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ALS News For Thursday, November 20, 2008
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 Alliance Library System and the Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center are working together to partner with member libraries to bring exciting high quality programs on Abraham Lincoln from the Illinois Humanities Council to your community! more... |
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Have You Heard? |
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 The ALS cookbook Food, Friends and Libraries Matter! has arrived. This cookbook contains 350 of the best recipes submitted by Alliance Library System staff, libraries, family, friends and library supporters from around the world. The cookbook is priced at $20.00; with all proceeds going toward the continuing education of librarians in central Illinois.If you preordered a copy of the cookbook and have not picked it up yet, please contact us and we will send it right out. For more information please contact: Judy Mont at 309-694-9200 ext.2115 or Valerie Brandon at 309-694-9200 ext.2113 |
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Free Online Podcasting Class |
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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. more... |
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Board Votes to Hire Architects for Library |
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Director can now enter into contracts with firms for $28 million overhaul. By Scott Hilyard - Peoria Journal Star - Posted Nov 14, 2008 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. more... |
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Gale Virtual Reference Library Offer Extended |
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Due to the large number of public libraries expressing last-minute interest in the Gale Virtual Reference Library offer, the Library Partnership Trust has worked with Gale to extend the offer until December 15, 2008. more... |
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Blood Drive at ALS - December 5th |
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Alliance Library System is sponsoring a Red Cross blood drive on Friday, December 5 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. more... |
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Director’s Notebook |
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 This month’s Director’s Notebook is ready. Watch it here, or click the Director’s Notebook icon found on the ALS website any time. |
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Congratulations Barbara!! |
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 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. more... |
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The Annual Report! |
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 The 2007 - 2008 Annual Report is out. 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. more... |
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ALS New Board of Directors |
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 The first ALS board meeting of the year was held October 30th. The 2008-2009 ALS Board of Directors include: more... |
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The BIG Read ... |
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 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. more... |
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