Allen
  Ann Cooksey
• Round Lake Beach - Community Consolidated School District #46 - Avon School Media Center
  Kathy Harold
  

Library Expansion

On May 22, Cook Memorial Public Library District’s Board of Trustees approved a plan to expand the library district by 30,000 square feet without a tax increase. The expansion will include a new, full-service library in Vernon Hills and a 10,000 square foot addition and renovation to the district’s main library in Libertyville. With the expansion, the library district will be able to offer meeting rooms, group study spaces, reading lounges, a screened-in porch, computer labs, a drive-through window, and even a coffee shop. The expansion project is expected to cost $12 million and to be completed by 2009. More info.

Great Courses Collection

Thanks to the generosity of residents Gail and Willard De Filipps, the Mount Prospect Public Library now holds the entire collection (nearly 200) of Great Courses from the Learning Company. At the express request of the De Filipps, the collection is available through Interlibrary Loan and to reciprocal borrowers.