The new skin allows for customization of the colors and the block corners so your e-Branch site can be even more individual! The "Fun Corners" skin will use the same colors that you have set for the "Default" skin so you don't need to re-configure.

Apply for the Fall 2010 through Spring 2011 programs. Get the application here. The deadline is Monday, April 26, 2010. Funding is available for fifteen libraries to participate. Participating libraries provide a $100 cash match.

The LiLI Databases Calendar Year 2009 Usage Report is now available for download at http://libraries.idaho.gov/files/CY2009AnnualRpt20100119Ehil.pdf. This report covers the LiLI Database usage for January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009.

Metrics covered include:

• License Costs for LiLI-D
• Cost per Idahoan
• Cost per Logon

Each year, the Collaborative Summer Library Program provides us with materials to use in our Summer Reading programs. As a participant in this program, we have access to these items for a predefined time period and that time has passed for 2009.

Please help the Idaho library community document our growing needs for technology and connectivity by participating in the 2009-2010 Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study online survey, open through November 6, 2009 at www.plinternetsurvey.org.

What is this study?

The 2009 National Book Festival was held on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Marj Hooper and Pam Bradshaw from the Idaho Commission for Libraries represented Idaho in the Pavilion of the States, promoting reading, sharing information about Idaho literacy and library programs, and answering questions about Idaho writers and libraries.

Two new Skins are now available (part of the GrandCentral theme) to all e-Branch in a Box participating sites:

Cengage Learning (also known as Gale) will be providing one hour online training sessions for the Idaho library community during June and July.

WHAT: GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY WEB TRAINING
WHEN:

• JUNE 12, 2009 11:00 AM (MOUNTAIN TIME)
• JUNE 24, 2009 1:00 PM (MOUNTAIN TIME)
• JULY 2, 2009 9:00 AM (MOUNTAIN TIME)

The Social Security Administration has asked libraries throughout the country to partner with them in sharing information with the public about initiatives involving retirement, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) stimulus package, and Medicare. They are asking libraries to inform their patrons of the following initiatives:

We have set a tentative target of June May for the next major upgrade of the Drupal software behind our e-Branch web site hosting project for Idaho libraries.