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Announcements

On Monday, September 21, 2009, the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Library System, and the Board of LIMRiCC will meet. The LIMRiCC meeting will convene at 5:30 p.m., the MLS Board meeting immediately following. Meeting agendas can be found at http://www.mls.lib.il.us/board. Both meetings will be held at the MLS Burr Ridge Office located at 125 Tower Drive, Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527.

In response to the recent library system budget cut, MLS will be holding a series of Member Focus Groups to solicit feedback from MLS members regarding proposed service cuts. This feedback will assist MLS in completing a comprehensive plan to address our current budget crisis, as well as plan for the future. Handouts for the focus groups can be found at http://www.mls.lib.il.us/members/serviceplan.asp. Attend one of the following focus groups:

Member Focus Group, Friday, September 11, 2009, 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., MLS Chicago

Member Focus Group, Monday, September 14, 2009, 1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., Oak Park Public Library

Member Focus Group, Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m, MLS Burr Ridge

Check out the New MLS Member Directory at http://www.librarylearning.info/libraries/system.aspx?LibSys=MLS, which as of September 1, 2009 moved to L2. To update your library record, each library director would log into their account on by clicking on the Sign In link at the top right of the screen. Navigate to your library using the Libraries link near the sign in, and choose Edit Building or View Staff to make changes. Questions or help contact Jody Rubel at rubelj@mls.lib.il.us, or view L2 help at http://www.librarylearning.info/help.aspx.

Register for Innovate, Create, and Succeed: Thinking Big, Thinking Forward before end of the day October 1, 2009 and be entered into a raffle to win an Amazon Kindle, furnished by Prenax Basch. This one day conference geared towards Special Librarians, takes place on Friday, November 6, 2009 at the MLS Burr Ridge office. Anne Caputo, SLA President Elect will speak along with others on topics ranging from facilitating and incorporating creativity into your work, creative marketing, and use of tools and resources. A lunch-hour Expo will showcase vendors, demos of Second Life and the SLA Innovation Lab. Complete program descriptions and to register visit http://www.librarylearning.info/events/?eventID=5671.

Congratulations goes to the MLS group the Reference Association of the South Suburbs (RASSL) as the winner of this year’s ILA’s Reference Services Award, for their Guadalajara International Book Fair Sponsorship. RASSL’s sponsorship of the book fair provides travel expenses for one librarian each year who works in the area of Spanish language acquisitions and/or working to build their Spanish language collection to better serve their community. The award will be presented at the ILA Conference in Peoria, October 6-9, 2009. Information about RASSL can be found at http://www.rassl.info.
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Museum Adventure Pass Program Launches

Around 150 people attended the September 1 launch event for the Museum Adventure Pass program sponsored by Macy’s in partnership with DLS, MLS, and NSLS, 153 of their member libraries and 17 Chicago suburban area museums. The kick-off event took place at the Brookfield Zoo along with other participating museums hosting tables for the visiting guests who were the staff from the participating libraries and their children.
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Read full article http://www.mls.lib.il.us/ennounce/2009/03_17/museumpassprogram.asp

Continuing Education Events

A reminder that workshops taking place in either of the MLS Office Computer Labs prohibit food or beverages. Workshop attendees are asked to be considerate of this request for it prevents the chance of damage to the computer lab equipment.

Developing a Winter Reading Parade Program, Eric Arnall, Monday, September 28, 2009, 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., MLS Burr Ridge

Support for Mobile Devices Users, Toby Grennwalt and Jacob Hill, Thursday, October 22, 2009, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., MLS Chicago

Discovering Urban Fiction for Middle School Students, K.C. Boyd, Friday, October 23, 2009, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., MLS Burr Ridge

Management Skills & Styles, Gretel Stock-Kupperman, Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Acorn Public Library District

For more information and to register, visit the MLS CE Calendar at http://www.librarylearning.info/?LibSys=MLS.
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Grants & Awards

The Library Journal Directors’ Summit on “Successful Fundraising in a Tough Economy,” is taking place November 9 - 10 at Chicago Public Library (CPL), is designed to provide library directors with direct access to some of the most respected leaders in the library fundraising world. Sponsored by Gale Cengage Learning and hosted by LJ, Library Strategies, and CPL, the summit includes an evening reception and keynote, followed by a full day of panels, breakout sessions, and speed consulting with experts on creating support for buildings, technology, endowments, and more. Free and open to directors of large and medium-sized public libraries. To register visit www.libraryjournal.com/directorssummit09.

YALSA's Great Books Giveaway Competition offers the remaining books, video’s, CD’s and audiocassettes sent from Publishers to the YALSA office that must be removed to make room for next year’s publications. Libraries in need are encouraged to apply for these materials targeted for young adults. The deadline is December 1, 2009 and more information regarding the application criteria and how to apply can be found at http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/awardsandgrants/yalsasgreatbook.cfm.
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Member Spotlight: Summer Reading Program Recap

This article focuses on the Summer Reading Programs of several MLS Public Libraries, and the trends, surprises and lessons they learned for creating even better summer reading programs for next year. Check out the success of these libraries and take away a few ideas for next year’s summer reading program at your library.
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Read full article http://www.mls.lib.il.us/ennounce/2009/03_17/summerreadingrecap.asp

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The next issue of MLS E-nnounce will appear September 23, 2009. [Permalink]

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Christina Stoll, stollc@mls.lib.il.us

Kathy Roegge, roeggek@mls.lib.il.us