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ILEAD USA: Innovative Librarians Explore, Apply and Discover The 21st Century Technology and Leadership Skills Institute for the States

AGENDA

Monday, March 23, 2015 University of Illinois (UIS) Public Affairs Center (PAC) 12:00 PM Registration and Buffet Lunch PAC Restaurant Mentors, Instructors, Illinois State Library (ISL) Staff and Invited Guests 12:45 PM Welcome and Today’s Agenda Review PAC Room G Dean Jane Treadwell, Steering Committee Chair Introductions

• Name and Role in ILEAD USA • Questions – Programmatic, Your Role as a Mentor, Instructor

ILEAD USA: Curriculum Walk Through ISL grant team

• Philosophy and anticipated outcomes • Instructor Corps Curriculum Discussion and Outcomes • Emphasis on Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Program Updates

• Mentors: Team Updates • Equipment Grants

Photos: Mentors, Instructors and Group Photo Studio Theatre Foyer Join Jeanne Urbanek of ISL for picture-taking. Everyone stays for group photo. 3:00 PM Departure for President Abraham Lincoln Springfield PAC Main Entrance DoubleTree Hilton Hotel (PALSDHH) 3:30 PM Hotel Check-in and Team Time Teams, Mentors and Instructors 5:30 PM ILEAD USA Opening Reception and Remarks Freeport Rooms A, B, C Anne Craig, ISL Director 6:30 PM Icebreaker – Let’s Meet Cohort Five 7:00 PM Picture Time: Team and Individual Photographs Join Jeanne Urbanek of ISL for picture-taking in designated area. Mentors, plan to join your team for team photos. 7:30 PM Team Time for All Teams This is the end of official activities for the evening. We strongly recommend several hours of team work on your

video and/or project. Breakout Rooms Available at the PALSDHH: Altgeld, Horner and Yates


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Tuesday, March 24, 2015 6:55 AM Get On The Bus! 7th Street Exit President Abraham Lincoln Springfield DoubleTree Hilton Hotel (PALSDHH)

7:00 AM Departure for University of Illinois (UIS) Public Affairs Center (PAC)

7:30 AM Pick-up name badges. Buffet breakfast available PAC Restaurant

8:00 AM ILEAD USA Begins: Welcome and Introductions PAC C/D Jane Treadwell, University Librarian and Dean, Library Instructional Services (UIS) Anne Craig, Illinois State Library (ISL) Director David Racine, Executive Director, Center for State Policy and Leadership (UIS) Andrew Bullen, Head of Instructor Corps, ISL David Lankes, Instructor Corps, Syracuse University Gwen Harrison and Sandra Fritz, ILEAD USA Project Director and Assistant Director Cyndy Colletti and Karen Egan, ISL Associate Director for Grants and Programs and Grant Consultant Joe Natale and Jeanne Urbanek, ISL Videographer and ISL Photographer Donna Haynes, Lisa Bowen and Carolyn Neitzke, UIS Conference Services Mentors, Instructor Corps, ILEAD USA Teams and Invited Guests

8:30 AM Video Editing As Storytelling: Intro to Window Movie Maker PAC C/D Karen McBride, Alyce Scott and Andrew Bullen Everyone knows how to shoot digital video and how to use a camera – phones now go with us

everywhere. Editing the final product, however, can seem more daunting to the newbie. You will receive a step-by-step walk through of the process using Windows Movie Maker, a basic editing software package. Trim, split, and weave clips together, and then add transitions, music, narration, subtitles and credits.

WordPress: It's Not Just For Blogs Anymore PAC G Brian Smith, Tony Lucarelli, Genna Buhr We will look at WordPress not just as a blogging tool but as a website creation and management tool.

From writing posts to building pages to adjusting the appearance of your blog/website and more, you will get an overview, as well as hands on experience, of what you can do with this great web tool.

10:00 AM General Address to National Partners Brookens Auditorium Anne Craig, Illinois State Library Director Streaming at http://www.uis.edu/technology/live/ileadu.html


10:30 AM Keynote Presentation Brookens Auditorium Everything You Learned in Library School is Wrong David Lankes, Syracuse University, School of Information Studies, Syracuse, New York. Professor and

Dean’s Scholar on New Librarianship Streaming at http://www.uis.ed/technology/live/ilead.html We all know that libraries are Good and Necessary Things and Libraries Collect, Organize and Provide

Access to Information. That’s what we were taught in library school right? Except of course, they don’t. Libraries don’t do anything except exert gravity and shield you from the rain. It is librarians and the people in the library that makes the world a better place. Collections are just tools, like buildings, and books and databases and 3D printers. This keynote will focus on how librarians are radical positive change agents that make communities better.

11:45 AM Break 12:00 PM Becoming an Agent of Change in Your Life and Library Brookens Auditorium Beck Tench In 2008, Beck Tench was hired as a change-agent for a science museum in Durham, NC. Her boss told

her on her first day that if she didn't fail, he'd be disappointed in her. Good thing he didn’t know that the only thing Beck feared more than failure was disappointing others! In sharing her story of fear, failure and change, Beck offers practical ways to make space for risk taking in your own life and library.

1:15 PM Buffet Lunch PAC Restaurant 2:30 PM Keynote Presentation Brookens Auditorium Inspired Outreach John Emerson, founder of backspace.com How do you engage the hearts and minds of your audience? Connect and empower with outreach that

makes people say “Aha!” and “Let’s do it!” 3:45 PM Break 4:00 PM Copyright: Balancing Creativity and the Law PAC H Alyce Scott This introduction to copyright law will provide information on avoiding infringement as well as

protecting your own original works. “Team Time with Beck” – Team: Fresh, Local and Organic Programming PAC C/D Beck Tench One-on-one teamwork with Beck to brainstorm your project and identify opportunities to collectively

and individually reach for goals that may seem daunting. Design Workshop with Team: Make It Count PAC E John Emerson Let's talk about your project, your audience and your outreach.


5:15 PM Stop Wasting People’s Time — Life Is Too Short to Build Something No One Wants PAC C/D Jeff Penka As we begin work on a project, it’s easy to fall in love with the solution being built and forget that we

aren’t likely the intended audience for the work. Any successful project, product, or program begins and ends with understanding the target audience, their problems and making sure the solution solves their problems in a “valuable” way. Through this highly interactive session, participants will use a framework to build a composite picture of their target audience(s), characterize their needs/problems, hone in on possible solutions, measure the relative impact of those solutions, and then rapidly get out in the world to validate and refine the picture. The concept from this workshop will feed into the “Everyone has a Plan” session.

Making It Work: Advice from ILEADers Who Have Been There Brookens Auditorium Amy Killebrew and Victoria Rakowski Learn about ILEAD from a group that's been there. Amy Killebrew and Vicki Rakowski of the 2013 ILEAD

Cohort will be discussing their group's project, Makeitatyourlibrary.org, and its evolution from an idea into a library resource that garners over 10,000 hits a month. Learn some strategies about the process, how to make it work for you and your team, and ideas for keeping your project going long after you've turned in dining hall card for the last time.

“Team Time with Beck” – Team: Makestravaganza PAC C/D Beck Tench One-on-one teamwork with Beck to brainstorm your project and identify opportunities to collectively

and individually reach for goals that may seem daunting. Design Workshop with Team: Pop-Up Kits PAC G John Emerson Let's talk about your project, your audience and your outreach. 6:30 PM Buffet Dinner PAC Restaurant To Do: All complete daily review survey PAC C/D Laptops available to all ILEADers for checkout, outside PAC C/D/blue table 7:15 PM Departure for PALSDHH PAC Main Entrance ILEADers (Teams only) Mentor and Instructor Debrief PAC G Mentors, Instructors and ISL Staff


7:30 PM Departure for PALSDHH PAC Main Entrance Mentors and Instructors 7:45 PM Conference rooms available at PALSDHH for team activities

Governor Altgeld Governor Bond Governor Yates


AGENDA

Wednesday, March 25, 2015 6:55 AM Get On The Bus! 7th Street Exit PALSDHH 7:00 AM Departure for UIS 7th Street Exit 7:30 AM Pick-up name badges. Buffet breakfast available. PAC Restaurant 8:00 AM Daily Review: Yesterday and Today PAC Restaurant Andrew Bullen 8:30 AM Making It Work: Advice from ILEADers Who Have Been There Brookens Auditorium Amy Killebrew and Victoria Rakowski Streaming at http://www.uis.edu/technology/live/ileadu.html Learn about ILEAD from a group that's been there. Amy Killebrew and Vicki Rakowski of the 2013 ILEAD

Cohort will be discussing their group's project, Makeitatyourlibrary.org, and its evolution from an idea into a library resource that garners over 10,000 hits a month. Learn some strategies about the process, how to make it work for you and your team, and ideas for keeping your project going long after you've turned in dining hall card for the last time.

Dipping Into Digitization PAC H Alyce Scott and Andrew Bullen Creating a good digital image is more than just scanning a photograph or taking a snapshot. In this

session we will discuss the factors that need to be considered as well as creating master images that are preservation ready. Images and metadata are just the beginning. We will also look at two techniques for developing a narrative with a collection of images.

“Team Time with Beck” – Team: SPECTRA PAC E Beck Tench One-on-one teamwork with Beck to brainstorm your project and identify opportunities to collectively

and individually reach for goals that may seem daunting. Design Workshop with Team: Access Axis PAC G John Emerson Let's talk about your project, your audience and your outreach. 9:45 AM Break


10:00 AM Keynote Presentation Brookens Auditorium FLATLAND: A Statistical Romance of Many Dimensions Eli Neiburger, Associate Director, IT and Production, Ann Arbor District Library Streaming at http://www.uis.edu/technology/live/ileadu.html In which our Hero, A. Librarian, must search for scalars amidst an increasingly flat landscape, with which

to earn the favor of capricious higher-dimensional beings, before her entire world collapses to a single ultradense font of information, only to find that the only dimension that truly matters is LOVE.

11:15 AM Team Time: Unscheduled Time PAC C/D, E, F, G, and H All teams may take advantage! 12:00 PM Remarks Brookens Auditorium ISL Director Anne Craig Secretary of State Jesse White UIS Chancellor Susan Koch UIS Dean Jane Treadwell Photographs with Secretary of State Jesse White Brookens Auditorium Stage 1:00 PM Buffet Lunch PAC Restaurant 1:30 PM “Team Time with Beck” – Team: Make It Count PAC E Beck Tench One-on-one teamwork with Beck to brainstorm your project and identify opportunities to collectively

and individually reach for goals that may seem daunting. Design Workshop with Team: Fresh, Local, and Organic Programming PAC G John Emerson Let's talk about your project, your audience and your outreach. Team Time for those not meeting with Beck or John PAC C/D or H 2:30 PM Keynote Presentation Brookens Auditorium Perspectives and Advice on Accessibility and Universal Design Sina Bahram, an accessibility consultant, researcher, and entrepreneur Streaming at http://www.uis.edu/technology/live/ileadu.html Join Sina Bahram as he walks through the concepts of accessibility and universal design. These core

principles are fundamental to understanding how to be relevant in the 21st century to all audiences regardless of physical or cognitive ability. Through exploring a narrative about technology, access to information and the physical world, and practical tips and tricks about steps any of us can take, Sina will both motivate and how us how to augment our content, interactions, and thinking to become more inclusive.


3:45 PM Break 4:00 PM Developing Curriculum PAC H Rachel Fuller In this session, participants will explore topics essential to curriculum development, content creation

and maintenance, and teaching. Concepts will include (but are not limited to) teaching tools, “scaffolding,” differentiated instruction, and informal/formal assessment.

Thinking Outside the Cube: Library Services from the FOURTH DIMENSION PAC C/D Eli Neiburger Join Eli to find out more about how Library Services can escape the mold of past forms to reach new

users and provide new value to users. Featuring implementable ideas for libraries of any size. “Team Time with Beck” – TEAM: Pop-Up-Kits PAC E Beck Tench One-on-one teamwork with Beck to brainstorm your project and identify opportunities to collectively

and individually reach for goals that may seem daunting. Design Workshop with Team: Makestravaganza PAC G John Emerson Let's talk about your project, your audience and your outreach. 5:15 PM Break 5:30 PM Accessibility on the Web: What It All Means, Practical Examples, and A Call to Action PAC H Sina Bahram, an accessibility consultant, researcher, and entrepreneur 2015 marks the 26th anniversary of the World Wide Web. One of the core principles of the web is

universal inclusion and accessibility. To this end, join Sina Bahram as he walks us through how the web and digital content are accessed by users with disabilities. Sina demonstrates a rich set of interactions that someone who is blind can use to navigate a computer interface, but only if the content creator has followed best practices and common sense rules of the road. As you listen to Sina using a screen reader to illustrate various aspects of proper web design, learn how you can apply these practices to your own content and digital environments. This session is chock full of practical tips and tricks, examples, and a highly interactive question/answer atmosphere.


Everyone Has a Plan, Until They Get Punched in the Mouth - The Art of PAC C/D War by Mike Tyson Jeff Penka Change will happen, everything we think we know is a hypothesis, and iterative learning is our best path

forward? A startup can be defined as “a human institution designed to create a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty”. By this definition, most projects and work can benefit from behaving a bit more like a startup. Building on the principles from the “Stop Wasting People’s Time” session, participants in this interactive session will learn to apply lean principles to any size project, maximizing learning and adaptability on a path to delivering valuable products and projects to the right audiences.

“Team Time with Beck” – TEAM: Access Axis PAC E Beck Tench One-on-one teamwork with Beck to brainstorm your project and identify opportunities to collectively

and individually reach for goals that may seem daunting. Design Workshop with Team: Spectra PAC G John Emerson Let's talk about your project, your audience and your outreach. 6:30 PM Buffet Dinner PAC Restaurant To Do: All complete daily review survey PAC C/D Laptops available to all ILEADers for checkout, outside PAC C/D/blue table

7:15 pm Departure for PALSDHH PAC Main Entrance ILEADers (Teams only)

Mentors, Instructor Corps, and ISL Staff Debrief PAC G

7:30 pm Departure for PALSDHH PAC Main Entrance Mentors and Instructors

7:45 PM Conference rooms available at PALSDHH for team activities Governor Altgeld Governor Bond Governor Yates


AGENDA

Thursday, March 26, 2015

7:25 AM Get On The Bus! 7th Street Exit PALSDHH

7:30 AM Departure for UIS 7th Street Exit

8:00 AM Pick-up name badges. Buffet breakfast available. PAC Restaurant

8:30 AM Daily Review: Yesterday and Today PAC Restaurant Andrew Bullen

8:45 AM Self-Publish or Perish PAC F David Lankes In this session we'll explore self-publishing options from print books to audio and eBooks. Participants

will get a feel for the toolkit they can use to turn their libraries into publishers of the community and help our members share their expertise.

Semantic Web PAC G Andrew Bullen and Jeff Penka Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, has stated that the next expected evolution of

the WWW is to a “semantic web”. This web of data is here – what does a semantic web mean to libraries? What do you need to know about linked data? Why are these important concepts for every librarian to know? Get a practical perspective on how enabling technology like linked data and shared vocabularies such as bib frame and schema.org help libraries build on their rich tradition of data and project into the Web.

The Way You Hear It Is the Way You Sing It: User Research and Personas PAC H Brian Smith Provisional user personas are tools that can be used early in your planning, to help keep your team and

project focused on your prospective user base. Brian will review the role of user personas and the importance of researching your audience at the beginning of your project activities. You'll have the opportunity to create and share some practice personas, and will hopefully leave with a brainful of curiosity.


The World of Open Source PAC C/D Tony Lucarelli Come find out about the open source movement! We’ll discuss popular (FREE!) software that can

replace many commercially available packages. Open source hardware will also be featured. 10:00 AM Keynote Presentation: Brookens Auditorium Great People Make Great Libraries: Know Yourself. Grow Yourself. And Take Your Library With You! David Bendekovic, President of the B.A. David Company, an organizational and leadership development

firm specializing in helping librarians achieve success. Streaming at http://www.uis.edu/technology/live/ileadu.html Your ability to reach your goals has as much to do with how you choose to see the world as it does with

your level of education and intelligence. This keynote will give you the keys to thinking in a more powerful way about yourself, the people around you, and the work you want to get done. What You Do Makes A Difference. You Just Have To Figure Out What Kind Of Difference You Want To Make.

11:15 AM Break

11:30 AM Cohort Five Presents: Video Fair Brookens Auditorium 2015 teams will present a short video about their project.

Team: Spectra Mentor: Amber Creger The team feels a growing need for libraries to better serve patrons with Autism Spectrum Disorder

(ASD). ASD is one of the fastest growing disabilities in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an estimated 1 in 68 children have been identified with ASD nationwide. Approximately 44,500 persons in Illinois are diagnosed with ASD. They wish to create a program that will help libraries deal with those affected by ASD and to improve their use of the library.

Team Members: Marcus Birch, Library Aide II Natalie DeJonghe, E-Book Trainer/Coordinator Meghan Harmon, Local History & Genealogy Reference Librarian Matthew Henninger, Library Technical Specialist Jamie Mott, Library Specialist

Team: Access Axis Mentor: Ellen Popit The team defines the digital divide as one that exists between those individuals who do not have access

to technology or do not know how to use it to those individuals who have access to technology in their homes. The documentation reads that those that have access to technology within their homes have a greater advantage in the real world over those who do not. The team believes that it is the jobs of librarians to allow access to the newest technology and the resources to learn technology. The team aims to take this issue head-on in an effort to develop a technology course framework that has a clear set of digital competencies that can be applied to any type of library. This curriculum and set of tools will be available for anyone to use as a building block for reaching full digital literacy in the communities we serve.


Team Members: Erin L. Bigger, Reference Librarian Aaron Carlin, Randall Oaks Branch Manager Ryan Lambert, District Media Specialist Jason Pinshower, Information Services Librarian and Technology Trainer

Team: Fresh, Local, and Organic Programming Mentor: Leora Siegel This team proposes to create a sustainable online resource to serve as a community showcase and

clearinghouse for intellectual, physical and human resources available to our professional community. They want to centralize programming content, display information on physical resources available for sharing and advertise individuals’ expertise to swap among local libraries. This could be done by a crowd-source sharing blog.

Team Members: Tabatha Anderson, Youth Services Librarian Arianne Carey, Programming Coordinator Alison Tseng, Youth Services Technology Librarian Natalie Williams, Head of Youth Services Deidre Winterhalter, Youth Services Librarian

Team: Make It Count Mentor: Tony Powers This team is made of college librarians who plan to create and prove to others the tools to fill the gap

between traditional data collection and new assessment outcomes. Using questions, similar to ACRL’s Assessment in Action, they will develop best practices to share with others. Best practices include instructions on running statistically sound queries, protections to secure patron privacy, working with Institutional Research Departments to access student data and presenting results to administration.

Team Members: Jessica Bastian, Digital Services Librarian Anne-Marie Eggleston, Director of Library Services Jennifer Sauzer, Access Service Manager Rachelle Stivers, Director of Library and Information Services Erin Zimmerman, Library Technical Assistant

Team: Makestravaganza Mentor: Amber Creger The group would like to bring the Maker movement to local communities across the city of Chicago.

They will build on the popularity of existing Chicago Public Library (CPL) maker programs. They hope to bring coding, making and other 21st century skills to increase digital literacy.

Team Members: Matthew Egan, Librarian I Stuart Griner, Librarian I Brent Lipinksi, Branch Manager Ashley Rayner, Librarian I Katherine Tigges, Teen Services Librarian


Team: Pop-Up Kits Mentor: David Seleb To meet the challenge of building staff knowledge, our team will be creating and uploading videos on

how to use the Pop-Up Kit equipment. The videos will be simple and will be committed to making the equipment easily accessible and usable. We will also highlight five individual examples of how libraries are using the Pop-Up Kits through our Community Representative Projects. Those videos and projects will be the seeds for a website/database that share ideas and resources associated with the Kit. Ultimately, the project goal is empowerment through technology. By providing the tools and knowledge to staff members through the Kits and video database, they give staff members the ability to enrich lives within their communities.

Team Members: Jennifer Hovanec, Adult Reference and Instructional Librarian Erica Cullinan, Head of Youth Services Uma S. Nori, Head of Youth Services Shaira Rock, School Services Librarian Marissa Garcia, Youth Services Librarian II

12:30 PM Buffet Lunch PAC Restaurant 1:00 PM Awards Ceremony PAC Restaurant Andrew Bullen and Sandra Fritz 1:30 PM Departure for PALSDHH PAC Main Entrance Thank you for a wonderful beginning to a fabulous ILEAD USA year. Safe travels everyone!

The Illinois State Library Staff

March 24, 2015 Dear ILEAD USA Participants: We are delighted to welcome you to ILEAD USA: Innovative Librarians Explore, Apply and Discover, the 21st Century Technology and Leadership Skills Institute. This initiative strives to provide librarians with innovative continuing education opportunities that will enhance your abilities and allow you to better serve your patrons. Nowhere is the need for continuing education more important than in the area of technology. Librarians need to constantly keep up to date with the latest technology, and ILEAD USA represents an exciting new approach to strengthen technology and leadership skills among librarians. Building on four extremely successful cohorts held in 2010, 2011, 2013, and 2014 this year Illinois participants will be joined by nine participants from Delaware, Maine, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Ohio, Utah, and Wisconsin. Our State Library colleagues will be conducting this initiative in their respective states. We are confident that the coming nine months of shared team-based learning will be personally and professionally enjoyable and rewarding. We are enormously grateful to the Institute of Museum and Library Services for awarding us the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program Grant that allows us to offer ILEAD USA. Thanks also to the staff of the Illinois State Library who has worked so hard to develop an exciting agenda for you. Congratulations on being selected to take part, and enjoy ILEAD USA! Sincerely,

JESSE WHITE, Secretary of State and State Librarian JW:isl

Innovative Librarians Explore, Apply and Discover The 21st Century Technology and Leadership Skills Institute for the States

ILEAD USA TEAMS – 2015

Fresh, Local, Organic Programming Mentor: Leora Siegel Ms. Tabatha Anderson, Youth Services Librarian Barrington Area Library 505 North Northwest Highway Barrington, Illinois 60010 PHONE: 847-382-1300 ext. 6030 EMAIL: [email protected] Ms. Arianne Carey, Programming Coordinator Niles Public Library District 6960 West Oakton Street Niles, Illinois 60714 PHONE: 847-663-1234 EMAIL: [email protected] Ms. Alison Tseng, Youth Services Technology Librarian Algonquin Public Library District 2600 Harnshish Drive Algonquin, Illinois 60102 PHONE: 847-458-3135 EMAIL: [email protected]

Ms. Natalie Williams, Head of Youth Services Indian Prairie Public Library 401 Plainfield Road Darien, Illinois 60561 PHONE: 630-887-8760 EMAIL: [email protected] Ms. Deidre Winterhalter, Youth Services Librarian Hinsdale Public Library 20 East Maple Street Hinsdale, Illinois 60521 PHONE: 630-986-1976 EMAIL: [email protected]

Make It Count Mentor: Tony Powers Ms. Jessica Bastian, Digital Services Librarian Illinois Central College 1 College Drive East Peoria, Illinois 61635 PHONE: 309-694-5463 EMAIL: [email protected] Ms. Anne-Marie Eggleston, Director of Library Services Kishwaukee College 21193 Malta Road Malta, Illinois 60150 PHONE: 815-825-2086 ext. 2250 EMAIL: [email protected] Ms. Jennifer Sauzer, Access Services Manager Columbia College 624 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60605 PHONE: 312-369-8540 EMAIL: [email protected]

Ms. Rachelle Stivers, Director of Library and Information Services Heartland Community College 1500 West Raab Road Normal, Illinois 61761 PHONE: 309-268-8274 EMAIL: [email protected] Ms. Erin Zimmerman, Library Technical Assistant Heartland Community College 1500 West Raab Road Normal, Illinois 61761 PHONE: 309-268-8273 EMAIL: [email protected]

Makestravaganza Mentor: Roberto Sarmiento Mr. Matthew Egan, Librarian Chicago Public Library 400 South State Street Chicago, Illinois 60605 PHONE: 312-747-4300 EMAIL: [email protected] Mr. Stuart Griner, Children's Services Librarian Chicago Public Library Edgewater Branch 6000 North Broadway Chicago, Illinois 60660 PHONE: 312-742-1945 EMAIL: [email protected] Mr. Brent Lipinski, Branch Manager Chicago Public Library Wrightwood-Ashburn Branch 8530 South Kedzie Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60652 PHONE: 312-747-2696 EMAIL: [email protected]

Ms. Ashley Rayner, Librarian Chicago Public Library 400 South State Street Chicago, Illinois 60605 PHONE: 312-747-4300 EMAIL: [email protected] Ms. Katherine Tigges, Teen Services Librarian Chicago Public Library 400 South State Street Chicago, Illinois 60605 PHONE: 312-747-8194 EMAIL: [email protected]

Pop- Up Kits Mentor: David Seleb Ms. Erica Cullinan, Head of Youth Services Prairie Trails Public Library 8449 South Moody Avenue Burbank, Illinois 60459 PHONE: 708-430-3688 EMAIL: [email protected] Ms. Marissa Garcia, Youth Services Librarian Berwyn Public Library 2701 South Harlem Avenue Berwyn, Illinois 60402 PHONE: 708-795-8000 EMAIL: [email protected] Ms. Jennifer Hovanec, Adult Reference and Instruction Librarian Deerfield Public Library 920 Waukegan Road Deerfield, Illinois 60015 PHONE: 847-580-8931 EMAIL: [email protected]

Ms. Uma Nori, Head of Youth Services Thomas Ford Memorial Library 800 Chestnut Street Western Springs, Illinois 60558 PHONE: 708-246-0520 EMAIL: [email protected] Ms. Shaira Rock, School Services Librarian Elmhurst Public Library 125 South Prospect Avenue Elmhurst, Illinois 60126 PHONE: 630-279-8696 EMAIL: [email protected]

SPECTRA Mentor: Amber Creger Mr. Marcus Birch, Library Aide Illinois State Library Gwendolyn Brooks Building 300 South Second Street Springfield, Illinois 62701-1796 PHONE: 217-785-5600 EMAIL: [email protected] Ms. Natalie DeJonghe, E-Book Trainer/Coordinator Reaching Across Illinois Library System 125 Tower Drive Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527 PHONE: 630-734-5121 EMAIL: [email protected] Ms. Meghan Harmon, Local History and Genealogy Reference Librarian Chatham Area Public Library 600 East Spruce Street Chatham, Illinois 62629 PHONE: 217-483-2713 EMAIL: [email protected]

Mr. Matthew Henninger, Library Technical Specialist Illinois State Library Gwendolyn Brooks Building 300 South Second Street Springfield, Illinois 62701-1796 PHONE: 217-782-2693 EMAIL: [email protected] Ms. Jamie Mott, Library Specialist Illinois State Library Gwendolyn Brooks Building 300 South Second Street Springfield, Illinois 62701-1796 PHONE: 217-524-1544 EMAIL: [email protected]

The Access Axis Mentor: Ellen Popit Ms. Erin Bigger, Reference Librarian Helen Plum Memorial Library 110 West Maple Street Lombard, Illinois 60148 PHONE: 630-627-0316 EMAIL: [email protected] Mr. Aaron Carlin, Branch Manager, Randall Oaks Fox River Valley Libraries 500 North Randall Road West Dundee, Illinois 60118 PHONE: 847-428-3661 EMAIL: [email protected] Mr. Ryan Lambert, District Media Specialist Farmington Central School District 310 North Lightfoot Road Farmington, Illinois 61531 PHONE: 309-245-1000 ext. 6731 EMAIL: [email protected] Mr. Jason Pinshower, Information Services Librarian and Technology Trainer Fox River Valley Public Library District 555 Barrington Avenue East Dundee, Illinois 60118 PHONE: 224-699-5835 EMAIL: [email protected]


2015 Illinois Mentors

Amber Creger Youth Services Manager Arlington Heights Memorial Library 500 North Dunton Avenue Arlington Heights, Il 60004 847-506-2619 [email protected] Ellen Popit Membership and Grants Director Illinois Heartland Library System 500 South Madison Street, Suite A DuQuoin, IL 62832-2433 618-985-3711, ext. 624 [email protected] Anthony Powers Branch Manager Austin-Irving Branch 6100 West Irving Park Road Chicago, IL 60634 312-744-6222 [email protected] Roberto A. Sarmiento Head, Transportation Library Northwestern University 1970 Campus Drive Evanston, IL 60208 847-491-2914 [email protected] David J. Seleb Executive Director Oak Park Public Library 834 Lake Street Oak Park, IL 60301 708-697-6911 [email protected]

Leora Siegel Library Director Lenhardt Library Chicago Botanic Garden 1000 Lake Cook Road Glencoe, IL 60022 847-835-8202 [email protected]

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2015 ILLINOIS INSTRUCTOR CORPS Genna Buhr, Public Services Manager Fondulac District Library 400 Richland Street East Peoria, IL 61611 309-699-3917 [email protected] Mr. Andrew Bullen, Coordinator of Information Technology Illinois State Library 100 West Randolph Street, Suite S-400 Chicago, Illinois 62701 312-814-4386 [email protected] Mr. John Emerson, Creative Director backspace.com 212-979-2946 [email protected] Ms. Rachel Fuller, Director of Library/Media Services Rochester Community Unit School District 1 Rocket Drive Rochester, Illinois 62563 217-498-9761, ext. 3130 [email protected] R. David Lankes, Executive Director Information Institute of Syracuse Syracuse University 213 Hinds Hall Syracuse, NY 13244-4100 (315) 443-1707 [email protected] Mr. Anthony Lucarelli Emerging Technologies Librarian Fountaindale Public Library District 300 West Briarcliff Road Bolingbrook, IL 60440 630-759-2102 [email protected]

Ms. Karen McBride, Public Information Officer Barrington Area Library 505 North Northwest Highway Barrington, IL 60010 [email protected] 847-382-1300, ext. 2100 [email protected] Mr. Ingbert Schmidt Chicago Midwest Regional Board 217-721-3171 [email protected] Ms. Alyce Scott, Lecturer San Jose State University, School of Library and Information Science [email protected] Mr. Brian Smith, Applications and Web Developer Reaching Across Illinois Library System 125 Tower Drive Burr Ridge, IL 60527 630-734-5000 [email protected] Ms. Beck Tench, Independent Contractor [email protected]










KEYNOTE SPEAKER BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION Sina Bahram

Sina Bahram is an accessibility consultant, researcher, and entrepreneur. He is the founder of Prime Access Consulting (PAC), an accessibility firm whose clients include high-tech startups, fortune 1000 companies, and both private and nationally-funded museums. Sina is also a doctoral candidate in computer science at North Carolina State University. His field of research is Human Computer Interaction (HCI) focusing on multi-modal approaches for eyes-free exploration of spatial information. As a recognized expert in accessibility, Sina enjoys collaborating with both colleagues in the field and individuals of diverse professions to devise innovative and user-centered solutions to difficult real-world problems. In 2012, Sina was recognized as one of President Barack Obama's White House Champions of Change for his work enabling users with disabilities to succeed in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields. In 2015, the international accessibility community recognized Sina as an Emerging Leader in Digital Accessibility at the first annual Knowbility Community Heroes of Accessibility Awards. You can read more about Sina and his interests on his website (http://www.SinaBahram.com) and his blog (http://blog.SinaBahram.com). He is @SinaBahram on Twitter. Prime Access Consulting's homepage is at http://www.pac.bz David Bendekovic

According to Myers Briggs, David is an ENFP: enthusiastic, imaginative, energetic, creative, warm, future-oriented, individualistic, insightful, caring, optimistic, possibility focused, open, novelty seeking, spontaneous, and playful. Other than that…

David is a people person. He believes that great people make great libraries. He serves as President of The B. A. David Company, an organizational and leadership development firm specializing in helping librarians achieve success. A lifelong student of leadership studies, his research and work in the area of library leadership began in 2002 as Program Director at the Leadership Institute at Syracuse University. In 2009, David created, developed and continues to serve as the lead instructor for the Pennsylvania Library Association’s Academy For Leadership Studies. In 2011, he teamed up with Library Journal and created and developed the nationally acclaimed Lead The Change professional development program for today’s librarian. Since then, Lead The Change has traveled to 47 cities across the U.S. and Canada with 26 additional on-site sessions scheduled for 2015. To date, over 6,000 people have participated in the sessions. The program has now expanded to include on-site all-staff professional development programs, an online community, webcasts, and four-week instructor-led online courses designed to help library staff at every level keep their skills sharp and their knowledge relevant. He continues to work with many individual libraries in the areas of all-staff professional development, organizational and leadership development, and strategic planning. He also speaks at numerous state, national, and international conferences throughout the year.


John Emerson

John Emerson is a graphic designer, writer, and programmer based in New York City. He has designed web sites, printed materials and motion graphics for leading media companies as well as local and international non-profit organizations including Amnesty International USA, Human Rights Watch, the Committee to Protect Journalists, and the United Nations. His writing about graphic design has been published in Communication Arts and Print, and featured in Metropolis, HOW, and The Wall Street Journal. He co-founded the social media consultancy Apperceptive in 2006 and sold it to Six Apart Ltd in 2008. Since 2002, he has published Social Design Notes, a weblog of writings and clippings on design and activism at http://backspace.com/notes. His design work has been exhibited around the world and is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the New York Public Library, and the Center for the Study of Political Graphics. R. David Lankes

R. David Lankes is a professor and Dean’s Scholar for the New Librarianship at Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies and director of the Information Institute of Syracuse. Lankes has always been interested in combining theory and practice to create active research projects that make a difference. Past projects include the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology, the Gateway to Education Materials, AskERIC and the Virtual Reference Desk. Lankes’ more recent work involves how participatory concepts can reshape libraries and credibility.

Lankes is a passionate advocate for libraries and their essential role in today’s society. He also seeks to understand how information approaches and technologies can be used to transform industries. In this capacity he has served on advisory boards and study teams in the fields of libraries, telecommunications, education, and transportation including at the National Academies. He has been a visiting fellow at the National Library of Canada, the Harvard School of Education, and the first fellow of ALA’s Office for Information Technology Policy. His book,The Atlas of New Librarianship won the 2012 ABC-CLIO/Greenwood Award for the Best Book in Library Literature.


2015 Illinois State Library Staff Anne Craig, Director Illinois State Library Gwendolyn Brooks Building 300 South Second Street Springfield, Illinois 62701-1796 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 217-782-2994 Debbie Aggertt, Library Program Manager Illinois State Library - TBBS Gwendolyn Brooks Building 300 South Second Street Springfield, Illinois 62701 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 217-524-1019 Andrew Bullen, LAT Technology Coordinator Illinois State Library James R. Thompson Center 100 West Randolph Street Suite 5-400 Chicago, Illinois 60601 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 312-814-4386 Cyndy Colletti, Associate Director for Grants and Programs Illinois State Library Gwendolyn Brooks Building 300 South Second Street Springfield, Illinois 62701-1796 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 217-524-3529

Karen Egan, LSTA Coordinator Illinois State Library Gwendolyn Brooks Building 300 South Second Street Springfield, Illinois 62701-1796 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 217-782-7749 Sandra Fritz, Digital Image Program Coordinator Illinois State Library Gwendolyn Brooks Building 300 South Second Street Springfield, Illinois 62701-1796 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 217-558-2064 Gwen Harrison, Network Consultant Illinois State Library Gwendolyn Brooks Building 300 South Second Street Springfield, Illinois 62701-1796 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 217-785-7334 Debbie Hurley, Circulation Manager Illinois State Library - TBBS Gwendolyn Brooks Building 300 South Second Street Springfield, Illinois 62701 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 217-558-4461


Joe Natale, Executive Assistant to the Director for Planning and Outreach Illinois State Library Gwendolyn Brooks Building 300 South Second Street Springfield, Illinois 62701-1796 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 217-558-4185 Sharon Ruda, Associate Director Illinois State Library - TBBS Gwendolyn Brooks Building 300 South Second Street Springfield, Illinois 62701 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 217-782-9435


MENTOR BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION Roberto A. Sarmiento

Was born and raised in Panama City, Panama (the only Caribbean city on the Pacific Ocean), now living in Skokie. He learned to fight the man as a child and as an adult learned that justice is not equal. He survived a revolution, 2 dictators and an invasion. Has been married for an eternity to a woman who still makes him laugh. His 3 children were dragged all over the wilds of several countries and they turned out alright. He enjoys touching history and lives his life without regrets. David Seleb

For twenty-five years, David has been an active member and leader in the Illinois library community. For twelve of those twenty-five years, he has led several public library organizations in the Chicago area as library director or executive director, including the Blue Island Public Library, the Winnetka-Northfield Library District, the Indian Trails Library District, and the Oak Park Public Library. In those positions, David has been responsible for managing, guiding, and mentoring hundreds of librarians and library employees.

He has participated in and led several Illinois Library Association committees, including the Best Practices Committee, the Fundraising Committee, the Nominating Committee, and most recently the Public Policy Committee.

In his career, he has received the benefits of training with the Illinois State Library though both the Small Public Library Management Institute and Synergy, and has collaborated with the staff of the State Library to improve these excellent programs and to continue to provide them to others.

David received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in English from Saint Xavier University (Chicago) in 1989 and Master of Arts Degree in Library Science from Dominican University (River Forest) in 1995.

He lives in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago with his husband, John Cialone, a residential interior designer. Together, they are raised by our West Highland White Terrier, Leland.


Leora Siegel

Leora Siegel is the Director of the Lenhardt Library of the Chicago Botanic Garden where she has worked in various capacities since 2000. She holds M.S. degrees in Library & Information Science as well as Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences, both from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Serving on library boards on national, regional and local levels, she was elected to the board of the Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries and served as its President from 2008-2009. Currently she serves as a Trustee for the Evanston Public Library, and on the Executive Board of the Illinois Library Association.

One of the great treasures of the Chicago Botanic Garden is the Lenhardt Library. Open to the public 7-days a week, its 125,000 volume collection encompasses resources on gardening, botany, plant conservation and landscape design, in formats from rare books to e-books. The Library supports the all aspects of the Garden’s mission: We cultivate the power of plants to sustain and enrich life. Ellen Popit

Bachelor of Arts from St. Mary’s of Notre Dame and a Master’s Degree in Library Service from Rutgers University. I worked as a school librarian at Nashville (IL) CCSD #49 and at the Shawnee Library System as a Youth Services Consultant. I am currently the Membership and Grants Director at the Illinois Heartland Library System. I have served on the ILA Board, have been a SYNERGY Mentor and have worked on the Steering Committee for the Institute for School and Public Librarians. I currently serve on ISLAC, the Illinois State Library Advisory Committee. I continue to serve on the steering committee for the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award.


Anthony Powers

Anthony Powers graduated from Rosary College Graduate School of Library and Information Science (now Dominican University) in 1985 with his MLS.

His first professional job was as the librarian at St. Patrick High School, an all-boys high school, on Chicago's Northwest Side from 1985-87. In June 1987, he started his career with the Chicago Public Library and has served in various Neighborhood Services capacities ever since, including his current position as branch manager at the Austin-Irving branch which he has held since 1999.

Tony has served on various Chicago Public Library committees, including his present work with the circulation policies and procedures committee, charged with making suggestions to senior staff for changes in this area requiring board approval.

He is privileged to be associated with various community not-for-profits in the capacity as a board member. Among these are the Portage Park Chamber of Commerce, St Pascal School, and the Irving Park YMCA. Tony also serves on the Wright Community College President's Advisory Board. Wright is one of the City Colleges of Chicago.

Among the professional highlights of his career were being named as the Chicago Public Library Librarian of the Year in 2009 and, of course, participating in the 2014 ILEAD cohort as a member of team CPL 5.2


INSTRUCTOR BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION Genna Buhr

Genna Buhr first experienced library work by lending her Care Bears poetry book to friends and providing date due slips on Smurf note paper. In college, she worked part-time at both the technical services department of the university’s library and the circulation department of the local public library. A “Jane of All Trades,” Genna‟s professional experience has since run the gamut. Before returning to Library Land, she worked with owners, executives, and managers in the automobile, pet food, advertising, and publishing industries. While the organizations have changed, the opportunity to provide guidance and assistance to the public and to other information professionals has not.

Buhr has served as Public Services Manager for Fondulac District Library for more than four years, where her responsibilities include managing Adult Services, collection development, website management, public relations, and community engagement. She holds a Master of Library and Information Science degree from San Jose State University, supervises a staff of seven, and has written and successfully managed four state grants. Previously, she served as Library Development Specialist at Alliance Library System, a regional multi-type library consortia, for four years where she offered consultation and instruction daily to library staff at all levels. In 2010, Buhr served a mentor for the pilot ILEAD U (now ILEAD USA) program.

When not working, she enjoys every minute she spends with her husband and two young sons and has decided that her house is “clean enough.” Rachel Fuller

As the Director of Library/Media Services for the Rochester C.U.S.D. #3A, Rachel Fuller manages five school libraries serving students in grades k-12. Ms. Fuller also serves on the Abraham Lincoln Book Award Reading Selection Committee, the Illinois Heartland Library System Board of Directors, and teaches technology courses at Lincoln Land Community College. In her spare time, Rachel enjoys playing basketball, running, and knitting. Amy Killebrew

Amy Killebrew is the User Experience and Emerging Technologies Librarian at Columbia College Chicago. Since earning her MLIS in 2010, she has focused on managing and improving digital library services including library websites and mobile apps through usability testing, analytics, and content management systems. Amy is also working with library administration to plan and implement new library spaces that encourage students to explore, create, and experiment in new ways.


Tony Lucarelli

Tony’s career in libraries goes back to 1990 when he became a page (aide) for the Fountaindale Public Library District in Bolingbrook, IL. He received his LTA in 1996 from College of DuPage, his BA in Communication Arts in 1999 from Benedictine University (IL), and his MLIS in 2009 from Dominican University.

He has successfully run and passed two library building referendum campaigns, the first for the Gail Borden Public Library District in Elgin, IL in 2000 and the second for Fountaindale Public Library District in 2008. He has held a variety of library positions over the years, starting at Fountaindale and then at Benedictine University as Access Services Assistant; Gail Borden as Public Information Officer; and then back to Fountaindale where he has served in a variety of positions, most recently as Emerging Technologies Librarian since 2012. In 2014 he served as a Mentor to the ILEADU Traveling Tablet Team and also serves on the Illinois Library Association’s Best Practices Committee.

Lucarelli enjoys exploring new technologies and looking to incorporate them into library services or public programming. He feels that learning new technology is best through hands-on engagement. He currently resides in Bolingbrook, IL with his wife, son and a very large labradoodle. Karen McBride

Karen McBride is the Public Information Manager at the Barrington Area Library, Barrington, IL. Before coming to Barrington, she was the Web Services Librarian at the Des Plaines Public Library, and ran the Library Instruction department at the Harper College Library in Palatine, Illinois. She received her Masters in Library and Information Science from Dominican University in 2007. Her areas of expertise include social media marketing, video production, writing and design for the Web and other electronic environments, branding, and an overall “do it yourself” attitude about library marketing and public relations. Jeff Penka

Jeff Penka is the Director of Channel and Product Development at Zepheira and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Syracuse iSchool Master’s Program teaching entrepreneurship, information systems, and program management. Prior to joining Zepheira, Jeff was the Director of the End User Services Product Portfolio at OCLC including WorldCat, worldcat.org, Syndication and Partner services, FirstSearch, and QuestionPoint. Jeff offers a unique blend of exceptional communications, agile project and business management, lean product development, and technology expertise. He is an author, frequent speaker, and has served in a number of capacities in standards organizations including the NISO Discovery to Delivery Topic Committee and the Networked Reference Services Committee. Vicki Rakowski

Vicki Rakowski is the Head of Youth Services at La Grange Public Library, in La Grange, IL, and has been a public librarian since 2010. She strives to create an engaging space through exhibits, displays and programs. In addition to her MLIS, Vicki also holds an MFA in Creative Writing, and loves to curate opportunities for children and their caregivers to learn through creating and making.


Alyce Scott

Alyce Scott has an M.L.I.S. in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and is currently a lecturer for the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University. She has worked in a variety of library settings, including developing an Electronic Reserves program for Brookens Library at the University of Illinois Springfield. Most recently she served as the Coordinator of the Digital Imaging Program at the Illinois State Library. At the Illinois State Library Ms. Scott was part of the team that developed the Illinois Digital Archives; oversaw the digitization of materials from the ISL collection, including copyright compliance; reviewed and monitored Library Services and Technology Act digital imaging grants awarded annually by ISL; and provided state-wide training in the use of CONTENTdm software for digital collections. Brian Smith

Brian Smith is Applications and Web Developer at Reaching Across Library System. Most of his work at RAILS involves building websites using the Drupal content management system, and a redesign of the main RAILS website is currently in the works. Prior to the 2011 library systems merger, Brian was a consultant, trainer, and website builder at Prairie Area Library System. His employment history also includes positions at several public libraries and at a large law office library. Brian was an ILEAD USA mentor in 2014, and has been a board member of the Homer Township Public Library District since 2009. Beck Tench

Beck Tench is a simplifier, illustrator, story teller and technologist. She was formally trained as a designer and journalist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication and has spent her career since helping people and organizations of all types to embrace risk-taking, creativity, and change. Her work has been mentioned in the New York Times, National Public Radio, Scientific American, Quantified Self, Independent Weekly and several books and blogs. Some of the projects she was instrumental in making and facilitating include Library Space Camp, Experimonth, Project FeederWatch: Sketch, Is the Library Open?, Name That Zoom, and The SmartWool Experiment. Some of her favorite work was done in partnership with the Museum of Life and Science, Exploratorium, Science Museum of Minnesota, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Michigan State University, University of Washington, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and Illinois State Library. Beck has learned that small things add up to big things over time, especially change. She writes about this on her blog, Space-maker, Risk-taker, and also travels the world sharing that message to universities, corporations, conferences, and non-profits in keynote addresses, workshops and facilitated discussions.


2015 ILEAD USA Community Representative Contact Checklist

ILEADer Personal Name and Team: __________________________________________

The role of the Community Representative is to provide direct feedback about the plans and product(s) your team creates during ILEAD USA. The Community Representatives’ feedback may serve as a means to assess if your plans/product(s) are meeting the prescribed community need. You are required to periodically ask your representative for their feedback on your project. Community Representatives’ experimentation with your product(s) is highly encouraged. Documentation of these activities is required. This form may be used for that purpose.

Date Accomplished Contact

__________________ Received acknowledgement from Community Representative they would participate with ILEAD USA

__________________ Informed Community Representative of project

__________________ Updated Community Representative on 1st ILEAD USA session activities and progress

__________________ Updated and requested feedback from Community Representative on intersession activities and progress/changes to project (March 27 – June 21)

__________________ Updated Community Representative on 2nd ILEAD USA session

__________________ Updated and requested feedback from Community Representative on intersession activities and progress/changes to project (June 26-October 25)

__________________ Updated Community Representative on 3rd ILEAD USA session activities and progress

__________________ Informed Community Representative of project outcome and/or progress and requested feedback on final product or progress

It is important that feedback received from your Community Representative is shared with your team. Attach a summarized narrative to this check list of your Community Representatives’ feedback especially if it affected how your group proceeded with their projects. Their opinion matters. Keep your Community Representative well apprised of your ILEAD USA activities. Fax completed form to the Illinois State Library, Attention: Jill Heffernan at 217-782-1877 by Friday, November 6, 2015.

ILEAD USA: Intersession Meetings ILEADers must document time spent in intersession virtual meetings. Please use this form for such documentation.

ILEADers: Personal and Team Name: ______________________________________________________________

Date & Time Span 9(i.e.4/2, 30 min.)

Group* Work Description

*Designate whether the time was spent with the team, mentor, individual or other.


2015 ILEAD USA Team Grant Project: $4,000* This $4,000 grant opportunity is intended to support learning through your team’s project activities. Teams are invited to apply for up to $4,000 in grant funds to purchase items necessary to support implementation of their project. For example, one team may decide to focus on creating a digital imaging product, and the team could apply for and receive funding to purchase a scanner and cameras to augment their project outcomes. All items purchased under this grant belong to one or more of the ILEADers' libraries and must be used to further that library's involvement in participatory technology projects, even after the ILEAD USA sessions end. Project teams decide which library(s) will take ownership the items purchased or created. All ILEADers will keep their thumb drives provided at no cost to them. Intersession Opportunities: A webinar will be offered in late April/early May providing specific guidance about writing and submitting the grant application. A second webinar will be offered in August with guidance about the writing and submitting the required reports. Both webinars will be archived and will count as intersessions. Apply by June 26, 2015: Submit an application for up to $4,000 by June 26, 2015 - the Friday after the in-person June session. The Grant Application Form is located at: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/publications/pdf_publications/lda239.pdf When the application is ready, email it as an attachment addressed to [email protected]. Note the _ between ISL_grants. Required Reports: Two Quarterly Financial and Narrative Reports will be due: October 15, 2015 and January 15, 2016. The Quarterly Financial and Narrative Report PDF form is located at http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/publications/pdf_publications/lda244.pdf The Encumbrance Report is due February 15, 2016 if funds are encumbered at December 31, 2015. This report is necessary to document the disbursement of the obligated funds. (If 100% of the funds were disbursed by December 31, this report is not necessary.) The Encumbrance Report PDF form is located at: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/publications/pdf_publications/lda242.pdf If Questions, Contact: Gwen Harrison 217-785-7334 [email protected] Sandra Fritz 217-558-2064 [email protected] Karen Egan 217-782-7749 [email protected] *Plan to expend 100% of the funds you request. Funds awarded but not spent are lost to libraries.

http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/publications/pdf_publications/lda239.pdf








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Illinois-Specific Library Acronyms ALIHSBA Abraham Lincoln High School Book Award ALPLM Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum CAA Chicago Area Archivists CAC Capital Area Consortium, a health science library consortium in the Springfield area CALL Chicago Association of Law Librarians CAML Chicago Area Museum Libraries CARLI Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois CCS Cooperative Computer Services is an integrated automation system for public libraries located in the

north and northwest suburbs of Chicago, IL. CMC Cataloging Maintenance Center is administered by the Illinois Heartland Library System (IHLS) for the

purpose of upgrading bibliographic records for Local Library System Automation Programs (LLSAPs) throughout the state.

CMS Central Management Services (Illinois Department of) provides a wide range of programs and services to state agencies and the public, including cost effective information and telecommunication services

COD College of DuPage CODSULI Council of Directors of State University Libraries in Illinois CPL Chicago Public Library CPLS Chicago Public Library System is one of three Regional Library Systems in Illinois, comprised of Chicago

Public Library, including over 70 branch locations. CRL Center for Research Libraries DCEO Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity in Illinois ECIC East Central Illinois Consortium, a regional health science library consortium in Illinois EDI Electronic Documents of Illinois provides permanent public access to official publications of the State of

Illinois which have been deposited in electronic form. EDD Eliminate the Digital Divide Grant Program GODORT Government Documents Forum; an ILA forum that focuses on government information issues and is

affiliated with ALA’s GODORT. GMR Greater Midwest Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine HILC Heart of Illinois Library Consortium, a regional health science library consortium in Illinois HSLI Health Science Librarians of Illinois IACRL Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries IAECT Illinois Association for Educational Communication and Technology IASA Illinois Association of School Administrators IBHE Illinois Board of Higher Education


iBistro Online public access catalog used by LINC and CCS consortia ICB Illinois Center for the Book was established at the Illinois State Library in 1985 as an affiliate of the

Center for the Book in the Library of Congress to administer statewide reading and writing programs and other related literary projects.

ICCB Illinois Community College Board ICN Illinois Century Network is the telecommunications backbone for public and private not-for-profit

schools and colleges, libraries, museums, and government agencies. IDA Illinois Digital Archives is a repository for the digital collections of the Illinois State Library as well as

other libraries and cultural institutions in the state of Illinois. IDDP Illinois Document Depository Program IHLS Illinois Heartland Library System is one of three Regional Library Systems in Illinois. ILA Illinois Library Association is the state organization for library staff and trustees. ILA committees/forums:

CARD – Cultural and Racial Diversity Committee iREAD – Illinois Reading Enrichment and Development LF – Leadership Forum LSRF – Librarians for Social Responsibility LTF – Library Trustee PLF – Public Library PPC – Public Policy Committee RSF – Reference Services RTSF – Resources & Technical Services Forum YASF – Young Adult Services Forum YSF – Youth Services Forum

ILDS Illinois Library Delivery Service, a statewide cooperative effort to transport interlibrary loan materials between libraries in Illinois

ILF Illinois Literacy Foundation ILEAD U Innovative Librarians Explore, Apply and Discover, an intensive continuing education leadership program

whereby teams employ the latest technology tools to meet needs in their communities ILLINET Illinois Library and Information Network is a statewide alliance representing the 5000+ multitype

libraries that comprise the Illinois Regional Library Systems. IPLAR Illinois Public Library Annual Report IRC Illinois Reading Council I-SHARE an integrated library system that serves as the public catalog for 86 CARLI member libraries ISBE Illinois State Board of Education ISL Illinois State Library, an office of the Secretary of State ISLAC Illinois State Library Advisory Committee


ISLMA Illinois School Library Media Association ITBOC Illinois Talking Book Outreach Center, the readers’ advisory service, administered by RAILS, for users of

the Talking Book and Braille Service (TBBS) L2 Library Learning is a statewide calendar for library continuing education and various other library related

meetings. L & L Live and Learn, a library construction grant program designed to maintain and improve the

infrastructure of Illinois public libraries LACONI Library Administrators Conference of Northern Illinois LAT Library Automation & Technology Group at the Illinois State Library LDG Library Development Group at the Illinois State Library LINC Library Integrated Network Consortium, an online public access catalog and circulation system that

serves nine public libraries in DuPage and Kane counties LLSAP Local Library System Automation Programs are Regional Library System supported consortia catalogs. LVIS Libraries Very Interested in Sharing, a nationwide network of OCLC libraries who agree not to charge

each other for loaned materials. MAGIC Multitype Automation Group In Cooperation, one of four LLSAPs supported by Reaching Across Illinois

Library System (RAILS) MALLCO Mid-America Law Library Consortium NIC Northern Illinois Cooperative, an online catalog for eight Northern Illinois public libraries NILRC Network of Illinois Learning Resources in Community Colleges NN/LM/GMR National Network of Libraries of Medicine for the Greater Midwest Region OMNI Online Media of Northern Illinois, an Overdrive ebook catalog OTFL On the Front Lines; an annual conference to deliver library education to front line practitioners of

multitype libraries PLC Pinnacle Library Cooperative, an integrated library system consortium of several public libraries in the

Joliet area. PNG Project Next Generation, a library grant program designed to help at risk students with technology

training PrairieCat One of four LLSAPs in RAILS RAILS Reaching Across Illinois Library System is one of three Regional Library Systems in Illinois. RiverShare An integrated library system consortium in the Quad Cities area RLS Regional Library System (i.e., Chicago Public Library System [CPLS], Illinois Heartland Library System

[IHLS], Reaching Across Illinois Library System [RAILS]) ROE Regional Office of Education, established under the Illinois State Board of Education RRLC Rock River Library Consortium


SHARE The name of the Illinois Heartland Library System (IHLS) Local Library System Automation Program (LLSAP)

SHARE Illinois Share Holdings and Resources Easily, a cooperative project to facilitate staff initiated interlibrary loan among the following Illinois library automation consortia: CCS, LINC, MAGIC, NIC, Pinnacle Library Cooperative, PrairieCat, RiverShare Libraries, RSA, and SWAN.

SILC Statewide Illinois Library Catalog SILRC Southern Illinois Learning Resources Cooperative SMSLN Sangamon Menard School Library Network SOS Secretary of State (State Librarian of Illinois) SPLMI Small Public Library Management Institute, a weeklong institute sponsored by the Illinois State Library,

to deliver library education to directors of rural libraries. SUSI Single Unified Source of Information Project SWAN System Wide Automated Network, one of four LLSAPs in RAILS TBBS The Talking Book and Braille Service circulates unabridged books in audio format. All Illinois residents

who have difficulty reading or holding regular print materials are eligible to use the service. TMQ The MARC of Quality, a small company, based in Florida, that provides cataloging training, software and

database services. Various Illinois consortium catalogs employ TMQ for preprocessing of bibliographic records prior to scheduled OCLC batchloads.

ULC Urban Libraries Council; a membership organization of leading public libraries in the U.S and Canada. Administrative offices are in Chicago and Washington, D.C.

VTEL A vendor of videoconference equipment used to attend/link to meetings held at the Illinois State Library and the Regional Library Systems

WJIL WebJunction Illinois


ILEAD USA Evaluation Plan 2015

The evaluation of ILEAD USA in 2015 will involve data collection through four different survey instruments administered at different times during the year. These are mostly the same instruments that have been used with previous ILEAD cohorts. Some, although not many, of the questions have changed based on what’s been learned from earlier ILEAD evaluations. By using surveys with mostly the same questions, the evaluation can compare the experience of the 2015 ILEAD USA group to the prior ILEAD cohorts, to see what, if anything, changes. The evaluations of ILEAD since its launch in 2010 have provided the Illinois State Library with useful information on which it has drawn to continue to fine-tune the program. March 2015: Participants and mentors complete a preliminary survey asking them demographic and job-related questions. Participants are also asked a handful of questions about their early project team activities. April-May 2015: Participants complete a survey on their team experience and evaluation of the content from the first in-person training program in March. Mentors complete a survey just on the evaluation of content from the March in-person program. August-September 2015: Participants complete a survey on further developments in their team experience and evaluation of the content from the second in-person training program in June. Mentors complete a survey just on the evaluation of content from the June in-person program. November 2015: Participants complete a final survey asking them to evaluate their ILEAD experience. February 2016: Evaluation report for ILEAD 2015 is submitted to Illinois State Library.

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