In August, LCLS courier services delivered over 95,000 items to member libraries.  School delivery has resumed and we anticipate another busy month!  ‘Keep an eye on this site as we tag along with a courier driver and learn what delivery means to our members! September 1st 8 a.m. — left the library system 8:50 a.m. [...]

The Lewis & Clark Library System will be closed on Monday, September 6, 2010, in observance of Labor Day.  There will be no courier service on this day.  Delivery will resume on September 7, 2010.  LCLS wishes you a safe holiday.

Six representatives from the Lewis & Clark Library System (LCLS) met with colleagues from the Lincoln Trail Libraries System, Rolling Prairie Library System and Shawnee Library System to examine the value of bringing all four southern Illinois library systems into a single unit of cooperation. The meeting was held June 22, 2010, at the Kaskaskia [...]

The Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), a Christian legal organization, has initiated a letter-writing campaign to libraries and schools around the country and several Illinios libraries recently received the letter. The campaign targets libraries with meeting room policies that restrict the use of the library’s meeting rooms for religious services. In its letter, ADF advises libraries [...]

July 2, 2010 Much has changed at our office in the past month.  We have parted ways with colleagues old and new, and have had to suspend some services our members depend on.  Like all things in life, change is a constant we accept and adapt to. To read the rest click here

Moving Forward — #2 July 9, 2010 System service hours changed: Just a reminder that our office hours changed effective July 1, 2010.  The System office will open at 8:30 a.m. and close at 5:00 p.m. on regular business days. LCLS staff development day: The System office will be closed Wednesday, August 4, 2010, for [...]

Moving Forward – an update from LCLS No. 3 July 16, 2010 IPLAR reminder: Those of you who are municipal libraries, don’t forget your annual reports (IPLAR’s) were due 30 days after the end of the library’s fiscal year. Please let Ron Winner at the Illinois State Library know if you have any questions or [...]

Moving Forward – an update from LCLS No. 4 July 23, 2010 Southern IL library system merger conversations: The Lewis & Clark Library System Board of Directors agreed at its July, 2010, meeting to participate in merger discussions with 4 southern Illinois Library Systems: LCLS, Lincoln Trail Libraries System, Rolling Prairie Library System, and Shawnee [...]

Moving Forward – an update from LCLS No. 5 July 30, 2010 Reminder: System offices closed Wednesday, August 4, 2010 Just a gentle reminder that LCLS will be closed Wednesday, August 4, 2010, to allow staff to attend staff development training.  We will be open and delivery will resume Thursday, August 5, 2010. Southern IL [...]

Just a gentle reminder that LCLS will be closed Wednesday, August 4, 2010, to allow staff to attend staff development training.  We will be open and delivery will resume Thursday, August 5, 2010.

Moving Forward – an update from LCLS No. 6 August 6, 2010 Public Libraries Surety Bonds Illinois Library Law requires public libraries of all types to have the Treasurer Bonded in an amount not less than 50% of the total funds received by the library in the last fiscal year.   75 ILCS 5/4-9 or 75 [...]

The first meeting of the Southern Illinois Library Systems planning panel is slated for Thursday, August 12, 2010, from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.  The meeting will take place at the Effingham Knights of Columbus (1501 W. Fayette Avenue, Effingham, IL). If you would like to attend the meeting and ride with your colleagues, several vehicles [...]

Moving Forward – an update from LCLS No. 7 August 17, 2010 Southern IL library system merger conversations: The first planning panel meeting of the Southern Illinois Library Systems was held Thursday, August 12th in Effingham.  Panelists refined their meeting protocols including guidelines for public comment, selected members for subcommittees, and agreed to locations for [...]

The GateNet Millennium server is again operational.  This morning’s downtime was caused by a faulty power supply.  The server may be down in the future for repair, however it will be a planned downtime and all efforts will be made to minimize the impact to members and patrons. Thanks for your patience! Leslie Bednar  |  [...]

Moving Forward – an update from LCLS No. 8 August 20, 2010 Southern IL library system merger conversations: The LCLS Board of Directors appointed Harriett Zipfel (Director, Belleville Public Library) as a second alternate planning panel member.  Draft minutes from the August 12, 2010, meeting have been posted on Cooperation Today (www.cooperationtoday.org).  As a reminder, [...]

Although we are able to access Millennium please continue working offline at this time.  Transactions are not processing and records are being locked. We are working with the Innovative help desk to the the issue resolved. Thanks! We appreciate your patience.

The database now appears to be working normally. This afternoon we had another technical problem with the Millennium server.  The second of our two power supplies went bad and shut down the entire server.  We were able to power the server back up, and Sun is sending a second new power supply. Following the power [...]

Moving Forward – an update from LCLS No. 9 August 27, 2010 Southern IL library system merger conversations: The Lewis & Clark Library System will host an open forum on September 7, 2010, from 4:00-5:30 p.m., to discuss the system merger process.  Designed to give members the latest information about the Southern System merger process, [...]