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ILLINOIS CENTER FOR THE BOOK ADVISORY COMMITTEE

ILLINOIS STATE LIBRARY

GWENDOLYN BROOKS BUILDING, ROOM 207

FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2017

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Held by videoconference at these locations:

Chicago Public Library – Harold Washington Library Center, 5th Floor, Room #5 N 11

Illinois Heartland Library System, Carbondale – Southern Illinois University, 1740 Innovation Dr, Room #218

Illinois Heartland Library System – Champaign Office, Conference Room

Illinois State Library, Gwendolyn Brooks Building, Springfield, Room 207

AGENDA

Meeting Convenes

  • Welcome and Introductions – Chair Danczak Lyons
  • Roll Call – Jill Heffernan
  • Minutes of Preceding Meeting – October 26, 2016

Recommended Motion: ICBAC moves to adopt the October 26, 2016 minutes with any corrections as noted.

Action Requested: Adoption (with or without amendment) or rejection of the October 26, 2016 minutes.

See Appendix A

Director’s Report – Deputy Director, Greg McCormick

Coordinator’s Report – Bonnie Matheis

  • ILLINOIS STATE LIBRARY PROGRAMS
  • Family Reading Night

See Appendices B & C

  • Illinois Authors Wiki
  • Illinois Emerging Writers Competition– with Joanna Beth Tweedy, Editor and Host,Quiddity,NPR Illinois, Novelist, Poet, ICB Advisory Committee

See Appendices D, E & F

  • Illinois Literary Heritage Award
  • Read for a Lifetime – with Jeanne Urbanek, ISL Program Development Specialist, Read for a Lifetime Coordinator

See Appendix G

  • ILLINOIS STATE LIBRARY ACTIVITIES
  • Gwendolyn Brooks Birthday Centennial–with Debra Aggertt, ISL Associate Director/Grants, Programs and Literacy
  • Illinois Library System Meetings
  • Illinois Senior Spelling Bee
  • Illinois State Library Advisory Committee Meeting
  • US Department of the State, US Diplomacy Center, Faces of Diplomacy Exhibit
  • Urbana Rotary Presentation – with Ray Elliott, Author, Publisher, Editor, ICB Advisory Committee
  • CENTER FOR THE BOOK, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PROGRAMS
  • Letters About Literature– with Michael Tyler, Author, Freelance Writer, ICB Advisory Committeeand Jeanne Urbanek

See Appendix H

  • CENTER FOR THE BOOK, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ACTIVITIES
  • States Idea Exchange

See Appendix I

  • Webinars
  • ILLINOIS CENTER FOR THE BOOK PARTNERSHIPS
  • American Library Association - United for Libraries
  • Literary Landmarks
  • Illinois Library Association
  • iREAD
  • Illinois Literacy Foundation– with Joe Natale, ISL Executive Assistant to the Director
  • Dollar General Literacy Foundation Grant
  • Illinois Reading Council– with Carrie Sheridan, Illinois Reading Council Executive Director, ICB Advisory Committee
  • Annual Conference
  • ILLINOIS READS

See Appendices J & K

  • Prairie State Award for Excellence in Writing for Children
  • Ray Elliott, Tales Press and James Jones Literary Society– with Ray Elliott
  • Book Donation

Writings from the Handy Colonyedited by Helen Howe, Don Sackrider, George Hendrick

Public Comment

Adjournment

The next meeting will be held in the Fall of 2017. More information will follow at that time.

For copies of any agenda appendices or appendices, please contact the:

Illinois Center for the Book at 217-558-2065.

If you need special accommodations, please contact the Illinois Center for the Book at 217-558-2065.

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Illinois State Library

Gwendolyn Brooks Building

Springfield, Illinois 62701