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PALS Events by Category
Winter/Spring 2006

Automation
1/11/2006   iBug Meeting - New Lenox Public Library
1/12/2006   NIC Intro to Sirsi Data Elements - Rockford Service Center
1/20/2006   PALSGroup Item Categorization Extravaganza - Illinois Valley Community College - Room C316
1/23/2006   NIC Intro to Sirsi Data Elements- Rockford Service Center
2/8/2006   PALSGroup Item Categorization Extravaganza - Illinois Valley Community College - Room B216
2/21/2006   Computer Keepers - Coal Valley Service Center
3/15/2006   PALSGROUP Extravaganza – Mendota Civic Center, 1901 Tom Merwin Drive, Mendota, IL - LUNCH FEE $10.00
5/2/2006   Computer Keepers - Coal Valley Service Center
5/9/2006   Microsoft Access Staff Training - Shorewood Service Center

Children/Young Adult Services
1/17/2006   CLOUT Meeting-Coal Valley Service Center
1/18/2006   YALE Meeting
1/20/2006   January Sassy Meeting - Joliet Public Library-Black Road Branch
2/13/2006   Voyage to Book Island - Summer Reading Kickoff 2006 - Mendota Civic Center, Mendota - $20.00 Workshop Fee
3/3/2006   S-T-R-E-T-C-H-E-D Librarian: How Do I Do It All? - Mendota Civic Center - $30.00 Workshop Fee
3/8/2006   YALE Meeting - Bettendorf Public Library
3/10/2006   Sassy Meeting - Shorewood Service Center
3/10/2006   Virtual Showcase—Voyage to Book Island-Coal Valley Service Center
3/10/2006   Virtual Showcase - Voyage to Book Island - Shorewood Service Center
3/10/2006   Virtual Showcase—Voyage to Book Island - Videoconference - Rockford Service Center
3/14/2006   CLOUT Meeting - Coal Valley Service Center
4/21/2006   April Sassy Meeting - Limestone Township Library
4/26/2006   YALE Meeting - River Valley Public Library
5/8/2006   May Sassy Meeting - Reddick Library
5/8/2006   Ride to Jim Gill Program and Sassy Meeting - Rockford Service Center
5/8/2006   Ride to Jim Gill Program & Sassy Meeting from Coal Valley Service Center
5/8/2006   Let's Play!: A Fun Musical Workshop with Jim Gill - Reddick Library in Ottawa - $10.00 Workshop Fee

Collection Development/Utilization
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Collection Maintenance/Preservation
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Facilities/Equipment
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Governance/Administration
1/5/2006   SCAL-PALS (Shorewood Center Administrative Librarians of PALS) - Morris Public Library
1/13/2006   Librarians' Advisory Committee Meeting - Conference Call
1/17/2006   PALS Board Meeting - PALS Rockford Service Center
1/27/2006   Mississippi Valley Librarians Meeting via OPAL
2/7/2006   Orientation for Northern Illinois University Classes - Rockford Service Center
2/7/2006   Orientation for Northern Illinois University Classes - Shorewood Service Center
2/7/2006   Orientation for Northern Illinois University Classes - Coal Valley Service Center
3/2/2006   SCAL-PALS (Shorewood Center Administrative Librarians of PALS) - Plano District Community Library
3/21/2006   PALS Board Meeting - Coal Valley Service Center
3/29/2006   Spring Public Libraries Meeting - Shorewood Service Center
3/29/2006   Spring Public Libraries Meeting - Coal Valley Service Center
3/29/2006   Spring Public Libraries Meeting - Sterling Public Library
3/29/2006   Spring Public Libraries Meeting - Rockford Service Center
4/7/2006   Librarians' Advisory Committee Meeting - LaSalle Public Library
4/27/2006   Sterling Neighborhood Get-Together
5/3/2006   Mississippi Valley Libraries via OPAL meeting
5/4/2006   Special Libraries Videoconference - Shorewood Service Center
5/4/2006   Special Libraries Meeting - Rockford Service Center
5/4/2006   SCAL-PALS (Shorewood Center Administrative Librarians of PALS) - Coal City Public Library
5/16/2006   PALS Board Meeting - TBA
6/20/2006   PALS Board Meeting
6/27/2006   Contracting for Library Services: a Panel Discussion - LaSalle Public Library

Grant Preparation
3/9/2006   LSTA Grantwriting Basics - Rockford Service Center
3/13/2006   LSTA Grantwriting Basics via OPAL
3/14/2006   LSTA Grantwriting Basics - Coal Valley Service Center
3/16/2006   LSTA Grantwriting Basics - Shorewood Service Center

Inter Library Loan
1/4/2006   Reference Services Forum – Coal Valley Service Center
1/6/2006   Managing Interlibrary Loan Requests in FirstSearch – Highland Community College, Freeport
1/6/2006   : FirstSearch ILL using SILC- Highland Community College, Freeport
4/4/2006   Reference Services Forum – Coal Valley Service Center

Internet
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Legislative Information
1/30/2006   Legislative Program with Senator A.J. Wilhelmi, Reps. Brent Hassert and Jack McGuire for Librarians in 43rd Senate District - Joliet Public Library (West Branch)
2/28/2006   Ride to Springfield on February 28th for those wishing to visit their Legislators on March 1 Library Day
5/12/2006   Privacy, Confidentiality, and the Patriot Act Via OPAL
6/19/2006   Legislative Program with Senator Jacobs, Reps. Boland and Verschoore for Librarians in 36th Senate District - Rock Island Public Library

LLSAP
1/5/2006   Automation Planning Committee of HAL - Morris Public Library
1/10/2006   NIC Cataloging Committee - Rockford Service Center
1/17/2006   HAL Circulation User Group Meeting - Peotone Public Library
1/18/2006   StatView for Sirsi Users - Shorewood Service Center - $10.00 Workshop Fee
1/18/2006   Excel for StatView - Shorewood Service Center - $10.00 Workshop Fee
1/19/2006   Creating Reports in WorkFlows - HAL and Quad-LINC Online Library Training - Shorewood Service Center - $10.00 Workshop Fee
1/19/2006   HAL Online Library Training - Sirsi Cataloging I - Shorewood Service Center - $10.00 Workshop Fee
1/24/2006   QL CIC Committee Meeting - Bettendorf Public Library
1/25/2006   Excel for StatView - Shorewood Service Center - $10.00 Workshop Fee
1/25/2006   StatView for Sirsi Users - Shorewood Service Center - $10.00 Workshop Fee
1/26/2006   HAL Data Entry Committee Meeting - Shorewood Service Center
1/26/2006   StatView for Sirsi users – Coal Valley Service Center - $10.00 Workshop Fee
1/26/2006   Excel for StatView – Coal Valley Service Center - $10.00 fee
1/31/2006   What's New in WorkFlows 2004 - Circulation - Coal Valley Service Center - fee $10.00
1/31/2006   What’s New in WorkFlows 2004 – Cataloging/Serials- Coal Valley Service Center - $10.00 Workshop Fee
2/1/2006   StatView for Sirsi users – Coal Valley Service Center - $10.00 Workshop Fee
2/1/2006   Excel for StatView – Coal Valley Service Center - $10.00 fee
2/2/2006   QL Joint TIC/RIC/CIC Meeting on Locations –Betterndorf Public Library
2/14/2006   QL Committee of the Whole Meeting - Bettendorf Public Library
2/21/2006   What's New in WorkFlows 2004 - Cataloging/Serials - Shorewood Service Center
2/21/2006   Creating Reports in WorkFlows - HAL and Quad-LINC Online Library Training - Shorewood Service Center - $10.00 Workshop Fee
2/22/2006   NIC Online Directors Meeting - Rockford Service Center
2/23/2006   HAL Online Library Training - Sirsi Cataloging I - Shorewood Service Center - $10.00 Workshop Fee
2/28/2006   StatView for Sirsi Users - Shorewood Service Center - $10.00 Workshop Fee
3/2/2006   StatView for Sirsi users – Coal Valley Service Center - $10.00 Workshop Fee
3/2/2006   Automation Planning Committee (APC) of HAL - Plano District Community Library
3/3/2006   StatView for Sirsi users – Coal Valley Service Center - $10.00 Workshop Fee
3/9/2006   Quad-LINC TIC Meeting - Bettendorf Public Library
3/9/2006   HAL Data Entry Committee Meeting - Shorewood Service Center
3/9/2006   NIC Circulation Committee - Rockford Service Center
3/14/2006   QL RIC Committee Meeting - Bettendorf Public Library
3/14/2006   iBug Meeting - Plainfield Public Library
3/22/2006   HAL Circulation User Group Meeting - Lemont Public Library
3/28/2006   QL CIC Committee Meeting - Bettendorf Public Library
4/18/2006   NIC Cataloging Meeting - Rockford Service Center
4/25/2006   QL Committee of the Whole Meeting - Bettendorf Public Library
4/26/2006   NIC Online Directors Meeting - Rockford Service Center
5/1/2006   Sirsi Essentials – Coal Valley Service Center - $10.00 Workshop Fee.
5/1/2006   Creating Reports in WorkFlows – Coal Valley Service Center-$10.00 Workshop Fee.
5/2/2006   StatView for Sirsi Users - Shorewood Service Center - $10.00 Workshop Fee
5/2/2006   Sirsi Essentials - Shorewood Service Center - $10.00 Workshop Fee
5/3/2006   Sirsi Serials Lite - Shorewood Service Center - $10.00 Workshop Fee
5/4/2006   Sirsi Circulation II – Coal Valley Service Center - $10.00 Workshop Fee
5/4/2006   Sirsi Circulation I – Coal Valley Service Center - $10.00 Workshop Fee.
5/4/2006   Automation Planning Committee (APC) of HAL - Coal City Public Library
5/10/2006   In Service Circulation Training (Bolingbrook)
5/11/2006   NIC Circulation Committee - Rockford Service Center
5/11/2006   HAL Data Entry Committee Meeting - Bourbonnais Public Library District
5/16/2006   iBUG Meeting - Lemont Public Library
5/16/2006   Sirsi Cataloging I -Coal Valley Service Center-$10.00 Workshop Fee
5/17/2006   Sirsi Serials Lite – Coal Valley Service Center - $10.00 Workshop Fee
5/17/2006   HAL Circulation User Group Meeting - New Lenox Public Library
5/22/2006   Sirsi Intermediate Serials - Shorewood Service Center - $10.00 Workshop Fee
5/23/2006   QL CIC Committee Meeting - Bettendorf Public Library
5/23/2006   Sirsi Circulation I - Shorewood Service Center - $10.00 Workshop Fee
5/23/2006   Sirsi Circulation II - Shorewood Service Center - $10.00 Workshop Fee
5/25/2006   NIC Cataloging Meeting - Rockford Service Center
5/25/2006   Data-Mapping for NIC and new fully participating members of PALSGroup-Rockford Service Center
5/31/2006   Data-Mapping for NIC and new fully participating members of PALSGroup-Rockford Service Center
6/1/2006   Local Holdings Maintenance - Coal Valley Service Center - Register on ISL CLEO at http://www.islcleo.org/
6/7/2006   Quad-LINC TIC Meeting - Bettendorf Public Library
6/13/2006   QL RIC Committee Meeting - Davenport PL - Fairmount Street
6/14/2006   NIC Online Directors Meeting - Rockford Service Center
6/23/2006   Quad-LINC Online Library Training – Sirsi Circulation– $10.00 Workshop Fee -Coal Valley Service Center

New Technologies
1/11/2006   READ Posters: The Quick & Easy Way - Limestone Township Library - $10.00 Workshop Fee
1/12/2006   Software Tips & Questions - Limestone Township Public Library - $10.00 Workshop Fee
1/23/2006   Software Tips & Questions - Freeport PL - Fee $10.00
2/14/2006   Keeping Up Using RSS and Blogs -Rockford Service Center - $10 Workshop Fee
2/20/2006   Keeping Up Using RSS and Blogs - Shorewood Service Center - $10 Workshop Fee
3/6/2006   Keeping Up Using RSS and Blogs - Coal Valley Service Center- $10 Workshop Fee
4/11/2006   PALS Day 2006 - Starved Rock Lodge
4/17/2006   READ Posters: The Quick & Easy Way – Rockford Service Center – Fee $10.00
4/18/2006   Creating a Basic Website with Microsoft FrontPage – Rockford Service Center – Fee $10.00
4/20/2006   Creating a Basic Website with Microsoft FrontPage - Coal Valley Service Center - $10.00 fee
4/24/2006   Creating a Basic Website with Microsoft FrontPage - Shorewood Service Center - $10.00 Workshop Fee
6/22/2006   READ Posters: The Quick & Easy Way - $10.00 Workshop Fee -Coal Valley Service Center
6/27/2006   READ Posters: The Quick & Easy Way – $10.00 Workshop Fee - Rockford Service Center

Personnel
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Public Relations
1/25/2006   PALS Marketing Team Meeting via OPAL
2/7/2006   Orientation for Northern Illinois University Classes at Northern Illinois University ITV Room, Gabel Hall DeKalb
2/15/2006   PALS Marketing Team Meeting via OPAL
2/21/2006   Speaking to be Heard - Rockford Service Center
2/22/2006   Speaking to be Heard - Coal Valley Service Center
2/23/2006   Speaking to be Heard at the Shorewood Service Center
3/13/2006   PALS Marketing Team Meeting via OPAL
3/30/2006   PALS Marketing Team Meeting via OPAL
4/19/2006   MLS Practicum Training for Host Sites - Coal Valley Service Center - Videoconference
4/19/2006   MLS Practicum Training for Host Sites - Shorewood Service Center - Videoconference
4/19/2006   MLS Practicum Training for Host Sites - Rockford Service Center - Video Conference
4/20/2006   Effectively Dealing with the Media - Shorewood Service Center - $25.00 workshop fee
4/25/2006   Effectively Dealing with the Media - Coal Valley Service Center - $25.00 workshop fee
4/26/2006   Effectively Dealing with the Media - Rockford Service Center - $25.00 workshop fee
5/30/2006   Word of Mouth Marketing - Rockford Service Center - $10.00 workshop fee
5/31/2006   Word of Mouth Marketing - Coal Valley Service Center - $10.00 workshop fee
6/1/2006   Word of Mouth Marketing - $10.00 Workshop Fee - Shorewood Service Center

Public Services
1/4/2006   Reference Services Forum - Shorewood Service Center
1/26/2006   Shorewood Service Center Readers Advisory Meeting - New Lenox Public Library
2/3/2006   College of DuPage Soaring to Excellence and Library Challenges and Opportunities 2006 Series- Joliet Junior College
2/3/2006   College of DuPage Soaring to Excellence 2006 Series - Alway a River,Sometimes a Library with Rick Anderson- Coal Valley Service Center
2/3/2006   College of DuPage Soaring to Excellence and Library Challenges and Opportunities 2006 Series - Always A River, Sometimes a Library with Rich Anderson- Rockford Service Center
2/14/2006   Area Readers Advisory/Reference Planning Meeting-Moline Public Library
2/25/2006   ILA Trustee Forum Spring Workshop - Hickory Ridge Marriott
2/28/2006   E-Library Advisory Committee Meeting – web meeting via OPAL
3/1/2006   Illinois Library Day - Springfield
3/9/2006   Database Demonstrations - Rockford Service Center
3/10/2006   College of DuPage - Library Challenges and Opportunities 2006 Series – Library Hot Topics - Coal Valley Service Center
3/10/2006   College of DuPage Library Challenges and Opportunities 2006 Series - Library Hot Topics: Manager's Forum A Roundtable Discussion with Experienced Library Managers- Rockford Service Center
3/10/2006   College of DuPage Soaring to Excellence and Library Challenges and Opportunities 2006 Series- Joliet Junior College
3/10/2006   Ask Away (Illinois Virtual Reference Services) - Shorewood Service Center
3/14/2006   Database Demonstrations - Bettendorf Public Library
3/16/2006   Reference Users Group Meeting - Joliet Public Library - Black Road Branch
3/17/2006   Shorewood Service Center Readers Advisory Meeting - Wilmington Public Library
4/4/2006   Reference Services Forum - Shorewood Service Center
4/7/2006   College of DuPage Soaring to Excellence and Library Challenges and Opportunities 2006 Series- Joliet Junior College
4/7/2006   College of DuPage Soaring to Excellence 2006 Series - Serving Immigrant Populations with Bill Erbes- Rockford Service Center
4/7/2006   College of DuPage Soaring to Excellence 2006 Series - Serving Immigration Populations with Bill Erbes - Coal Valley Service Center
4/25/2006   Print and Free Web Resources - Shorewood Service Center
4/26/2006   Free Resources on the Web - Bourbonnais Public Library
4/28/2006   College of DuPage Library Challenges and Opportunities 2006 Series - Google Print: Its Impact on Scholarship and Libraries- Rockford Service Center
4/28/2006   College of DuPage - Library Challenges and Opportunities 2006 Series – Google Print: Its Impact on Scholarship and Libraries - Coal Valley Service Center
4/28/2006   College of DuPage Soaring to Excellence and Library Challenges and Opportunities 2006 Series- Joliet Junior College
5/2/2006   Print and Free Web Resources for Reference – Rockford Service Center
5/3/2006   Serving the Genealogy Patron on a Shoestring Budget – Coal Valley Service Center
5/4/2006   Special Libraries Meeting & QC-ABC Meeting Coal Valley Service Center
5/4/2006   Special Library Meeting Video Conference- Rockford Service Center
5/5/2006   Genealogy Questions@ Your Reference Desk – Rockford Service Center
5/9/2006   Print and Free Web Resources for Reference – Freeport Public Library –Afternoon program
5/9/2006   Print and Free Web Resources for Reference – Freeport Public Library – Morning program
5/11/2006   Communicate with Confidence - Videoconference - Coal Valley Service Center - FEE: $10.00
5/11/2006   Communicate with Confidence - Videoconference - Shorewood Service Center - FEE: $10.00
5/11/2006   Communicate with Confidence - Videoconference - Rockford Service Center - FEE: $10.00
5/16/2006   HELP! Genealogy Questions @ Your Reference Desk - Shorewood Service Center
5/23/2006   Print and Free Web Resources for Reference – Coal Valley Service Center
5/24/2006   Ask Away Illinois Training - Shorewood Service Center
6/9/2006   Government Information on the Web – Rockford Service Center
6/13/2006   Quad-Cities Readers Advisory Meeting – Davenport Public Library – Fairmount Branch
6/15/2006   Shorewood Area Readers Advisory Group - Joliet Public Library/Black Road Branch
6/16/2006   Government Information on the Web - Shorewood Service Center
6/20/2006   Reference Users Group Meeting - Olivet Nazarene University
6/30/2006   Government Information on the Web - Coal Valley Service Center

System
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Trustees
1/19/2006   Illinois Library Law and Taxation - Pecatonica PL
1/20/2006   Not So “Bored” Training for Trustees, Part One, Dan Cain presents on Board Roles and Responsibilities-- Rockford Service Center - (Speaker videoconferencing from RFSC to SWSC,CVSC) - Fee: $30
1/20/2006   Not So “Bored” Training for Trustees, Part One, Dan Cain presents on Board Roles and Responsibilities-- Shorewood Service Center videoconference - Fee: $30
1/20/2006   Not So “Bored” Training for Trustees, Part One, Dan Cain presents on Board Roles and Responsibilities—Coal Valley Service Center videoconference - Fee: $30
1/21/2006   Not So “Bored” Training: Part One, The roles and responsibilities of library trustees (for libraries with budgets of $150,000 or less) - Kishwaukee Community College - Fee: $20 @ Door
2/17/2006   Not So “Bored” Training for Trustees: Part Two, Phil Lenzini on Illinois Library Law and Taxation- Rockford Service Center videoconference -- Fee: $30
2/17/2006   Not So “Bored” Training for Trustees: Part Two, Phil Lenzini on Illinois Library Law and Taxation- Shorewood Service Center (Speaker videoconferencing from SWSC to RFSC,CVSC) - Fee: $30
2/17/2006   Not So “Bored” Training for Trustees: Part Two, Phil Lenzini on Illinois Library Law and Taxation- Coal Valley Service Center videoconference-- Fee: $30
2/18/2006   Not So “Bored” Training for Trustees: Part Two, Phil Lenzini on Illinois Library Law and Taxation (especially for libraries with budgets of $150,000 or less) - Kishwaukee Community College - Fee: $20 @ Door
2/23/2006   Trustee Training - Fossil Ridge Public Library, Braidwood
3/13/2006   Basic Illinois Library Law - Savanna Public Library
4/29/2006   Trustee Training - LaSalle Public Library
5/15/2006   Trustee Training at Stillman Valley
5/22/2006   Trustee Orientation - Geneseo Public Library
6/13/2006   Trustee Training - Rock Island Public Library
6/26/2006   Trustee Training - Shorewood Public Library District

Other
1/4/2006   Reference Services Forum - videoconference - Rockford Service Center
3/1/2006   Free Ride on March 1 to Illinois Library Day with pickups at Manhattan & Shorewood - Deadline to Regiser Feb. 21
3/1/2006   Free Ride on March 1 to Illinois Library Day with pickups at Rock Falls & Moline - Deadline to Register Feb. 21
3/1/2006   Free Ride on March 1 to Illinois Library Day with pickups at Rockford, Rochelle, & Peru- Deadline to Register is Feb. 21
3/1/2006   Registration for Group priced tickets ($5.50) for the Lincoln Museum - Deadline to register Feb. 21
3/2/2006   Lunch between APC and SCAL-PALS Meeting - Plano Community Library District
4/4/2006   PALSGROUP Merged Consortium Meeting - LaSalle PL
4/4/2006   Reference Services Forum - videoconference - Rockford Service Center
4/11/2006   Ride to PALS Day with pickups in the Quad Cities, Geneseo, and Princeton
4/11/2006   Ride to PALS Day with pickups in Freeport, Rockford, Rochelle
4/11/2006   Ride to PALS Day with pickups in Kankakee, Shorewood, Morris
5/2/2006   PALSGROUP Merged Consortium Meeting - LaSalle PL
5/19/2006   Ride to Reaching Forward ($20) with pickups at Shorewood, New Lenox, and Bolingbrook
6/5/2006   Local Holdings Maintenance – Rockford Service Center – Register at the ISL Cleo at http://www.islcleo.org/

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