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DOCUMENT RESUME_ ED 116 651 IR 002 891 AUTHOR Bostian, Irma, Ed. TITLE Systems. INSTITUTION Illinois State Library, Springfield. PUB DATE Dec 75 NOTE 130p. JOURNAL CIT Illinois Libraries; v57 n10 p743-868 Dec 1975 EDRS PRICE MF-$0.76 HC-$6.97 Phis Postage DESCRIPTORS Equalization Aid; Information Dissemination; Library Collections; *Library Expenditures; *Library Networks; Library Programs; Library Services; *Public Libraries; *State Legislation; Tables (Data) IDENTIFIERS *Illinois; Library Legislation ABSTRACT The December 1975, issue of"Illinois Libraries" provides a progress and status report on Illinois'net ork of 18 public librly systems, 17 of which are cooperative library systems consisting o from 17 to 70 public libraries. Each system4's annual report is included. Statistics for the entire state aregiven in five tables covering general information, system resources,operating receipts, operating expenditures, and equalization aid figures.The report also contains the text of the 1965Illinois Library Systems Act together with its later amendments, and alisting, of the board of directors and staff for each system. (Author/NR) *********************************************************************** Documents acquired by ERIC include many informalunpublished * materials not available from other sources. ERICmakes every effort * * to obtain the best copy available. Nevertheless,items of marginal * * reproducibility are often encountered andthis affects the quality * * of the microfiche and hardcopy reproductions ERICmakes available * * via the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS). EDRSis not * responsible for the quality of theoriginal document. Reproductions * * supplied by EDRS are the best that can be madefrom the original. *********************************************************************** decembe,:1975 springfield,illinoisvol. 57 no.10 \ ill is libraries 2 J michael.j. howlett, secretary of state and state librarian mrs. kathryn gesterfield, director, illinois state library mrs. Irma bostian, editor Illinois State Library Advisory Committee Term Name Area Specialization Expires Julius R. Chitwood, Director Public Libraries 1977 Rockford Public Library Dr. Alex Ladenson, Special Executive Public Libraries 1976 Assistant to the Board of Directors The Chicago Public Library Robert Wagenknecht, Director Public Libraries 1975 Lincoln Library, Springfield Alice E. McKinley, Director Public Library Systems 1977 Du Page Library System Robert McClarren, Director Public Library Systems 1975 North Suburban Library System Lester L. Stoffel, Executive Director Public Library Systems 1976 Suburban Library System Thomas M. Brown, Chairman School Libraries 1977 LibraryAV Department New Trier High School West Mrs, Margaret Dees School Libraries 1976 Urbana School District 116 Melvin George, Director Academic Libraries 1976 Northeastern University Library Robert W. Oram, Acting University Librarian Academic Libraries 1977 University of Illinois Sister Lauretta McCusker Library Education 1975 Dean, Graduate School of Library Science Rosary College Mary Power Institutional Libraries 1975 Executive Secretary, Health and Rehabilitative Library Services Division American Library Association Joseph Benson, Librarian Special Libraries 1975 Chicago Transit Authority Library Robert H. Goldman Citizen-Representative 1975 Mrs. Alice Ihrig Citizen-Representative 1975 Louis A. Lerner Citizen-Trustee 1977 JohA S. Rob ling Citizen-Representative 1976 [ Mrs. Dorothy Shelley Citizen-Trustee 1977 Mrs, George S White' Citizen-Trustee 1976 Ex Officio Members Mrs Alice Ihrig As President of the Illinois Library Association 'Representing the interests and concerns of urban people who are culturally and economically disadvantaged L Illinois libraries VOLUME 57 NUMBER 10 * SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS * DECEMBER 1975 contents Library Systems in Illinois 744 Statistics of Library Systems in Illinois 745 Bur Oak Library System 749 Chicago Library System 752 Corn Belt Library System , 757 Cumberland Trail Library System 761 Du Page Library System 765 Great River Library System 767 Illinois Valley Library System 773 Kaskaskia Library System 789 Lewis & Clark Library System 792 Lincoln Trail Library System 795 North Suburban Library System 798 Northern Illinois Library System 802 River Bend Library System 814 Rolling Prafrie Library System 816 Shawnee Library System 819 Starved Rock Library System 820 Suburban Library System 823 Western Illinois Library System 827 Network of Public Library Systems 830 Rules and Regulations Under the Illinois System Act, As Amended 834 Equalization Aid to Illinois Libraries Fiscal Year 1975 839 Board of Directors and Headquarters Staff Approved Library Systems as of December 1975 841 Index 859 Illinois Libraries is published by the Illinois State Library, Springfield. Illinois62756, and is issued monthly except in July and August Opinions expressed in signed articles are not necessarily those of the editors or the Illinois StateLibrary 4 0 PERMISSIONTO REPROCKE NOS COPY RORIE° MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY Xi( h 4aie L.-be z'r TO FRIG AND ORGANIZATIONS OPERATING UNDER AGREEMENTS WITH THE NATIONAL IN published by STITUTE OF EDUCATION FURTHER REPRO the Illinois state library CD,TION OUTSIDE THE ERIC SYSTEM RE OuinES PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT springfield, Illinois 62756 rA.NNER second-class postage paid at spnngfield, illinois Po 0.4,1 hY hithnf ty of the st }TN nT 11.R0,1 preface The December issue of Illinois Libraries annually provides a progressand status report on Illinois' network of public library systems. As this issue appears, ten yearsfollowing the passage of the Library Systems Act, 550 public libraries (98.2% of 560 in the state) are members ofsystems. Of the 18 systems, which geographically cover the entire state and which are funded to serveall of its 11265,568 residents, 17 are cooperative library systems, consisting of from 17 to 70 memberpublic libraries. The Chicago Public Library is unique in the category of a library systemconsisting of a single public library serving a city of over500,000 The Library Systems Act (page 830) provides for a third category of library system,namely "a consolidated library system in which two or more public libraries consolidate toform a single library " However, to date no consolidated systems have developed. The statistical tables and the individual systems'annual reports give evidence of thediversity of library systems that environment, needs, organization, and resourcesof each system. It is a strength of Illinois' to address these the law under which they are organized andoperate allows for the flexibility necessary autonomy as is variances. The boards of trustees, drawnfrom the boards of member libraries, have such libraries and necessary to develop a system policy and programwhich is responsive to the needs of member residents_in the system area. The need for, and the possibility of, a statewide singlenetwork of all types of libraries has always been recognized by the Library Systems Act. During recent years,this recognition has been brought intosharp under the focus by the successful development of the network ofpublic library systems. It is expected that pressure of achieving economies whilesimultaneously responding to governmental andpublic demand for relationships now more service, a statewide single network willincreasingly become a common objective. The being established with academic, school, and speciallibraries are basic to realizing this expectation The the residents of the Illinois State Library's goal of . .the assured provision of excellent library service for all state" . .. presumesit. Kathryn Gesterfield Director, Illinois State Library 743 E3 library systems in Illinois Bur Oak Library System c/o Joliet Public Library Illinois Valley Library System River Bend Library System 150 North Ottawa Street c/o Peoria Public Library P.O. Box 125 Joliet, Jllinois 60431 107 Northeast Monroe Street Coal Valley, Illinois 61240 (Tel) 815-726-5394 Peoria, Illinois 61602 (Tel) 309-799-3131 Director: Peter J. McElhinney (Tel) 309-672-8870 Director: George A. Curtis President: Mary Avalos Director: Ray Howser President: Marilyn Boyles President: Hugo Block Chicago Library System Rolling Prairie Library System c/o Chicago Public Library Kaskaskia Library System 345 West Eldorado Street Central Library 306 North Main Street Decatur, Illinois 62522 Smithton, Illinois 62285 78 East Washington Street (Tel) 217-429-2586 (Tel) 618-235-4220 Chicago, Illinois 60602 Director: C. Ray Ewick Director: Edgar W. Chamberlin (Tel) 312-269-2900 President: Oscar W. Ansel!, Jr. President: Donald Vanover Director: David L. Reich President: Ralph G. Newman Lewis & Clark Library System Shawnee Library System P.O. Box 368 R.R. 2 Corn Belt Library System Edwardsville, Illinois 62025 Box 136A 412 Eldorado Road (Tel) 618-656-3216 Carterville, Illinois 62918 Bloomington, Illinois 61701 Director: Jack Prilliman (Tel) 618-985-3711 (Tel) 309-663-2211 Prefaident: Jerome Podesva Director: James Ubel Director: Henry Meisels President: Don Sul linn President: Walter Lieder Lincoln Trail Library System 1704 West Interstate Drive Starved Rock Library System Cumberland Trail Library System Hitt and Swanson Streets 12th and Mc Cawley Streets Box 3$39 Country Fair Station Champaign, Illinois 61820 Ottawa, Illinois 61350 Flora, Illinois 62839 (Tel) 815-434-; 537 (Tel) 618-662-2741 (Tel) 217-352-0047 Director: Anthony Baldarotta Director: Mary T. Howe Director: Glenn Dockins President: William Lyons President: Ray