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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://webjunctionworks.org/il/blog/index.php/2009/09/23/lsta-grant-update-historic-preservation-enthusiasts-rejoice/" title="Among Illinois counties, Champaign County possesses unusually rich historical documentation, hosting a number of institutions dedicated to the collection and preservation of our community’s historical record. This fall, we are fortunate to see the relea..." target="_self">LSTA Grant Update: Historic Preservation Enthusiasts Rejoice!</a><br />');
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document.write('<p><img class=\"alignright\" style=\"float: right; margin: 5px;\" src=\"http://webjunctionworks.org/il/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/historicbuilding.jpg\" alt=\"Historic Building\" width=\"143\" height=\"200\" />Among Illinois counties, Champaign County possesses unusually rich historical documentation, hosting a number of institutions dedicated to the collection and preservation of our community’s historical record. This fall, we are fortunate to see the release of a grant-funded project that serves as the first phase of a portal to digital content about our county, drawn from a variety of repositories in our community, called <a href=\"http://il.webjunction.org/lsta/-/articles/content/81580786\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker (\'/outbound/article/il.webjunction.org\');\">Historic Champaign County: Neighborhoods and Homes</a>.</p> <p>Developed by staff at the Champaign County Historical Archives at The Urbana Free Library, and hosted at the Illinois Digital Archives, the collection should be of great interest to historic preservation enthusiasts and architectural historians, but also makes available primary source material to a broad audience of students, genealogists, historians, and others interested in the history of east central Illinois.</p> <p><a href=\"http://il.webjunction.org/c/document_library/get_file?folderId=81580791&name=DLFE-20820004.doc\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker (\'/outbound/article/il.webjunction.org\');\">Download the full update</a></p>');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://webjunctionworks.org/il/blog/index.php/2009/09/10/lsta-grant-updates-september-10-2009/" title="Here are a few more LSTA grant updates to inspire you in your library: Bridgeview Library Becomes a full SWAN Member: Rose Taylor, Bridgeview Public Library. Bridgeview Public Library received a $25,000 LSTA grant in order to join SWAN (System Wide Area N..." target="_self">LSTA Grant Updates: September 10, 2009</a><br />');
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document.write('<p>Here are a few more LSTA grant updates to inspire you in your library:</p> <ul> <li><a href=\"http://il.webjunction.org/lsta/-/articles/content/77720889?_OCLC_ARTICLES_getContentFromWJ=false\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker (\'/outbound/article/il.webjunction.org\');\">Bridgeview Library Becomes a full SWAN Member</a>: Rose Taylor, Bridgeview Public Library. Bridgeview Public Library received a $25,000 LSTA grant in order to join SWAN (System Wide Area Network) as a full member. Patrons gain access to information through local, state, regional, international electronic networks. The grant gave patrons of the Bridgeview Public Library access to more than 30 databases and materials in multiple formats from all types of libraries. Bridgeview is a small blue-collar community,16 miles southwest of Chicago with a population of 14,933. On a daily bases the library serves 450-500 patrons of diverse ethnicities, including Arabic, Polish, Slovak and Spanish speaking patrons.</li> <li><a href=\"http://il.webjunction.org/lsta/-/articles/content/79220673?_OCLC_ARTICLES_getContentFromWJ=false\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker (\'/outbound/article/il.webjunction.org\');\">Collaborative Project between UIC and the Puerto Rican Cultural Center</a>: <a href=\"http://il.webjunction.org/web/79220648/\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker (\'/outbound/article/il.webjunction.org\');\">Peggy Glowacki</a>, University of Illinois at Chicago, University Library. Thanks to a generous Library Services & Technology Act grant awarded by the Illinois State Library, the Special Collections Department of the University of Illinois at Chicago recently completed a collaborative project with the Puerto Rican Cultural Center of Chicago and the Graduate School of Information Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Over 1000 images from the Puerto Rican Cultural Center in Chicago, Illinois are now <a href=\"http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm4/index_uic_prcc.php?CISOROOT=/uic_prcc\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker (\'/outbound/article/collections.carli.illinois.edu\');\">online</a>. The images illustrate the rich history of the Juan Antonio Corretjer Puerto Rican Cultural Center and the vibrant neighborhood that it serves.</li> <li><a href=\"http://il.webjunction.org/lsta/-/articles/content/77850841?_OCLC_ARTICLES_getContentFromWJ=false\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker (\'/outbound/article/il.webjunction.org\');\">Enhancement of Huntley Library Technology</a>: <a href=\"http://il.webjunction.org/web/77850691/\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker (\'/outbound/article/il.webjunction.org\');\">Rob Aavang </a>and Elizabeth Steffensen, Huntley Area Public Library District. The Huntley Area Public Library District in Huntley, IL was awarded an LSTA FY09 In Sync with Technology grant in the amount of $45,000. Thanks to this funding the library was able to update its public computer network by replacing outdated computer equipment and adding new equipment including a server, color printer, twenty PCs, thirty monitors, a LCD projector, four Early Literacy Stations, and four laptops.</li> <li><a href=\"http://il.webjunction.org/lsta/-/articles/content/77730521?_OCLC_ARTICLES_getContentFromWJ=false\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker (\'/outbound/article/il.webjunction.org\');\">Increased Access to ILL via LHRs in OCLC</a>: <a href=\"http://il.webjunction.org/web/77700978/\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker (\'/outbound/article/il.webjunction.org\');\">Mary Burkee</a>, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In an effort to enhance user services and provide greater access to our collections the library is currently attempting to address the backlog of serial titles without holdings or with inaccurate holdings currently in the UIUC catalog.  These titles are housed in various locations throughout the library.  Processing these serials is slow and time consuming due to the complexity of the records and the lack of adequate serials cataloging resources. With LSTA funding, we were able to hire a cataloger to work exclusively with this material and add a significant number local holdings records into our online catalog to the benefit of all of our patrons searching for available serials.  By entering local holdings records, patrons can enjoy more accurate and faster turnaround for journal articles requested through ILL.  Other potential benefits of this project include an increased interlibrary loan fill rate for patrons requesting journal articles from UIUC, increased onsite access for in person patrons at UIUC, and increased patron access overall. </li> </ul>');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://webjunctionworks.org/il/blog/index.php/2009/08/06/lsta-grant-updates-august-6-2009/" title="Here are more of the LSTA grant updates that are posted on the LSTA Grant page. Check out what some of your colleagues have done with their LSTA funds. Elmwood Park High School &amp;#8211; In Synch with Technology Grant: Jeane Fillipitch, Elmwood Park Hig..." target="_self">LSTA Grant Updates: August 6, 2009</a><br />');
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document.write('<p>Here are more of the LSTA grant updates that are posted on the <a href=\"http://il.webjunction.org/lsta/-/resources/bparticles\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker (\'/outbound/article/il.webjunction.org\');\">LSTA Grant page</a>. Check out what some of your colleagues have done with their LSTA funds.</p> <ul> <li><a href=\"http://il.webjunction.org/lsta/-/articles/content/73941982?_OCLC_ARTICLES_getContentFromWJ=false\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker (\'/outbound/article/il.webjunction.org\');\">Elmwood Park High School &#8211; In Synch with Technology Grant</a>: <a href=\"http://il.webjunction.org/web/19862790/\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker (\'/outbound/article/il.webjunction.org\');\">Jeane Fillipitch</a>, Elmwood Park High School. Thanks to this funding the library was able to add 41 laptop computers, 4 laser printers, and an LCD projector to the high school library. Entitled &#8220;Moving Elmwood Park High School Library&#8217;s Reference Collection into the 21st Century: Transitioning from Print to Online Resources&#8221;, the laptops have made it much easier for our students to access our growing collection of online subscription database resources by improving our student-to-computer ratio in the library from approximately 20:1 to 13:1. We also partnered with the Elmwood Park Public Library to streamline the process by which students can obtain a public library card, thereby making it possible for students to apply for and receive a new card at school. Throughout the school year we collaborated on a number of activities with the purpose of educating students and the community at large about the online database resources available to them, in addition to those through the school, with an Elmwood Park Public Library card.</li> <li><a href=\"http://il.webjunction.org/lsta/-/articles/content/74191274?_OCLC_ARTICLES_getContentFromWJ=false\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker (\'/outbound/article/il.webjunction.org\');\">PePod: Pekin Programs on Demand</a>: <a href=\"http://il.webjunction.org/web/74191134/\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker (\'/outbound/article/il.webjunction.org\');\">Alissa Williams</a>, Pekin Public Library. PePod stands for Pekin Programs on Demand and makes library programs available to users anytime they wanted via podcasts. The library also started Storytime Anytime, which makes a video of storytime available on demand for parents and children. The Pekin Public Library partnered with the Pekin Area Chamber of Commerce on the project, and the chamber recorded its monthly events, which the library uploaded to its website. PePod is also available via subscription in iTunes. Currently, the library has eight podcasts available, and usually one program a month is suitable for recording. All of the presenters have allowed their programs to be recorded and several were quite excited about the opportunity.</li> <li><a href=\"http://il.webjunction.org/lsta/-/articles/content/73713769?_OCLC_ARTICLES_getContentFromWJ=false\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker (\'/outbound/article/il.webjunction.org\');\">Using Historical Aerial Photos to to Map Palimpsest Landscapes in Illinois</a>:<a href=\"http://il.webjunction.org/web/73110948/\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker (\'/outbound/article/il.webjunction.org\');\">Deette Lund </a>and Don Luman, Illinois State Geological Survey. The dictionary defines &#8216;palimpsest&#8217; as a writing material, such as an ancient wax tablet, repeatedly used after earlier writing has been erased. The analogy is similar to the geologic study of physical landscapes, which through the passage of time have become altered or eliminated by natural and human factors. Scientists at the Illinois State Geological Survey (ISGS) are routinely using historical aerial photographs acquired over Illinois during the 1930s and 1940s to reconstruct past landscapes now hidden due to changes in agricultural practices (nearly three-fourths of the state&#8217;s surface area is comprised of agricultural lands), urban encroachment, or modified by natural processes such as stream erosion. These oldest statewide aerial photographs, consisting of nearly 35,000 individual frames, are being preserved through LSTA Digital Imaging and other grants. Public access and free download of the digitized aerial photographs is available on the ISGS website at ISGS website.</li> <li><a href=\"http://il.webjunction.org/lsta/-/articles/content/73694367?_OCLC_ARTICLES_getContentFromWJ=false\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker (\'/outbound/article/il.webjunction.org\');\">Linking Individuals in a Virtual Environment @ the Library Media Center</a>: <a href=\"http://il.webjunction.org/web/73586694/\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"javascript:urchinTracker (\'/outbound/article/il.webjunction.org\');\">Ann Marie Jinkins</a>, Rochelle Township High School. “Linking Individuals in a Virtual Environment @ the Library-Media Center,” or “L.ī.V.E. @ the LMC,” has brought students together in online book clubs at Rochelle Township High School, extending the existing reading communities that meet monthly after school.  The LSTA In Synch with Technology Grant of $9,333 established a wireless network in the LMC and funded 18 student-use computers to improve online access for students during their study halls. The number of student-use computers in the LMC has more than doubled with this LSTA-funded project.  Students no longer have to wait in line for computer access, so the “homework only” policy has been eliminated.   Students use six of the new PCs at stand-up stations for access to online catalogs and the book discussion blogs.  The remaining two PCs and 10 laptops are used for homework and access to book discussion blogs.   These 12 machines run on the wireless network in areas of the library that would be difficult and expensive to cable traditionally.   </li> </ul>');
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