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2010-2011 Annual Report "What a year this has been for the Illinois library community. We came together in October at Navy Pier and listened, learned, laughed, It has been my great pleasure and humble privilege to serve the Illinois library community as the president of the Illinois Library Association. To our leadership including board members, committee chairs and members, and forum managers and members, I am grateful for your sweet patience and generous support and for the challenges and the growth that this opportunity has afforded me. Thank you for letting me live out loud with you for this very special year in the life of Illinois libraries." Gail Bush, ILA President 2010-2011 Download the Annual Report for 2010-2011 in PDF format. Past Annual Reports |
and got loud. We dodged cuts in Springfield and traveled to Washington to advocate for libraries. We tracked more than 160 diverse legislative initiatives that might impact our community while, once again, blocking a filtering bill from gaining momentum. We met statewide for various professional development workshops and made new partnerships with other Illinois literacy associations while sadly missing many of our dear library systems friends. We planned for the future of Illinois library cooperation while northern and southern systems merged into RAILS and Heartland. We took snapshots, went green, scared up a good book, and basked in the glow of new luminaries. During these unsettling times, libraries around the state remained steadfast to missions of service, of the best library service, to their communities and all the while here we were at ILA providing a collective and reasoned voice to the best of our abilities.