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Reports that the Chinese American Library Association (CALA) is looking for papers to be presented at the CALA Conference on June 24, 1990 in Chicago. Theme of the conference; Details for submission.

The article focuses on the research work being done by library and information science (LIS) students in the U.S. Topics discussed include student projects completed at New York City's Pratt Institute, related work at the University of Illinois (UI), and how to improve and encourage patron ease of using the library and its resources.

Presents news briefs related to library science in the United States as of October 1988. Plans to close the Graduate Library School of the University of Chicago; Voters' rejection of library tax in Shasta County, California; National Commission on Libraries and Information Science's support to book, literacy and information-related activities.

Reports that the first World Conference on Continuing Education for Library and Information Sciences will be held at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, Illinois on August 1985.

Reports that the theme of National Library Week for 1984 is 'Knowledge Is Real Power' in Chicago, Illinois.

Reports on a position paper prepared by a committee of the Illinois Research and Reference Center Directors, that maps out a strategy for cooperative collection development in libraries in Illinois. Identification of the shortcomings of the Illinois Library and Information Network; Target goals in the areas of resources identification responsibility at all levels, access and planning and implementation.

The article reports that the planned Barack Obama Presidential Center (OPC) will hold a branch of the Chicago Public Library (CPL) which will serve the Jackson Park neighborhood of Chicago's South Side in Illinois. Topics discussed include the signing of a tentative rent-free deal by the Obama Foundation and the City of Chicago on May 1, 2018, terms under the joint proposal, and plan of CPL to hire around eight staffers to handle library services.

Highlights the report on fringe benefits titled, 'Studies of Illinois Public Libraries Using Data from 1980-81.' Fringe benefits offered to library employees; Typical work week.

The article profiles Karen Kleckner Keefe, head of Readers' Services and Public Relations Coordinator at Deerfield Public Library in Deerfield, Illinois. Her celebration of Teen Read Week with "Iron Chef Deerfield," which featured contestants from the high school cooking club is explored. Keefe's chairing of the "One Book, One Zip Code," a communitywide reading program for the two other towns whose residents must pay to purchase library cards is discussed.

This article announces the naming of a new director for the American Library Association (ALA) Office of Research and Statistics. Denise Davis was recently named to succeed Mary Jo Lynch (who served for 25 years) as the director of the ALA Office of Research and Statistics. Davis's move to Chicago comes after stints at the Oregon State Library, where she served as program manager for library development, and the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS), where she was director of statistics and surveys. She's focusing on filtering, library construction, and library funding, as well as usage, which in the electronic age is more easily tracked, if not more easily interpreted.

Features Jennifer Hain Teper, assistant professor of Library Administration and head of the Conservation Unit at the Main Library of the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. Educational attainment; Career background; Efforts taken by Hain Teper to commemorate the tenth million book of the University of Illinois academic library.

Focuses on an evaluation report on the Ready for Reference service being piloted by academic libraries in Illinois. The questions which were raised concerning live, online reference; Brief details of findings; Similarities; Complexity of problems with authentication which were noted by project evaluator Bernie Sloan.

The article focuses on the Glen Carbon Centennial Library (GCCL) in Illinois, which earned the Best Small Library in America Award 2010 from "Library Journal," sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. GCCL has experienced a staff development program provide by Disney to promote professionalism and a cooperative attitude. The library is part of the Lewis and Clark Library System.

Reviews restaurants in the Chicago, Illinois area. Brief reviews, with address, phone number, operating hours and price range, for Emperor's Choice, Penang, Phoenix, Gioco, Opera, Oysy, Costa's, Parthenon, Santorini Greek Tavern, Berghoff, Catch 35, Everest, Rhapsody, Trattoria No. 10, Blackbird, La Sardine and many more.

Explains how some minor opposition but mostly voter apathy defeated two referenda to build a new library in Lemont, Illinois. Why the current library is housed in the high school; Details of why the referenda failed to pass.

Presents information on construction grants awarded by the State of Illinois to libraries. Financing for the improvement of facilities; Requirements of the adult literacy program of the Bridgeview Public Library.

Features a report on library statistics in Illinois in 1987.

Reports that Beverly Lynch, university librarian at the University of Illinois at Chicago has testified at the February 23, 1987 hearing on the fiscal year 1988 appropriations for the Library of Congress in Washington.

Reports on Illinois Governor James R. Thompson's proposal for library funding which includes $2 million for literacy programs, $25 million for a State Library building and $8 million for public library construction as of May 1985.

Reports that Illinois State Library handled 500,000 requests by the state's 18 library systems with a fill-rate of 88 percent, and satisfied 97.4 percent of the 63,000 reference queries received by them, leading all other state networks in the United States.

Reports that the Illinois Benedictine College in Lisle has tightened security following theft of an OCLC computer terminal from its locked technical processing room. Details regarding the efforts of the institution in tightening up security within its premises.

Reports on the annual meeting of the Association of Cooperative Library Organizations in Chicago, Illinois.

Focuses on Midwinter Meeting of the American Library Association (ALA) held from January 17-22, 1987, in Chicago, Illinois. Information on ALA finance, taxes and accounting; Executive Board election; Galvin agenda; Revival of ALA international relations; Protection of sensitive information; Messages to Washington and U.S. Department of Education; Minority concerns; Campaign spending; Legislative update. INSET: Discussion Groups at ALA Midwinter..

Presents the views of eminent statesmen of librarianship during the National Library Week celebrations by the library at Eastern Illinois University. Robert Down's views on challenges for academe; Prediction of Keyes Metcalf regarding rapid growth of libraries; Panaroma of the inventions in library buildings provided by David Kaser; Jesse Shera's focus on the problems posed by information revolution.

Presents the 97th Annual Conference Program of the American Library Association in Chicago, Illinois on June 25-28, 1978. Theme of the conference; Schedule of activities; List of sessions covered by the conference.

Focuses on the library system at the University of Chicago. Trends toward interdisciplinary study and centralization; Changes in set-up which include the central location of the reference desk; How the library has dealt with issues of storage; Impact of the addition of the independent science library, Crerar Library; Outlook for the collection, storage, and electronic resources of the library.

Focuses on the issue of accrediting library school programs, discussed at the annual conference of the Association for Library and Information Science Education held at Chicago, Illinois between January 15-17, 1986. Accreditation of the programs beyond the American Library Association (ALA); Tensions between the ALA Committee of Accreditation and schools over educational goals.

Discusses the deal of Berkeley, California-based information service agency Information on Demand (IOD) with the System Reference Service (SRS) of the North Suburban Library System in Wheeling, Illinois to answer questions of researchers send to it by the latter. Fees charged by IOD for the service; Method adopted by the IOD research team to sort the questions received from SRS; Benefits of the deal to the parties.

Features the conference of the Library and Information Technology Association slated in Chicago, Illinois in June 1978 focusing on key issues and developments relevant to library automation. Provision of bibliographic services; Assessment of library automation; Data management systems.

Reports that collections of Chicago, Illinois-based Center for Research Libraries is accessible for inter library loan by the RLIN network of the Research Libraries Group. Involvement of the Center in activities of interest to the Research Libraries Group.

Reports on the approval of new guidelines document for public libraries in the state by the Illinois Library Association. Definitions of statements of necessities.

Highlights the 1982 Midwest Archives Conference, which was held in Chicago, Illinois. Plenary session on the impact of federal funding on archival management; Problems facing archivists; Grants bestowed by the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities; Increasing use of computers by archivists.

Reports on specialty services provided by 29 volunteers in the Adult Services Department at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library in Arlington, Illinois. Newsletter report on the volunteer unit; Contribution of a retired librarian for collection of materials for science fair projects.

Reports that a cache of rare books and newspapers that was discovered in 1979 tucked away in a storage area in the Chester Public Library of Illinois made its public debut during the 1980 National Library Week. Restoration and preservation of the unusual collection by volunteers from the Shawnee Library System.

Reports on the sponsorship of Medical Library Association's continuing education courses by several metropolitan Chicago, Illinois, library systems. History of the program; Discussion on how the cooperative education program works.

Highlights the conference of the Association of American Library Schools entitled 'Alternatives for a Crisis-Based Society: Are Educators Confronting the Challenge?,' held in Chicago, Illinois in January 1978. Impact of society's problems on the academe; Overview of librarians' options in sessions with the different alternatives.

Reports on the Associated Colleges of the Midwest Conference on Management Issues in Automated Cataloging concerning the effect of automation on library staff requirements held in Chicago, Illinois. Evidence for the elimination of the need for professional level cataloging positions; Importance of qualified professional catalogers for the improvement of mass production cataloging catalog.

Reports that the Chicago Public Library in Illinois has urged the City Council to stiffen penalties for overdue books and damage to library materials. Amount in fines proposed by the public library for overdue and damaged books.

Summarizes the recommendations of the report titled 'Toward Cooperative Collection Development in the Illinois Library and Information Networks.' Adoption of a user-oriented acquisitions policy at the local level; Promotion of the use of ILLINET by educating the public and library personnel; Creation of a universal access card that will allow library patrons to borrow books online.

The article profiles librarian Aaron Schmidt. As reference librarian and all-around technology guru at Thomas Ford Memorial Library in Western Springs, Illinois. Schmidt created the library's web site using Movable Type, a publishing platform familiar to anyone who reads or publishes blogs. Like many young people, Aaron Schmidt loves electronic gadgets. But not for their own sake. He believes the future of libraries depends on how well we meet the needs of today's young adults, who are far more tech-fluent than most librarians. Schmidt also implemented free wireless access and brought in the ListenIllinois audio ebook project. He had to train library staff, which is how he discovered his talent for teaching. Schmidt wants to help librarians understand the environment within which libraries must compete, including the commercial web. If we understand what our users get from those realms, and apply those lessons, libraries will have a future.

This article reports that Dorothy Frankel, a reference librarian from Chicago, Illinois received the Claude D. Pepper Distinguished Service Award for 64 years of service. The award is from Operation ABLE and WMAQ-TV. Frankel is with the Chicago Public Library. Her exhibits and window displays are called as the library's defense against aliteracy. Operation ABLE is a not-for-profit network of community-based centers that champion the hiring of older workers. Ninety-one men and women received Senior Achievement Awards, and seven received the Pepper Award. These awards have now been presented for nine years.

Reports on the grant received by the Center for Research Libraries in Chicago, Illinois from the National Endowment for the Humanities to microfilm the newspapers produced by the men of the Civilian Corps circa 1934-38.