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Lincoln Trail Calendar for October 7 - November 3, 2006: |
| October 9 | Columbus Day Observed - LTLS Open |
| October 10 | SILO (Serials of Illinois Libraries Online), 1-3:30 p.m., LTLS |
| October 11 | Large Print Rotating Collection Group, 10:00 a.m., LTLS |
| October 13 | Elder Abuse Workshop, 1-3 p.m., LTLS |
| October 17 | FirstSearch Administration, 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m., LTLS |
| October 25 | Better Together Trustee Workshop, 7-9 p.m., LTLS |
| October 27 | Soaring to Excellence Series-Best New Technologies: Keeping Up With the Storm, LTLS |
| November 1 | SILO (Serials of Illinois Libraries Online), 9-11:30 a.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 - 365 | Visit the LTLS web site to see the following
new information: News Releases: |
| 2006 - 366 | Attention public libraries: Every Library in ILLINET (ELI) may now be accessed to update information for the Public Library Per Capita Grant Application. To update your ELI record: Go to http://eliillinois.org/, click on "My Library Account," log in with User Name and Password, find your library's record by locating your library with Quick Search, edit Trustee information. The certification is displayed on your public record for you to print when you have saved your changes. Grant applications must be postmarked on or before October 16, 2006, or hand delivered to the Illinois State Library no later than 4:30 p.m. on October 16, 2006. If you have already submitted your Per Capita Application without the signed certificate, submit the certification as soon as possible. |
| 2006 - 367 | Friends of the Mahomet Public Library and the Rotary Club of Mahomet are sponsoring a 5K Run/Walk and Pancake and Sausage Breakfast to benefit the library's building fund. The event will take place on Saturday, November 18, at Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve with breakfast served in the Pavilion. Breakfast is free for race registrants, $5 for spectators, and will be served from 8-10:00 a.m. For further information and a registration brochure, see the library's Web site at http://www.mahometpubliclibrary.org. |
| 2006 - 368 | Friends of the Champaign Public Library will hold their bi-annual used book sale at the JBJ Centre, 723 South Neil Street, Champaign. A pre-sale for Friends members will be held October 13 from 4-8 p.m., the public sale will be October 14 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and bargain day will be October 15 from 1-5 p.m. For more information, see the library’s Web site at http://www.champaign.org. |
| 2006 - 369 | The Third International Conference On Technology, Knowledge And Society will be held at Cambridge University, UK, January 9-12, 2007. The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is October 31, 2006. Full details of the conference, including an online call for papers form, can be found at the conference Web site - http://www.Technology-Conference.com. |
| 2006 - 370 | Siva Vaidhyanathan, Associate Professor of Culture
and Communication at New York University, will be giving the fall
2006 Windsor Lecture at the Graduate School of Library and
Information Science on October 12, 2006 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The title
of his talk is “What's an Author to Do?: Google, Digitization,
and the Future of Books.” For more information contact Assistant
Dean for Communications Marlo Welshons at |
| 2006 - 371 | Lost in transit: The Civil War Music (3 compact discs) M1637.C5T5 2000, Author-N/A B/C-31220000649092, Loaning Library-Lake Land College, Who Put in Transit-JFN - July 19, 2006, Destination-ZLN. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay: a Novel PS3553.H15A82 2000, Author-Michael Chabon, B/C-31220000602208, Loaning Library-Lake Land College, Who Put in Transit-JGN - May 19, 2006, Destination-ZLN. |
| 2006 - 372 | The Latino Partnership of Greater Champaign County is hosting a Fiesta to showcase social services and public agencies on October 22 from 1-4 p.m. at the McKinley Foundation, Westminster Hall, 809 S. 5th St., Champaign. The Fiesta is designed to give organizations a forum for sharing informational materials and resources with the Latino Community in Champaign County. If your library is interested in having a booth at the Fiesta, please complete the registration form. Flyers advertising the event are available in both English and Spanish. For more information, contact: Rebecca Guyette, Chair, Latino Partnership of Greater Champaign County, at 217-337-1500 or becca@universityymca.org. |
| 2006 - 373 | Position Available-Search Extended: Library Administrative Assistant, Champaign Public Library. $18.73 per hour, full-time (38 hours per week) until June 30, 2007, then 30 hours per week pending budget approval for continuing at full time. Required: two years of college and five years of secretarial or office experience. Apply by October 16, 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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For more information, circle item number and return with your name and library to Administration Department, Lincoln Trail Libraries System, or request via e-mail at ltls@lincolntrail.info. |
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