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Announcements

On Monday, November 16, 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 Dr. Burr Ridge, Illinois.

The Public Library Certification Page is now available on the MLS website at http://www.mls.lib.il.us/members/PLMembershipCertificationForm.pdf. This certification, requiring board signature, is a requirement of system membership. Public library members must submit this form to MLS no later than December 31st, 2009.

MLS launches two School Networking Groups for MLS School Library members. These meetings will provide an informal opportunity to meet other school librarians, share what’s happening in your school library, ask questions, or seek out advice. Register for the group within your zone or either meeting. Only open for MLS members so you must be logged into your L2 account to see the event. Northern Zones 1-5, Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Immaculate Conception High School, and Southern Zones 6-9, Friday, November 20, 2009, 2:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., Homewood-Flossmoor High School

Reciprocal Borrowing Agreements have been released by MLS for public library members wishing to have continued access to the Reciprocal Borrowing credit/debit and collection agency service after January 1st, 2010. Documents and an explanatory memo can be found at http://www.mls.lib.il.us/resource_sharing/reciprocal_borrowing.asp. Questions contact Kate Boyle at boylek@mls.lib.il.us.

A final reminder that School Library Members need to complete their School Per Capita (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/library/what_we_do/schoolpercapgrant.html) and their MLS School Annual Report http://www.mls.lib.il.us/SchoolAnnualReport2010.asp by Friday November 20, 2009. One person from each district or private school needs to complete each survey in order to receive the grant money and retain system membership. Questions or assistance contact Christina Stoll at stollc@mls.lib.il.us.

Review and provide comments on the recently completed Core Services for Library Systems by the Library System Standards Committee, posted on the Illinois Library System Standards blog at http://illibrarysystemstandards.wordpress.com. Core services are defined as basic services that are funded by the state's System Area & Per Capita Grant and provided by the multitype regional library systems to all full member libraries at no charge, and cover the following areas: Advocacy, Consulting, Delivery, On-Site Visits and Professional Development. The Library System Standards Committee’s work can be tracked at http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/library/whats_new/systemstandardrules.html.
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MLS 2009 Annual Meeting & Award Winners

Over 100 libraries members attended this year’s Annual Meeting on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at the Tinley Park Public Library. The event reviewed the year’s accomplishments and then recognized the twelve receipts of the member awards.
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Read full article http://www.mls.lib.il.us/ennounce/2009/03_21/annualmeetingawardwinners.asp

Continuing Education Events

MLS Local History Group Meeting, Alan Stein & Vicki Hass, Chicago Oral History Round Table, Thursday, November 12, 2009, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., MLS Burr Ridge

Resources at the Donors Forum Library, and Conducting Prospect Grant Research, Katherine Litwin, Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., MLS Burr Ridge

Understanding Mexican / Latin American Culture, Catherine Popowits, Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Eisenhower Public Library District

MLS Special Libraries Networking Meeting: Linked In, David Rahn, Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., MLS Chicago

MLS School Holiday Program: School & Public Library Partnerships, Friday, December 4, 2009, 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., MLS Burr Ridge, Youth Services Registration & School Registration (must be logged into your L2 account to see event)

Twittering @ Your Library, Toby Greenwalt, Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. MLS Burr Ridge

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

Applications are open for the 2010 Penguin Young Readers Group Award which provides a $600 stipend to up to four children's librarians to attend their first ALA Annual Conference. Applicants must be personal members of ALSC and ALA, work with children in an elementary, middle school or public library, have less than ten years, but more than one year, of experience as a children's librarian by the opening of the Annual Conference and no previous attendance at an ALA Annual Conference. The deadline is December 1, 2009 and the full application can be found at http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/profawards/penguinyoungreadersgroupaward/index.cfm. [Permalink]

SWAN Receives Hugh Atkinson Award

At this year’s ILA conference, the MLS System Wide Area Network, better known as SWAN received the Hugh Atkinson Award for its value of “collaboration, cooperation, commitment, innovation and reliability”. Read what other nominators had to say about this honored system service.
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Read full article http://www.mls.lib.il.us/ennounce/2009/03_21/swanatkinsonaward.asp

MLS Service: Internship Central One Year Later

One year after its launch, the MLS Internship Central Database has provided much success for several libraries that signed up for accounts and posted their internships. Has your library taken advantage of this free service? Have you searched the database of library internships within the state? [Permalink]
Read full article http://www.mls.lib.il.us/ennounce/2009/03_21/internshipcentraloneyearlater.asp

Member Spotlight: Hinsdale Finals Week

Reprinted with Permission of Voice of Youth Advocates, ©2009, this article "How to Get Nearly 1,000 Teens into Your Library in Five Days or Less" written by staff from the Hinsdale Public Library. The article shares their Finals Service week program for local area high school students. [Permalink]
Read full article http://www.mls.lib.il.us/ennounce/2009/03_21/hinsdalefinalsweek.asp

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The next issue of MLS E-nnounce will appear November 18, 2009. [Permalink]

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

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