http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/ Taking Library Service to a New High Point en-us Copyright 2007 Alliance Library System Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:47:09 CST salbrow@alliancelibrarysystem.com webmaster@alliancelibrarysystem.com http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/images/als_icon.jpg http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/ 213 75 Taking Library Service to a New High Point Subscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with Live.comThis is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site. <a href="http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/DirectorsNotebook/DirectorsNotebook.wmv" title="directorsnotebook"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/170/479943408_661dcbd8b8_m.jpg" width="124" height="50" border="0" align="left" hspace="6" alt="Director’s Notebook" /></a>This month’s Director’s Notebook is ready. <a href="http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/DirectorsNotebook/DirectorsNotebook.wmv">Watch it here</a>, or click the Director’s Notebook icon found on the ALS website any time.<br /><br /><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ALS-News?a=QiFseH"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ALS-News?i=QiFseH" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ALS-News/~3/246365591/article.cfm Sandy Albrow CST http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/article.cfm?id=4 <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3240/3048245610_362aa3c2b5_t.jpg" width="98" height="100" align="left" hspace="3" alt="Stephen Abram Power Points" />As promised the power points associated with the November 19th "A Day with Stephen Abram" program are now available. Their new home can be found in the right menu under <em>ALS Publications > Presentations</emg>, or <a href="http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/presentations.cfm" target="_blank"> click here for a quick look</a>.<br /><br /><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ALS-News?a=soyJN"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ALS-News?i=soyJN" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ALS-News/~3/460917637/article.cfm Sandy Albrow CST http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/article.cfm?id=462 The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is accepting applications forthe Small Grants to Libraries: Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War funding program. This initiative is open to U.S. public, academic, and special libraries with IRS tax-exempt status, as well as from state and local governmental agencies. <a href="article.cfm?id=463"><em> &nbsp;more...</em></a><br /><br /><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ALS-News?a=xNrgN"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ALS-News?i=xNrgN" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ALS-News/~3/461061218/article.cfm Lori Bell CST http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/article.cfm?id=463 Check out the free downloadable Dewey pictograms available at <a href="http://literacyworks.org/clls/archive/resources/differences/dewey.html" target="_blank"> http://literacyworks.org/clls/archive/resources/differences/dewey.html</a>.&nbsp; <a href="article.cfm?id=464"><em> &nbsp;more...</em></a><br /><br /><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ALS-News?a=BxKQN"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ALS-News?i=BxKQN" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ALS-News/~3/461061221/article.cfm ALS CST http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/article.cfm?id=464 <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3057/3046710494_50fda39130_m.jpg" width="240" height="94" alt="ALS Poster Gift Certificate" /><br><br>Need a gift idea for your favorite teen? How about a poster-sized image of their favorite photo? Give them an <a href="http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/giftCertificates.cfm" target="_blank"> ALS Poster Gift Certificate</a>. <br><br> <a href="article.cfm?id=466"><em> &nbsp;more...</em></a><br /><br /><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ALS-News?a=3CGIN"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ALS-News?i=3CGIN" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ALS-News/~3/461200380/article.cfm Sandy Albrow CST http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/article.cfm?id=466 <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3240/3045164877_62ce4a91ce_t.jpg" width="100" align="left" hspace="6" height="100" alt="WebJunction Illinois" /></a>InfoPros as telecommuters, designing the digital experience, trustee webinar archives, an opportunity to celebrate Employee Learning Week with your staff plus tips on how to join in Discussions on WJIL. It’s all in the latest "What’s New @ WJIL." <a href="http://webjunctionworks.org/il/blog/index.php/2008/11/20/whats-new-wjil-1120">http://webjunctionworks.org/il/blog/index.php/2008/11/20/whats-new-wjil-1120</a><br /><br /><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ALS-News?a=Y4g6N"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ALS-News?i=Y4g6N" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ALS-News/~3/460917639/article.cfm Lisa Barnhart CST http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/article.cfm?id=461 The FY2009 School District Library Grant Program (commonly referred to as the School Library Per Capita Grant) application is due at the State Library on <b>November 26th. <a href="article.cfm?id=465"><em> &nbsp;more...</em></a><br /><br /><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ALS-News?a=tfkaN"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ALS-News?i=tfkaN" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ALS-News/~3/461200381/article.cfm Illinois State Library CST http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/article.cfm?id=465 <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3240/3045938869_d56dc3784b_m.jpg" width="100" align="left" hspace="6" height="75" alt="Val with cookbook" /></a>At $20 it is a great special thank you to a board member, or a co-worker, to your secret pal or for the library book collection. Folks are giving them as presents; for the lady who does your nails, to the volunteer at the library or a perfect hostess gift over the holidays. My mom gave one to every one of her sisters and grandchildren and I am including it in my sister-in-laws stockings. A friend of mine used it in a kitchen shower gift, she put it in a big mixing bowl with some measuring cups and a wooden spoon…it was darling!! <a href="article.cfm?id=459"><em> &nbsp;more...</em></a><br /><br /><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ALS-News?a=hZJLN"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ALS-News?i=hZJLN" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ALS-News/~3/459852691/article.cfm Kitty Pope CST http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/article.cfm?id=459 <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3199/3045462851_353d19cda9_t.jpg" width="75" align="left" hspace="3" height="100" alt="08Abram" />SirsiDynix VP and Director of Innovation, the effervescent Stephen Abram was at Alliance Wednesday Nov. 19th talking to over 125 librarians about innovation and our futures. <a href="article.cfm?id=458"><em> &nbsp;more...</em></a><br /><br /><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ALS-News?a=8aycN"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ALS-News?i=8aycN" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ALS-News/~3/459852692/article.cfm Kitty Pope CST http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/article.cfm?id=458 Thinking about how to promote your department or reach out to more people? Want to learn how podcasts can help and how to make your own? Register for "Can You Hear Me Now?: How to Make a Podcast." This free, live, and online two-hour session will be offered on November 20 and December 16. <a href="article.cfm?id=453"><em> &nbsp;more...</em></a><br /><br /><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ALS-News?a=wGNqN"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ALS-News?i=wGNqN" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ALS-News/~3/455675427/article.cfm Genna Buhr CST http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/article.cfm?id=453 Director can now enter into contracts with firms for $28 million overhaul.<br />By Scott Hilyard - Peoria Journal Star - Posted Nov 14, 2008<br />PEORIA - The full Peoria Public Library Board of Trustees approved the recommendation of its building committee Thursday and agreed to hire architects Farnsworth Group and Burnidge Cassell Associates (BCA) to design the north branch library and the addition and renovations to the Main Street branch. <a href="article.cfm?id=454"><em> &nbsp;more...</em></a><br /><br /><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ALS-News?a=Bh1mN"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ALS-News?i=Bh1mN" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ALS-News/~3/456279616/article.cfm Peoria Journal Star CST http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/article.cfm?id=454 Alliance Library System is sponsoring a Red Cross blood drive on Friday, December 5 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. <a href="article.cfm?id=441"><em> &nbsp;more...</em></a><br /><br /><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ALS-News?a=azRvN"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ALS-News?i=azRvN" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ALS-News/~3/446015137/article.cfm ALS CST http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/article.cfm?id=441 <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3202/2989520236_fea3a37c05_t.jpg" width="95" height="100" align="left" hspace="left" alt="Barbara Galik" />The ALS Board of Directors, members and staff were thrilled to recognize outgoing President Barbara A Galik, director of the Cullom Davis Library at Bradley University in Peoria with the ALS Librarian of the Year award on Thursday October 30th. <a href="article.cfm?id=425"><em> &nbsp;more...</em></a><br /><br /><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ALS-News?a=hIAfM"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ALS-News?i=hIAfM" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ALS-News/~3/438572864/article.cfm Kitty Pope CST http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/article.cfm?id=425 <a href="http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/annualmeeting08/upload08/main.swf" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/banners/annualmeeting08.jpg" alt="2007 - 2008 Annual Report" width="124" height="50" align="left" hspace="6" border="0"></a>The 2007 - 2008 Annual Report is out. <br> Click the icon with Kitty’s photo found on the ALS website. It will be available throughout the year in the left column any time. <a href="article.cfm?id=426"><em> &nbsp;more...</em></a><br /><br /><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ALS-News?a=vFCpM"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ALS-News?i=vFCpM" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ALS-News/~3/438572865/article.cfm Sandy Albrow CST http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/article.cfm?id=426 <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3071/2989012413_f103af8c26_m.jpg" width="240" height="95" align="left" hspace="6" alt="ALS Board of Directors 2008 -2009" />The first ALS board meeting of the year was held October 30th. The 2008-2009 ALS Board of Directors include: <a href="article.cfm?id=427"><em> &nbsp;more...</em></a><br /><br /><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ALS-News?a=u9c6M"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ALS-News?i=u9c6M" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ALS-News/~3/438572866/article.cfm Kitty Pope CST http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/article.cfm?id=427 <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/127/407862032_2e49436a9d_t.jpg" width="63" height="100" align="left" hspace="6" alt="The Big Read" />The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts and is designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. <a href="article.cfm?id=424"><em> &nbsp;more...</em></a><br /><br /><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ALS-News?a=PSB1M"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ALS-News?i=PSB1M" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ALS-News/~3/438572868/article.cfm ALS CST http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/article.cfm?id=424