Chapters

• Chapter 1 – Overview
• Chapter 2 – The Birth of the Illinois State Library
  • AN ACT making an appropriation for a library for the use of the Legislature and the Supreme Court.
  • The Formation of the Library
  • EDWARD COLES
  • THOMAS CARLIN
  • GEORGE FORQUER
• Chapter 3 – The Early Years — 1840 to 1850
  • The Library Act of 1848
  • Early Descriptions of the Library
  • AN ACT concerning the State Library.
  • AN ACT to amend an act in relation to the State Library.
  • Library Growth
  • The Library and Abraham Lincoln
  • Books Borrowed from the State Library by Robert Todd Lincoln
  • A Time of Stagnation
  • SAMUEL LOCKWOOD
  • SAMUEL TREAT
  • THOMPSON CAMPBELL
  • HORACE COOLEY
  • DAVID GREGG
  • JOHN NICOLAY
  • ROBERT TODD LINCOLN
• Chapter 4 – A Period of Growth & Transition — 1869-1880
  • The Devotion of Secretaries of State Harlow and Dement
  • RULES OF THE STATE LIBRARY
  • Opportunities Overlooked
  • EDWARD RUMMEL
  • GEORGE HARLOW
  • EMMA BOILVIN
• Chapter 5 – Growth & Expansion — The Turn of the 20th Century
  • RULES OF THE STATE LIBRARY
  • WILLIAM HINRICHSEN
  • SAVILLA HINRICHSEN
  • JAMES ROSE
  • BRAND WHITLOCK
• Chapter 6 – A Look at the Early Librarians
  • EDITH WALLBRIDGE
• Chapter 7 – The State Library & Growth of Illinois Public Libraries
  • The Work of the IFWC
  • Legislative and Interlibrary Loan Practice
  • JOHN McAULEY PALMER
  • KATHARINE SHARP
• Chapter 8 – The Watershed Years — 1918-1923
  • HARRIET SKOGH
  • LOUIS EMMERSON
• Chapter 9 – Move to the Centennial Building
  • Increased Usage of the Library
  • FUNCTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS LIBRARY EXTENSION COMMISSION
  • ANNA MAY PRICE
  • MARGARET CROSS NORTON
• Chapter 10 – The State Library & the Great Depression
  • The Success of Library Extension
  • A New Head of the Library
  • Illinois State Library Reading Courses — 1939
  • A New Building for the Archives
  • Lack of Space Hinders Library Growth
  • Regional Library Districts by County Established by State Library Act of 1939
  • EDWARD HUGHES
  • HELENE ROGERS
• Chapter 11 – Beginning a New Century of Service
  • The Library in Wartime
  • Growth in the Postwar Years
  • The Demonstration Program
  • The Controversial Survey of 1951
  • EDWARD BARRETT
• Chapter 12 – Years of Transition — The 1950s
  • Library Organization
  • The Book-Banning Controversy
  • The Boy Came Back
  • PARTIAL LIST OF BOOKS BANNED BY THE ILLINOIS STATE LIBRARY
  • Improvements and Progress
  • The Problem of Unserved Residents
  • Library Services Act Projects
  • Separation of the Archives
  • CHARLES CARPENTIER
  • CHARLES KNICKERBOCKER
• Chapter 13 – Building for the Future — The 1960s
  • Library Extension and Cooperative Efforts
  • A Policy on Extension
  • Renewal of the Library Services Act
  • Library Flourishes with Dwindling Space
  • The Library Services and Construction Act
  • Development of Library Systems
  • Implementing the Rohlf Plan
  • Addressing the Changes in Librarianship
  • Programs of the Library in the Late 1960s
  • Staff Losses: Tragedies and Ironies
  • Still a Legislative Aid
  • de LAFAYETTE REID
  • PAUL POWELL
• Chapter 14 – Coming of Age — The 1970s
  • Interlibrary Cooperation and Automation
  • The Vision of Alphonse Trezza
  • Library Structure in the Early 1970s
  • Technical Services at the Library
  • The Library Development Group
  • Goals for Illinois Libraries
  • Meeting the Challenge
  • Other Declarations in Meeting the Challenge
  • The Importance of Interlibrary Cooperation
  • Special Libraries and Special-Needs Patrons
  • Public Awareness
  • The Library Resources Enrichment Program
  • New and Traditional Roles for the State Library
  • LIBGIS and the Bicentennial
  • The Departure of Alphonse Trezza
  • Gesterfield Takes Over
  • The Development of OCLC
  • Other Automated Improvements
  • The Expansion of ILLINET
  • Cooperative Collection Development
  • Developing Goals for OCLC and CLSI
  • Public Library Development
  • ALAN DIXON
  • ALPHONSE TREZZA
  • KAY GESTERFIELD
• Chapter 15 – Maturity and Leadership — The 1980s
  • Measures of Quality
  • The Fight for Literacy
  • A Change in Style with Bridget Lamont
  • ILLINET Online
  • Serials of Illinois Libraries Online
  • Funding Levels Off
  • Larger Units of Service
  • The Issue of Preservation
  • A New Home for the State Library
  • Illinois Authors on the Library Frieze
  • Illinois Authors names on the State Library frieze
  • The Move and the Dedication
  • JIM EDGAR
  • BRIDGET LAMONT
• Chapter 16 – A New Era for the State Library — The 1990s and 2000s
  • Growing National Leadership
  • An International Presence
  • Live & Learn
  • Educate & Automate
  • Progressive Librarianship
  • A Reduction in Library Systems
  • Professional Training
  • More on Illinois Authors
  • The Library Services & Technology Act
  • A New State Librarian and Director
  • Serving Visually Impaired Patrons
  • Honoring Gwendolyn Brooks
  • An Explosion in Technology
  • A Place to Interpret Illinois History
  • LibraryU and Synergy
  • Cultural Diversity
  • Addressing the Needs of the Unserved
  • From Jean Wilkins to Anne Craig
  • Secretary White on Youth, Technology, and Literacy
  • Advancement of the ILDS
  • The State Library Today
  • GEORGE H. RYAN
  • GWENDOLYN BROOKS
  • JESSE WHITE
  • JEAN WILKINS
  • ANNE CRAIG
• Summary