Jesse White
Secretary of State and State Librarian
Jean E. Wilkins
Director, Illinois State Library
Kathleen L. Bloomberg
Editor
Kristie Metrow
Assistant Editor
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Summer 2000 Springfield, Illinois Vol. 82 No. 3
Table of Contents

Table of Contents
The Expansion of LVIS and the Growth of OCLC Participation in Illinois: Two Models for Interlibrary Cooperation
Suzanne Schriar.........................................................................149
Questions and Answers on Library Law: The Fair Labor Standards Act, Part II
Scott Uhler, Janet Petsche, Rinda Allison and Kathleen Henn.........................................152
Education Schools and Library Schools: A Comparison of Their Perceptions by Academia
Michael Lorenzen...............................................................................154
Library Services & Technology Act Project Reports:
Universal Access to Web Information ..........................Pamela Brown......... 160
Cybermobile Project....................................................Vandella Brown ...... 167
Power Reading............................................................Jacquelyn Davis ....... 172
Capture the Power of Reading ..........................................June Ganter........ 176
Partners Promoting Reading Pleasure ......................Mary Ann Brown ......... 181
Vital Resources, Vital Records
Sarah Meisels, Carolyn DeAre and Donna Freymark.....................................191
Expanding Horizons in North American Indian Literature
Elizabeth Varela, Laura Gonzalez and Mary Jo Godziela.................................202
Illinois Libraries and Museums: Connecting and Collaborating for he Future
Brown and Miriam Pollack............................................................................209
Guidelines for Illinois Libraries Manuscripts..................................................216

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Illinois State Library Advisory Committee
2000

Name

Term Expires

Lydia Acosta
Fountaindale Public Library District, Bolingbrook

2000

Vandella Brown
East St. Louis Public Library

2002

David R. Bryant
LaGrange

2002

Nancy Buikema
Fulton Elementary School, Fulton

2002

Vickie Cook
Kaskaskia Community College, Centralia

2002

Prudence Dalrymple
Graduate School of Library & Information Science, Dominican University, River Forest

2002

Mary Dempsey
The Chicago Public Library

2002

Rodney F. Dinges
Chatham

2002

Eileen Dubin
DeKalb

2002

Dale Hoover
Danville

2000

Jan Ison
Lincoln Trail Libraries System, Champaign

2002

Deborah Johnson-Small
Illinois Department of Human Services, Springfield

2002

Mary Kay Kickels
Palos Hills

2000

Allen Lanham
Booth Library, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston

2002

Susan Lucco
Lewis & Clark Library System, Edwardsville

2002

Robert Plotzke
Rolling Prairie Library System, Decatur

2002

Mary Wyly
Newberry Library, Chicago

2000

Jane Yoder
Waukegan Community Unit Schools, District 60

2000

Arthur P. Young
Founders Memorial Library, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb

2002

Kathleen Zar
University of Chicago

2000

Ex Officio Member Carolyn Anthony, President, Illinois Library Association

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Jesse White
Secretary of State

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE

Dear Friends,

The Illinois State Library promotes many initiatives for sharing library resources. One of the largest programs is ILLINET/OCLC services. Since the mid-1970s, the OCLC program has been an important part of library cooperation in Illinois.

An article in this issue of Illinois Libraries discusses an important factor in library resource sharing - the use of the OCLC network for the Libraries Very Interested in Sharing (LVIS) program and the expansion of OCLC participation.

Throughout the country, Illinois libraries are known for their willingness to share resources with other libraries and other library users. The tradition of cooperation and collaboration has served us well.

Sincerely,

JESSE WHITE
Secretary of State and State Librarian

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Preface

Kathleen L. Bloomberg

As a follow-up to the winter 2000 issue of Illinois Libraries, articles about Library Services & Technology Act (LSTA) projects are included in this issue. Several reading projects were spotlighted in the winter issue, and additional programs in Des Plaines, the youth center in Grafton and Tinley Park are covered in this summer issue. The projects convey the enthusiasm of library staff in encouraging more young people to read.

Other LSTA projects described in this issue show the importance of the federal funding program administered by the Office of the Secretary of State/Illinois State Library. With LSTA funds, communities were empowered to embark on new programs and expand services. The cybermobile project of the East St. Louis Public Library is just one example of how grant dollars can make a big impact.

I encourage you to submit an article to Illinois Libraries on how a special project or service has made a difference in addressing issues faced by your library. Please contact me to discuss your ideas.

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