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The article reports that the State Library of Illinois is converting its federal documents collection, from the 19th and 20th centuries, to its online I-Share catalog and Online Computer Library Center, thus allowing users to access these documents online.

A schedule of events for the month of November conducted and/or sponsored by the Illinois State Library is presented. On November 9-11, the Illinois School Library Media Association Fall Conference will be held. The Family Reading Night will be celebrated. On November 16-18, the Illinois Authors Book Fair will be held on November 16.

Photographs of the State Library at the 2006 Illinois State Fair are presented.

The article reports that scholarship grants were awarded to fifteen library science professionals to assist them in obtaining their master's degrees at a graduate school accredited by the American Library Association. The recipients will be required to work the equivalent of two full years in the Illinois library service within the first three years after graduation.

Provides information on the 2005 Illinois State Fair which runs from August 12 to 21 in Springfield, Illinois. Decision of secretary of State Jesse White to hold his annual pre-State Fair picnic on August 11, 2005, for participants of Project Next Generation, a mentoring program for young people; Services to be offered at the State Library booth; Background on a tour of the State Library building offered to fairgoers.

Presents updates on library institutes in Illinois as of July 2005. Background on the 12th annual Small Public Library Management Institute in Springfield from June 5 to 10, 2005; Information on the 11th annual Institute for School and Public Librarians, sponsored by the State Library and hosted by Bradley University in Peoria; Topics discussed in the events.

Provides information on the Read for a Lifetime reading program for high school students sponsored by the Illinois State Library. Goal of the program; Decision of Secretary of State Jesse White to award certificates of accomplishment and discount coupons from co-sponsor Waldenbooks to Illinois students; Address of a Web site created in relation to the program.

Provides information on the 2005 summer exhibits at the Illinois State Library. Display of busts of U.S. presidents from Illinois formed by the State Library's Patent and Trademark Depository Library; Decision of the State Library to host a free exhibit of drawings and paintings by the late Illinois laborer and artist Paul Martin Butkovich; Schedule of the exhibits.

Reports on the Live & Learn construction and per capita, equalization aid grants awarded by Jesse White, secretary of Illinois, to state libraries in March 2005. Percentage of the local matching funds required by the federal Americans With Disabilities Act grants; List of libraries receiving fiscal year 2005 construction grants; Number of public libraries awarded with per capita grants; Statement given by Secretary White on per capita grants.

Reports on the increase of the Library Services & Technology Act (LSTA) funds awarded by the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services to the Illinois State Library as of March 2005. Statement given by Jesse White, Secretary of State and State Librarian, on the federal LSTA grants; Uses of the LSTA grants; Basis for the grants awarded to states.

Reports on the reception held on December 8, 2004 for the retirement of Jean Wilkins as director of Illinois State Library. Remarks from Secretary of State Jesse White on Wilkins; Programs implemented by Wilkins during her tenure; Career background of Wilkins.

Reports on the addition of a series of videos featuring five of the Illinois authors who made presentations at the 2004 Book Fair in March, to the collection of the State Library of Illinois. Featured authors in the video; Details of the 2005 Illinois Authors Book Fair.

Provides information on "E-News From the ISL," a weekly electronic newsletter from the State Library of Illinois. Regular features of the electronic newsletter; Objectives of "E-News."

Reports on the 2004 Human Rights Video Project Grant awarded by the National Video Resources and the American Library Association to the State Library's Illinois Library Diversity Program. Titles of the human rights videos; Plans of the Diversity Program for the videos.

Reports on a federal grant given to the Illinois State Library to develop and implement an international library leadership program in partnership with the University of Illinois' Mortenson Center for International Library Programs. Details of the second phase of the program; Remarks from Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White on the role of Illinois librarians in developing library leaders all over the world.