I can't believe a year has passed since I assumed the duties of ILA president. Time flies when you are busy and this year has been busy. So I'd like to take a moment to review what we've done and what I've learned in talking with library workers around the state. You also need to know about the exciting plans developed during your board's first strategic planning retreat in ten years.

The theme of this year's ILA conference — “Illinois Libraries: Generating Value in Dollars and Sense”— is an apt one, as it mixes both the practical need of libraries to show a return on investment and the ever-increasing demands on librarians to provide visionary leadership both as library leaders and as community leaders.

You can download the Annual Report for 2006-2007 in pdf format, which requires Acrobat Reader to view. If you don't already have it, you can get it here for free.

More Annual Reports are available - see the menu in the left column.