Illinois State Library (ISL) Communications Manager Patrick McGuckin announced the teams, instructors and mentors from Illinois and the keynote speakers for the upcoming ILEAD USA sessions that kick off Monday, March 25, 2013 at the University of Illinois Springfield (UIS). ILEAD USA is a year-long program designed to help library staff understand and respond to user needs through the application of participatory technology tools and the creation of an easy-to-replicate model program.
Illinois participants will join participants from Colorado, Utah, Ohio and Iowa. ILEAD USA is made possible by a Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program grant to the ISL from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
Teams
Beyond the Reference Desk
Barbara Alvarez, West Chicago Public Library District
Carol Hartmann, Waubonsee Community College LTA Program
Beatrice O'Connell, DeKalb Public Library
Dominique Roman, West Chicago Public Library District
Beth Tepen, United Township High School
Libraries 4 Jobs
Verna Austen, Berwyn Public Library
Lynn Bierma, Illinois State Library
Nancy Dolan, Quincy Public Library
Emily Kornak, Barrington Area Library
Taran Ley, Illinois State Library
School Librarians Are Essential to Student Achievement
Angie Green, Illini Bluffs School District #327
Krystina Kelley, Belle Valley School District #119
Pamela McDermott, Glen Crest Middle School, CCSD #89
Sia Paganis, Spring Wood Middle School
Christy Semende, Canton USD #66
STEM Linkers
Claire Crawford, Geneseo Public Library District
Annette Heintzman, Decatur Public School District #61
Bradley Jones, Skokie Public Library
Katie LaMantia, Schaumburg Township District Library
Janet Piehl, Wilmette Public Library
Tangible, Hands-On Tech Habits Program
Brigitte Bell, University of Saint Francis
Shannon Pohrte, University of Saint Francis
Chris Sloan, Joliet Public Library
Gwen Thompson, Joliet Central High School Media Center
Team Amazing
Dorothy Hemmo, University of Illinois Springfield
John Laubersheimer, University of Illinois Springfield
Shannon Littleton, Pleasant Plains High School Library
Benjamin Nanamaker, Lincoln Library
Susan Pennington, Springfield Southeast High School
The CPL 5
Kristen Edson, Chicago Public Library
Joshua Farnum, Chicago Public Library
Joan Levey, Chicago Public Library
Shenita Mack, Chicago Public Library
John Telli, Chicago Public Library
The Llama Project
Katy Hite, Roosevelt University Library
Amy Killebrew, Schaumburg Township District Library
Elizabeth Ludemann, Morton Grove Public Library
Allison Parker, Northlake Public Library District
Victoria Rakowski, Lisle Library District
The Maker Space Team
Ridgeway Burns, Glen Ellyn Public Library
Amber Creger, Arlington Heights Memorial Library
Phyllis Davis, Matteson Public Library
Elizabeth Nicholson, Naperville Public Library
Ann Marie Scandura, Glenwood-Lynwood Public Library District
The Midwestern Athenians
Eileen Doyle, Illinois College Schewe Library
Jan Figa, Illinois College Schewe Library
Jake Magnuson, MacMurray College
Jenna Nurnberger, Jacksonville Public Library
Mike Westbrook, Illinois College Schewe Library
Instructors
John Emerson, backspace.com
Alex Hoffman, Arlington Heights Memorial Library
Mick Jacobsen, Skokie Public Library
Brian Pichman, Evolve Project
Rachel Fuller, Riverton High School Library
Sarah Sagmoen, University of Illinois Springfield
Lindsay Schmitt, Deerfield Public Library
Krista Schoellhorn, Waterloo High School
Instructor/Mentor
Andrew Bullen, Illinois State Library
Mentors
Sue Stroyan Anderson, Illinois Wesleyan University
Diana Brawley Sussman, Carbondale Public Library
Kathryn Harris, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
Tina Hubert, Six Mile Regional Library District
Carlos Melian, Northeastern Illinois University
Kathy Parker, Glenwood-Lynwood Public Library District
Tammy Sayles, Western Illinois University Libraries
Mary Soucie, Three Rivers Public Library District
John Spears, Naperville Public Library
Keynote Speakers
Emily Dowdall, Philadelphia Research Initiative, Pew Charitable Trusts
John Emerson, backspace.com
Sari Feldman, Cuyahoga County Public Library
David Lankes, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
Jamie LaRue, Douglas County Libraries
Susan Madsen, Utah Valley University-Woodbury School of Business
George Needham, OCLC
Eli Neiburger, Ann Arbor District Library
*Discount for Computers in Libraries Conference*
ILLINET member libraries can use a discount for the Computers in Libraries 2013 Conference to be held in Washington, D.C. from the 8th to the 10th of April, 2013. There is also a discount for the Internet@Schools Track, which has been integrated into the Computers in Libraries conference, but the discount does not apply to any pre-or-post-conference workshops.
McGuckin wrote, “For more information regarding the conference program, conference topics, hotel information and exhibitors list, go to http://www.infotoday.com/CIL2013/.” To receive a registration form with ILLINET discounted member pricing, e-mail Jill Heffeman at jheffeman [at] ilsos.net or call her at (217) 557-72599. To use the discount, one must return the registration form to her by Friday, March 1, 2013.
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On Friday, January 25, 2013, the coalition We Are One Illinois issued the following statement. "Today, Standard & Poor's warned lawmakers that unconstitutional pension cuts would invite ‘legal challenges’ and cause ‘several years’ of budget uncertainty. Our state's legislative leaders and governor must not ignore this call to work with our union coalition to develop a pension-funding solution that is constitutional, fair, and supported by all parties. We Are One Illinois repeats its call for a pension summit to begin such a process."
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