Quick Connections-July 14, 2006

July 14, 2006
2006-258 to 2006-267

Other QC Issues

2006 - 258

Lincoln Trail Calendar for July 15-August 11, 2006:

July 17 LTLS Board of Directors Meeting, 7 p.m., LTLS
July 18 LINC Getting Started, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., LTLS
July 19 LINC Basic Circulation, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., LTLS
July 20 LINC Advanced Circulation, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., LTLS
July 20 LINC Adding Items, 1:30-3 p.m., LTLS
August 3 Thomson Gale Virtual Reference Library Demonstration, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., LTLS

Register online for the continuing education and training events listed above at http://dot.lincolntrail.info:591/OnlineReg/onlinereg.htm. If you cannot locate or do not have a login and password, please send an email to Donna Schaal at ce@lincolntrail.info. Or you may register at ce@lincolntrail.info.

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Visit the LTLS web site to see the following new information:

LINC Update - July 3, 2006

News Release:

LTLS Offers Free Summer Reading Through TumbleBook Library

2006 - 260
Free: Hoopeston Public Library has two copies of the Atlas Of Vermilion County, 19--, and one copy of the Standard Atlas Of Vermilion County, 1915. They are in fair condition. Contact Lou Graham at lou@hooplib.org.

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The Thomson Gale Virtual Reference Library is here! LTLS will host a demonstration for the Thomson Gale Virtual Reference Library on Thursday, August 3, 2006, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. This is a free demonstration. Bring your colleagues and join us for this demonstration along with a Q&A of this great new service! Brad Edick and Maureen Scully of Thomson Gale will answer any questions that you may have. Lunch will be included. In order to plan for food and handouts, please register for this event at http://dot.ltls.org:591/OnlineReg/onlinereg.htm or send an email to ce@lincolntrail.info. This is a very important meeting as information will be discussed about this new consortia and how it will work. Questions? Contact Donna Schaal at 217-352-0047, Ext. 204, or dschaa@lincolntrail.info.

2006 - 262
The PolyTalk Library Interpreters Network, a free telephone-based interpretation service, is now available to all Illinois libraries! PolyTalk expands the level of library service available to non-English speaking patrons by providing library staff with a secure database to locate and contact volunteer interpreters fluent in their patrons’ languages. Volunteer interpreters provide real-time interpretation for the librarian and patron and help make library resources accessible to all patrons. To use PolyTalk, library staff and interpreters need to register for an account at http://www.polytalk.info (select the Login Now button). Library staff should select the Library Staff Account option. Interpreters should select the Interpreter Account option. Bilingual library staff are encouraged to sign up and may register for a Library Staff Account (check the box to indicate that they also wish to interpret). PolyTalk needs your help to recruit more volunteer interpreters by spreading the word in your network of community contacts. Interpreters may go online to register or contact PolyTalk for further information. Contact Randi Weiss, Project Coordinator (217-352-0047, Ext. 229), Joe Sciacca, Project Director (217-352-0047, Ext. 206), or email PolyTalk at polytalk@lincolntrail.info.

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Libraries are invited to apply for the $5,000 Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Grant, which will be awarded to a single library for the best public awareness campaign incorporating the 2007 National Library Week theme, “Come together @ your library®.” The application deadline is October 16, 2006. National Library Week is April 15-21, 2007. For more information, go to http://www.ala.org/ala/pressreleases2006/july2006/nlwgrant.htm.

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LTLS has posted photographs from the American Library Association Conference to our Web site (http://www.lincolntrail.info/photoalbum.html) and Flickr account (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ltls). The photos show some of the devastation still visible in the New Orleans area, as well as LTLS staff participation in "Libraries Build Communities," a massive volunteer effort of 900 conference attendees to help New Orleans libraries recover from the disaster.

2006 - 265 Public Library Per Capita Grants have not been distributed yet. The Illinois State Library is developing an online version, and they are still working out some of the issues. It will be at least another week if not longer before the information will be distributed.

2006 - 266 LTLS has copies of the Preliminary Program for the Illinois Library Association 2006 Annual Conference to be held at Navy Pier in Chicago on October 3-6, 2006. The theme for the conference is "Illinois Libraries: Generating Value in Dollars and Sense." If you would like one or more copies, please request them from Janet Hamilton at jhamil1@lincolntrail.info.

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Positions Available:
Reference/Children's Services, Allerton Public Library, Monticello. Full-time, Salary range $22,000-$25,000. Hours may include evenings and weekends. Qualifications: experience working with children and working with the public. To apply, send a resume, references, and a cover letter to Lisa Winters, Allerton Public Library, 201 N. State Street, Monticello, Illinois 61856.
Library Associate, Children’s Services, Champaign Public Library. Part-time (20 hours per week). $17.84 per hour. Bachelor’s degree plus 15 hours of course work in Library Science or any combination of experience and training that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities. Apply by July 24, 2006. For more information, contact the Business Office at 217-403-2050 or go to http://www.champaign.org/geninfo/jobs.html.

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2006 - 258	Lincoln Trail Calendar for July 15-August 11, 2006:
July 17	LTLS Board of Directors Meeting, 7 p.m., LTLS
July 18	LINC Getting Started, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., LTLS
July 19	LINC Basic Circulation, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., LTLS
July 20	LINC Advanced Circulation, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., LTLS
July 20	LINC Adding Items, 1:30-3 p.m., LTLS
August 3	Thomson Gale Virtual Reference Library Demonstration, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., LTLS
	Register online for the continuing education and training events listed above at http://dot.lincolntrail.info:591/OnlineReg/onlinereg.htm. If you cannot locate or do not have a login and password, please send an email to Donna Schaal at ce@lincolntrail.info. Or you may register at ce@lincolntrail.info.

2006 - 259	Visit the LTLS web site to see the following new information: LINC Update - July 3, 2006 News Release: LTLS Offers Free Summer Reading Through TumbleBook Library

2006 - 260	Free: Hoopeston Public Library has two copies of the Atlas Of Vermilion County, 19--, and one copy of the Standard Atlas Of Vermilion County, 1915. They are in fair condition. Contact Lou Graham at lou@hooplib.org.

2006 - 261	The Thomson Gale Virtual Reference Library is here! LTLS will host a demonstration for the Thomson Gale Virtual Reference Library on Thursday, August 3, 2006, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. This is a free demonstration. Bring your colleagues and join us for this demonstration along with a Q&A of this great new service! Brad Edick and Maureen Scully of Thomson Gale will answer any questions that you may have. Lunch will be included. In order to plan for food and handouts, please register for this event at http://dot.ltls.org:591/OnlineReg/onlinereg.htm or send an email to ce@lincolntrail.info. This is a very important meeting as information will be discussed about this new consortia and how it will work. Questions? Contact Donna Schaal at 217-352-0047, Ext. 204, or dschaa@lincolntrail.info.

2006 - 262	The PolyTalk Library Interpreters Network, a free telephone-based interpretation service, is now available to all Illinois libraries! PolyTalk expands the level of library service available to non-English speaking patrons by providing library staff with a secure database to locate and contact volunteer interpreters fluent in their patrons’ languages. Volunteer interpreters provide real-time interpretation for the librarian and patron and help make library resources accessible to all patrons. To use PolyTalk, library staff and interpreters need to register for an account at http://www.polytalk.info (select the Login Now button). Library staff should select the Library Staff Account option. Interpreters should select the Interpreter Account option. Bilingual library staff are encouraged to sign up and may register for a Library Staff Account (check the box to indicate that they also wish to interpret). PolyTalk needs your help to recruit more volunteer interpreters by spreading the word in your network of community contacts. Interpreters may go online to register or contact PolyTalk for further information. Contact Randi Weiss, Project Coordinator (217-352-0047, Ext. 229), Joe Sciacca, Project Director (217-352-0047, Ext. 206), or email PolyTalk at polytalk@lincolntrail.info.

2006 - 263	Libraries are invited to apply for the $5,000 Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Grant, which will be awarded to a single library for the best public awareness campaign incorporating the 2007 National Library Week theme, “Come together @ your library®.” The application deadline is October 16, 2006. National Library Week is April 15-21, 2007. For more information, go to http://www.ala.org/ala/pressreleases2006/july2006/nlwgrant.htm.

2006 - 264	LTLS has posted photographs from the American Library Association Conference to our Web site (http://www.lincolntrail.info/photoalbum.html) and Flickr account (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ltls). The photos show some of the devastation still visible in the New Orleans area, as well as LTLS staff participation in "Libraries Build Communities," a massive volunteer effort of 900 conference attendees to help New Orleans libraries recover from the disaster.

2006 - 265	Public Library Per Capita Grants have not been distributed yet. The Illinois State Library is developing an online version, and they are still working out some of the issues. It will be at least another week if not longer before the information will be distributed.

2006 - 266	LTLS has copies of the Preliminary Program for the Illinois Library Association 2006 Annual Conference to be held at Navy Pier in Chicago on October 3-6, 2006. The theme for the conference is "Illinois Libraries: Generating Value in Dollars and Sense." If you would like one or more copies, please request them from Janet Hamilton at jhamil1@lincolntrail.info.

2006 - 267	Positions Available: Reference/Children's Services, Allerton Public Library, Monticello. Full-time, Salary range $22,000-$25,000. Hours may include evenings and weekends. Qualifications: experience working with children and working with the public. To apply, send a resume, references, and a cover letter to Lisa Winters, Allerton Public Library, 201 N. State Street, Monticello, Illinois 61856. Library Associate, Children’s Services, Champaign Public Library. Part-time (20 hours per week). $17.84 per hour. Bachelor’s degree plus 15 hours of course work in Library Science or any combination of experience and training that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities. Apply by July 24, 2006. For more information, contact the Business Office at 217-403-2050 or go to http://www.champaign.org/geninfo/jobs.html.