An Overview of the Illinois
Library Association
伊利诺伊图书馆协会概述
Laura L. Barnes, Librarian
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Prairie Research Institute
Illinois Sustainable Technology Center
lbarnes@istc.illinois.edu
Vision理念
The Illinois Library Association is
indispensable in leading efforts in library
advocacy and collaboration, and serving as a
springboard to innovation and excellence in
library services.
伊利诺伊图书馆协会在带头致力于图书馆
推广和协作以及作为图书馆服务创新和追
求卓越的跳板是不可或缺的。
Goals目标
• Advocating for the Public Interest为公共利益主张
– develop and promote strong public policy related to libraries,
literacy and lifelong learning;发展和促进与图书馆、文化素质和终身
学习相关的公共政策
– defend intellectual freedom and access to information;维护知识自
由和信息获取
– increase public awareness of the value of libraries to society.增加
公众对图书馆对社会价值的意识
• Promoting Excellence and Innovation促进追求卓越和创新
– provide outstanding programs of continuing education and
leadership development;提供优秀继续教育和领导能力发展项目
– support the recruitment, retention and professional development
of a culturally and racially diverse workforce for libraries;支持招聘
和保留为图书馆发展一支文化和种族上都多样化的工作力量
– produce high quality publications and communications;创作高质量
的出版物
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– celebrate the achievement of excellence and innovation on behalf
of the membership.为成员庆祝追求卓越和创作取得的成就
Managing the Present to Prepare for the Future为将来管理现在
– In order to achieve these goals, ILA will use its resources wisely
and maintain a flexible structure that promotes the diverse
interests and broad participation of members.为了实现这些目标，
ILA会明智地使用资源并维持一个灵活的结构促进多样化利益和成员的广
发参与
Administrative Structure & Governance
行政结构和管理
• Three full-time staff members三个全职员工
• Sixteen member executive board六个成员执行
委员会
– Officers and board members are elected by
association’ members主管和委员会委员由协会成员
选出
– Representatives from all parts of state and all
types of libraries州各个部分和各种图书馆的代表
Membership成员
• Approximately 2,500 personal (individual) members大约2500
个个人成员
– 33% of Illinois’ librarians are ILA members伊利诺伊图书馆员是成员
• Majority work in public and college & university libraries大多数在公共或
大学图书馆工作
– Library staff, trustees, and supporters are also members图书馆员
工、受托人和支持者也是成员
• Approximately 3,000 institutions are members大约3000个机
构成员
– 61% of Illinois’ public libraries are ILA Institutional members伊利诺
伊公共图书馆是机构成员
– 43% of Illinois’ college and university libraries are members伊利诺
伊大学图书馆是机构成员
– Also includes Schools (K-12), special libraries, and commercial
firms who exhibit at ILA’s annual conference还包括学校，专业图书
馆和公司在年会上展出
• Separate professional associations for school/special librarians
为学校图书馆员和专业图书馆员设置的单独专业协会
– Illinois School Library Media Association伊利诺伊学校图书馆媒体协
会
– Special Libraries Association Illinois Chapter专业图书馆协会伊利诺
伊分会
Committees委员会
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Provide major support services for
ILA membership为成员提供支持服
务
Chairs appointed by current ILA
president, approved by Executive
Board有现任主席任命主席，有执
行委员会通过
Committee members are
appointed or volunteer委员会成员
经任命或自愿
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Appointments are generally one
year任期通常一年
Standing committees include:常务委员
会
• Advocacy 倡导
• Awards奖励
• Best Practices最佳实践
• Conference Program会议项目
• Cultural and Racial Diversity文化和
种族多样化
• Finance资金
• Fundraising筹款
• Intellectual Freedom知识自由
• ILA Reporter Advisory Committee
记者咨询委员会
• iREAD暑期阅读项目
• Marketing市场营销
• Membership成员
• Nominating提名
• Public Policy公共政策
Forums论坛
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Groups that represent special topical
interests within the Illinois library
community伊利诺伊图书馆团体内代表特定
主题兴趣的群体
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Comparable to ALA’s associations可比美国
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Forum managers are elected by the forum
members论坛管理者由论坛成员选出
Tasks throughout the year include一年内
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图书馆协会
的任务包括:
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Developing program ideas for ILA’s annual
conference为年会开发项目点子
Information sharing among forum
members论坛成员间的信息共享
Forums include论坛包括:
• Government Documents 政府文件
• Illinois Association of College & Research
Libraries伊利诺伊大学和研究图书馆协会
• Leadership领导能力
• Librarians for Social Responsibility图书馆
员的社会责任
• Library Trustee图书馆受托人
• Public Library公共图书馆
• Reaching Forward: Forum for Library
Support Staff向前延伸：图书馆支持员工
的论坛
• Reference Services参考服务
• Resources & Technical Services资源和技术
服务
• Young Adult Services (Teens)青少年服务
• Youth Services
Future of Illinois
Library Cooperation
伊利诺伊图书馆
合作前景
Rationale for Project项目原理
• Bring together a diverse group representing the
geographic, demographic, and professional range of
library services in the state to explore how to strengthen
collaboration and prepare for a changing future把一个多样
的团体组织起来代表一州内图书馆服务的地域上、人口上和专业上的范
围，以探索如何加强合作及为变化的未来做准备
• Outcomes结果
– Key components of a vision理念的关键组成部分
– Desired attributes of a possible new approach一个可能的新方
法的期望的属性
– Benefits/risk assessment获益/风险分析
– Potential opportunities for programs, services项目服务的潜在
机会
– Conditions for success成功的条件
– Next steps下一步
Trends identified确定的趋势
• Trends effecting library service discussed in small groups
小组讨论的影响图书馆服务的趋势
• Facilitator translated themes that emerged as a result of
small group discussions促进者确定作为小组讨论结构的主题
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Service服务
Cooperation合作
Collaboration协作
Education/learning教育/学习
Interdependency相互依赖
Inclusiveness/inclusion包容性
Adaptability适应性
Innovation创新
Envisioning Illinois Library Service
in 2020展望伊利诺伊图书馆服务
Characteristics特征
Conditions Needed所需条件
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One statewide “brand,” one card, one
message一个全州的“品牌”，一张卡一个信息
“Embedding” the library presence throughout
the community, in other organizations, etc.通
过社区、其它组织等“植入”图书馆的存在
Libraries as indispensable, ubiquitous,
integrated图书馆是不可或缺、无所不在和成
整体的
Consolidation as both a “big stick” and
“helping hand”作为“坚固的棍子”和“援助之手”
的团结
Transcending the Google race超越谷歌竞赛
School libraries open year-round学校图书馆
全年开放
Reorganization of systems by function, not
geography基于功能而非地理重新组织系统
Franchise model, standardize at a high level特
许模式，制定高标准
Improved advocacy and marketing by ALL
libraries改进所有图书馆的推广和宣传
User/patron centered用户/客户为中心
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Inclusive of all, with accountability and
designated leadership带着责任感和制定的领
导，包容一切
Politically supported, stakeholders actively
involved; 政治上支持，利益相关者积极参与
Balanced between common good and selfinterest平衡公共利益和自身利益
Transparent, with data and examples to prove
the case透明，用数据和例子证明
Based on experience (e.g., school
consolidation from the 1960s)基于经验（例如，
从1960s开始的学校合并巩固）
Subject to ongoing evaluation with means to
measure progress持续的评估来衡量进度
Effectively branded to identify what libraries
do that people cannot live without有效确定图
书馆哪些行为让人们离不开
How Do We Get To Our Ideal?
如何接近我们的理想
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Early buy-in from stakeholders
(engagement of library community = critical
mass)从利益相关者处提早购入
Clarity清楚明晰
Discussions are not divisive探讨不伤和气
Positive feedback from users and nonusers
用户和非用户处的正面反馈
Financially sustainable经济可持续
User-focused以用户为重点
Say library, not Google使用图书馆而非谷
歌
Transparency in the process程序透明度
Don’t endanger current success (risk)不要
危害到目前的成功（风险）
Data-based evaluation framework基于数据
的评估框架
Strong multi-type relationships强有力的多
种类关系
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Clearly articulated vision that is easily
grasped明确阐明易把握住的理念
Bold enough to inspire—transformative足
够大胆去启发鼓舞—变革的
Equitable throughout the state州内的公正
Specific tasks, accountability, resources for
execution具体任务、责任感、执行的资源
Bottom up process—roles for ILA, state
library, library systems, CARLI, ISLMA,
other organizations从下到上的过程—州图
书馆协会、州图书馆、图书馆系统、伊利
诺伊大学和研究图书馆联盟、伊利诺伊学
校图书馆媒体协会及其他组织的职责
Prioritize优先次序
Clearly defined benefits (by category)—
needs to not appear self-serving明确确定
获益（按分类）--需要不要显得自私自利
Timing, and reasonable timeline for success
时机，和成功的合理的时间线
Unspoken Realities 不言而喻的现实
• Possible consolidation of systems可能的系统合并
• Restructuring of how public libraries are funded
重建公共图书馆如何得到资金的结构
• Role of the state library州图书馆的职责
• Potential closing of more libraries可能关闭更多图书
馆
• Elimination of jobs减少工作
• “Territorialism” and self-preservation resulting
from scarce resources因资源少导致的“地方主义”和自我
保护
After the Summit峰会后
• Three task forces formed形成三个任务小组
• Focus on a short list of core library cooperative
services, which will be identified from focus areas
developed by summit participants着重核心图书馆合作
服务的短名单，名单将从峰会参与者发展出的重点领域得出
– Structure结构
– Funding资金
– Services服务
• Each task force issued a report, upon which the final
draft plan was based每个工作组写一个报告，最终草稿计
划将基于这些报告制定出
Meanwhile, out in the real world…
与此同时，外面的世界
• State funding to library systems delayed and delayed and delayed
州给图书馆的资金一再拖延
• As systems ran out of money, they laid off staff and cut services一
旦系统钱短缺了，就会裁人和削减服务
• State Library placed priority on continuing delivery and shared
automation州图书馆将持续递送和共享自动化放在首位
– Five regional library systems laid off all staff not involved with
delivery and automation and stopped doing CE and training五个区域
图书馆系统解雇了没有参与进抵松和自动化的员工，并停止培训
– Three systems continue with consulting and training services for the
time being三个系统暂时继续咨询和培训服务
• Eight regional library systems consolidated into two八个区域图书馆
系统合并成两个
• In the midst of all of this, the committees continued their work
and issued their reports, which culminated in a draft plan与此同时，
委员会继续他们的工作发出他们的报告，最终形成草稿计划。
Priorities Identified in Plan
计划中确认的优先考虑事项
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Delivery递送
Shared Catalogs共享编目
Group Purchasing团购
Library and Professional Development图书
馆和专业发展
5. Advocacy and marketing推广和宣传
What’s Next下一步
• Regional library systems consolidating区域图书馆系统合并
• Illinois State Library continues to support statewide
delivery州图书馆继续支持全州的递送
• ILA working to fill gaps identified in task force
reports州图书馆协会为填补工作小组报告中确认的空白努力
– Established Advocacy Committee and hired Advocacy
Coordinator to coordinate effort建立倡导委员会并聘请倡导协
调员协调工作
– Established Leadership Forum to fill professional
development gap left by cancellation of Illinois State
Library’s Synergy Library Leadership training program建
立领导论坛填补取消州图书馆的协同图书馆领导培训项目留下的职业发
展空白
iREAD暑期阅读项目
Mission使命
To provide high quality, low cost resources
and products that enable local library staff to
promote reading.提供高质量、低成本的资源
和产品使得当地图书馆员工能够推广阅读。
2011 iRead Theme – A Midsummer Knight’s Read仲夏骑士的阅读
Artist: David Catrow
Illuminated Name Card插画名卡
Fairy Magnet精灵磁贴
Craft Ideas for 2011
iREAD Theme暑期阅读
主题手工艺点子
Princess Hat公主帽
Shield盾
Jester Hat小丑帽
Craft Ideas for 2011
iREAD Theme
Book Safe书保险箱
Public Service Announcement for A Midsummer Knight’s Read
公共服务公告
http://youtu.be/IMewskzD7L8
2010 iRead Theme – Scare Up A Good Book, Read!
吓出好书，让我们一起来读
Artist: Jill Campbell
Little Green Alien
小绿外星人
Monster Mask怪物面具
Snapping Mouths
Origami Bat折纸蝙蝠