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HomeMy WebLinkAboutVolume 12 - 1996 11111 OAK BROOK LIBRARY ASSOCIATION BULLETIN Volume 12, Issue 1 July/August, 1996 Communication . . . A Gathering Designed To Inform: Communication: We create it, store it, retrieve it, use it. Come Meet The Architects Civilization thrives on it. It is transmitted in different ways, The Oak Brook Library Association invites all residents to but the most common method of receiving communication is attend the "Meet the Architects" presentation on June 27th. to read it, onnpper, on an electronic monitor, in the written The meetings are scheduled as follows: 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 word or in an increasing array of distinct graphics. p.m.and 2:30-6:30 p.m.at the Oak Brook Library and from We commonly think that most communication delivers 7:30- 8:30 p.m.in the Sam Dean Board Room at the Village information -- a newspaper headline, a textbook fact. An Hall. equally common type of communication is literary The Village Board is interested in obtaining community communication which does not deliver factual information, input regarding the new facility. To accomplish this objective, but is intended for recreation and pleasure. a survey was mailed recently to area residents. Village Libraries nurture communication both in the fast paced officials regard the involvement of Oak Brook residents as world of the approaching 21st century and with the literature an essential component in developing a successful architec- which keeps us in touch with the history and culture that makes tural plan for the Library. Residents are asked to complete us who we are. In our increasingly diverse communities, the questionnaire and return it to the Library at their earliest providing the depth and breadth of information and literary convenience, either in person, by mailing it in the postage- communication needed to promote the intellectual and social paid envelope or by faxing it to the Library offices at 990- well-being of residents is an exciting challenge which 0170. Residents may also bring responses to the scheduled librarians welcome. meetings with the Library architects on June 27th.Residents During the last two years, the Village Board has made a are encouraged not only to return their survey cards,but also strong effort to help the Oak Brook Library fulfill this role. to attend the June 27th presentation and become a part of the Collections are growing in breadth and currency;professional planning process. staff is available to assist library users with information and New Faces at the Library . . . literature needs. Some electronic resources are available. Youth programs encouraging lifelong learning are regularly Recently, the Oak Brook Library announced the addition available. of three new staff members. Vernette Richmond is the new The Village Board is asking voters in an advisory face at the Desk where she serves as Circulation referendum on November 5, 1996 whether accumulated Supervisor. She has a strong background in Library reserves should be used to construct a new library building. Science and experience in school libraries. She resides in Elmhurst and has her Library Technical Assistant certificate If the question is approved, a new library building would uPa provide greater space to build depth in the information and from the College of braxy s . literary collections. Adequate seating for library users would Also new on the Library staff is Eileen Nolan,a resident of Winfield, who joins the staff as the Technical be provided as well as an appropriate electrical supply for Services Supervisor. Eileen was associated most both library-provided electronic resources and individual recently with the Johnson County Public Library in Franklin, laptop computers. Adequate parking would promote greater Indiana. She has also worked for the Carol Stream Public community use. A meeting room would allow expanded Library during the course of her career in Library Science. programming including all ages. The new part-time The Village Board is asking an important question. The Reference Librarian is advisory referendum asks for no money, but whether this is Jon Fjortoft. Jon the way accumulated funds should be used. During the holds a Master's s summer and fall,Library advocates will be offering informationDegree in Library about the proposed new library building. Please read these Science from Rosary communications and consider this question carefully. College and works in ";k the library at the Ruth Martin World Book Encyclo r Librax Director pedia. Jon has been , , Y ,�g � /�� e�`., associated with the ,�,z° y$ I „,,,,-;4,,„,,,,,o;-,,, Technical Services �10 : ',�® Pit p,/Brook Pudic Library I , ,:,, $ y area at the DePaul 1112 Oak Brook Road 6 .,' % Oak Brook, IL 60521 University Law Library. A veritable Eileen Nolan,Vernette Richmond,Jon Fjortoft (708) 990-2222 Renaissance man, he is also a professional singer. Jon and Library Hours his wife, Nancy, live in Oak Park and recently Monday- Thursday, 10 a.m. 9 p.m. welcomed their first child, Lena, who was born in March. Friday- Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. The Oak Brook Library Association extends a warm welcome Sunday (School Year Only) 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. to these new staff members and wishes them much success and happiness in their work here. Traveling the r Clip and Mail ReadingHighway Oak Brook Library Association g Y June 1 - May 31 Youth Services Librarian Sue Madorin Please enroll us as members of the Oak Brook Library Association. hopes that Oak Brook residents will be ❑ Mr. & Mrs. ❑ Mr. ❑ Mrs. ❑ Ms. ❑ Dr. ❑ Corp. ❑ logging many miles this summer-- and Name they need travel only as far as the Address Library to do it! Sue explains the Library's summer reading program is Telephone entitled"Travel the Reading Highway". Membership Categories (Membership contributions are tax deductible): Sue adds that children who enroll in the ❑ Individual $15 El Corporate $100 program will receive their "Reader's License"upon registration,while adults ❑ Family $25 ❑ Other $ will be issued a"Travel Map". Programs ❑ Patron $50 include"Stop,Lunch and Listen"sessions Please make check payable to: Oak Brook Library Association where children aged 2 - 6 are invited to L P.O. Box 3131 • Oak Brook, IL 60522-3131 J bring lunch and enjoy stories on the Library lawn. The "Let's Take A Trip" OBLA Rx for Fitness .Read All About It program for children aged 7-9 emphasizes Exercise Your Mind While ! map making and geography stories and The Membership Drive Is On crafts. "Travel the Yellow Brick Road" Exercising Your Right To Vote Please note that this edition of our is designed for youngsters from 7-12. The Oak Brook Library now offers newsletter includes an Oak Brook Library Voyagers(aka summer readers)embarking residents the chance to exercise not only Association membership form. Residents on the famous yellow brick road will visit their minds but their inalienable rights are asked to complete the form and European countries via a study of arts as Americans to cast their votes on return it to the Library Association as and crafts and travel the globe with Election Day, November 5th! Ruth as possible. eipn our "stops" on every continent! The Martin explains the Library offers voter's soon sociation indicates mbershitmlent to Library's itinerary is truly global in scope registration services to eligible parties and promises to make participants well until the registration deadline on the many fine programs and services traveled--in the literary sense of course! October 8th. Ruth adds that voters who which distinguish our library. Certainly For further information, contact Sue at take advantage of in-person registration there could be no better time to become 990-2222. are afforded the opportunity to vote in a Friend of this wonderful resource as all elections, rather than in federal the advisory referendum on a new library OBLA BOARD OF DIRECTORS elections alone, as is the case with draws closer. Residents are invited to take Lucia Sutton,President mail-in registrations. Residents are an active part in writing what is surely the Mary Ann Nunez,Vice President asked to call the Library before coming most significant chapter in the Oak Brook Joseph Fullan,Treasurer to register, so that a library staff Library's history. For further information, Barbara Benezra, Secretary member can ascertain that a certified call Lucia Sutton at 325-1588. Alan Farnell Roberta Petz registrar will be on hand to perform the Reynold Gottlieb Gloria Power service. The Library number is 990- November 5th -Election Day Nancy Hayden Ardythe Tiesenga 2222. For further information, contact Vote YES Anthony Ingrisano Margaret Tresley the Resource Desk at the Library. for the Library Advisory Referendum OAK BROOK LIBRARY ASSOCIATION Non-Profit Org. P.O. BOX 3131 U.S. Postage OAK BROOK, ILLINOIS 60522-3131 PAID Permit No.371 Oak Brook, IL Ruth A. Martin Oak Brook Library Association 1112 Oak Brook Road Oak Brook, IL 60521 11111 OAK BROOK LIBRARY ASSOCIATION BULLETIN Volume 12, Issue 2 September/ October, 1996 A New Library . . . . . . Plans Move Forward! What could a new library in Oak Brook mean for us On August 27, 1996,the Village Board of Trustees voted and our families? to place the question regarding the new library construction on the November 5, 1996 ballot: A community library is more than a storage and retrieval location;it is an offering of the world's wisdom to be found Shall the Village of Oak Brook utilize funds available in literature and history. It is a place to seek and gain in its General Corporate Fund, in the amount of information,to become informed as citizens,to check facts approximately$3.5 million,to construct and equip -perhaps the voting record of a politician;or the works of a new public library at a site located at the Oak scientists and historians;or the advice of a doctor,chef or Brook Sports Core,on the north side of Oak Brook auto mechanic. Investors can find the latest stock figures Road (31st Street) approximately 2500 feet west or expert analyses of business. The computer / interne of York Road? YES fl NO can be useful for this and many other kinds of research. A library is also a place for reading just for fun-the mystery Many sites were examined over an extended period of time. or detective story;the book on quilting or golf;the travel Village Trustees voted unanimously on July 23, 1996 to guide;the old-fashioned novel or the new-fashioned one. select the area of the Oak Brook Sports Core formerly occupied by the horse stables. Children can explore the wider world through illustrated story books and informational literature about subjects as diverse as the lives of people in other countries, animals, .� nature, careers - in short, all the things they might be curious to know. They learn to love to read in a librarywith all the choices of reading and programs available to :* them. 1,s Libraries will always be a place for books and reading, • j o` fiLlaRART but the modern library offers many more services and '1 - possibilities such as copiers and computers,a community roweir4. college course or counseling, rooms for a lecture, club, workshop,or community meeting.Some new libraries have • gift shops, places for coffee, gardens or play areas. Finally, in Oak Brook a new public library would offer us a place to develop a sense of community. Without a downtown in our Village, we don't bump into each other OAK BROOK R o D W-I D E N E D , and exchange greetings, as we might. A beautiful building and site could bring us together, provide meeting space This site affords several advantages: first, it offers pleasing for local interest groups, and be a source of community vistas from the proposed library building onto adjacent pride and fellowship. areas of the property;second,its presence will be obvious from the road, making the possibility of drop-by, The advisory referendum for a new library this fall offers us impromptu visits to the library more likely;and third,the and our families these opportunities. To make them real,we space for parking is adequate and will allow ready access must exercise our civic responsibility and vote positively. to library users. In addition, architect Jay Carow noted that this site offers significant architectural possibilities Lucia L. Sutton in terms of orienting the building within the landscape President, OBLA framework. Sign of the Times: A Window Decal Please note that this issue of"The Bulletin" includes an Oak Brook Public Library decal Oak Brook Public Library which encourages residents to vote "YES" on the Library Advisory Referendum on ElYES November 5, 1996. If you would like to have additional decals, they are available at no November 5 1996 charge at the library. These decals were prepared and paid for by the Oak Brook Library ' _ — Association. Please display them proudly and remember to vote "YES" on Election Day! Oak Brook AAUW and OBLA Town Meeting Sponsored By to Co-Sponsor Library Forum Oak Brook Civic Association The Oak Brook Chapter of the American Association of OBCA President Joe Fullan notes that the Association will University Women and the Oak Brook Library Association sponsor a panel discussion on the upcoming Library will co-sponsor an informational forum on October 10th Advisory Referendum. The program will take place on at 7:30 p.m. in the Samuel E. Dean Board Room at the Thursday,September 19th at 7:30 p.m.at the Butler School Oak Brook Village Hall. The Forum will consist of a panel at 2801 York Road. Village President Karen Bushy will discussion regarding the role of libraries in society today. welcome guests and make introductory comments. Fullan Panelists will include Peggy Sullivan, the Dean of the notes that the program will present two panels - one will Graduate School of Library and Information Science at be composed of individuals supporting the Advisory Rosary College;Kathy Bruni, a member of the Language Referendum, the other of individuals opposed to a new Arts Faculty at the Butler Jr.High School in Oak Brook and library. Gerald McInerney, a representative of the Oak Brook Village Board of Trustees. Moderator John Baar notes that Village Manager Steve Veitch, Library Director Ruth Martin, Village Trustee AAUW Past President Gale Christopher notes that the Gerald McInerney and Architect Jay Carow will present evening is designed to present different perspectives on factual information concerning funding, architecture & the importance of libraries in today's world. To that end, governance as needed. A question and answer period will Sullivan will discuss the evolving role of libraries in this be included at which time attendees may address information age; Bruni will discuss the library's impact questions to panelists. Fullan adds "This forum provides on our children's educational lives, and McInerney will a wonderful opportunity for residents to become better review matters pertaining to governance and funding. It informed on the subject of the Library Advisory promises to be an informative evening and residents are Referendum. Our goal is to make EVERY voter's choice encouraged to attend. on Election Day an informed choice." Residents are encouraged to attend. For further information, contact Fullan at 834-2114. Lions & Tigers & Bears . . . and Much More! A Cultural Cornucopia: The Oak Brook Public Library will Come Visit Us at Ethnic Fest offer a fall reading program for preschoolers through 5th graders Itobeginning in September. For its As Oak Brook residents know, our International Ethnic youngest readers,the Library offers Fest: "Oak Brook: A World Within a Village" is slated a program entitled"Lions&Tigers for Saturday, September 28th on the grounds of the Oak & Bears" on Tuesdays from 2:00 - }ice .< Brook Sports Core. The Library Association will be 2:30 p.m. from September 17th i:/,‘,11.- , ; . participating in the Fest via a booth-located irrihe tennis through October 22nd. "There's No , 'r,.\\ 1), is) pro shop area. Residents are encouraged Place Like Home"for kindergartners, ' ,/ We '':., to drop by the booth and receive a free first and second graders on Wednesdays A 'A ,.. "" + q bookmark and refreshments, courtesy of from 4:00-4:45 p.m. from September the Library Association. There will be 18th to October 23rd. And, for 3rd, 4i, balloons and cups distributed to those who 4th and 5th graders, the name of the visit the Library display. In addition, game, or the course in this case, is we will distribute literature on the "I Don't Think We're in Kansas". proposed building and representatives of The Library will offer this program the Library will be on hand to answer V on Thursdays from 4:00-4:45 p.m. questions residents might have from September 19th through regarding the proposed facility. The October 24th. An Oak Brook Library card is necessary Ethnic Fest promises to be a fabulous for registration which opened on August 19th. Space is day's entertainment for everyone involved. limited. Please register early to insure a spot in the fall Please plan to drop by our booth and to program schedule. For further information,contact Youth say hello to your friends at the Library Services Librarian Sue Madorin at 990-2222. Association. An Interview With Evergreen Concert Michael Butler . . . Slated for October 20th Certainly, the name "Butler" is . The Maxwell Street Klezmer Band is slated to appear at synonymous with the Village of 4,, the Oak Brook Bath& Tennis Club on October 20th as a Oak Brook, as Paul Butler part of the Library Association's Evergreen Concert founded the community 38 , series. The program begins at 4:00 p.m.at the Oak Brook years ago. In that length of Bath& Tennis Clubhouse. Whether one is familiar with time,the community has grown ,- , ` Jewish music or a relative newcomer, klezmer music from a sleepy village to a �� $�_ creates a world rich with energy and emotion. The word g "klezmer" has its origins in the "klezmorim" of bustling center of commerce and industry and a magnificent Eastern Europe, Jewish musicians who played for celebrations. Their music was,at once,lyrical and haunting. residential area. Michael Butler, the son of our founder, i ', c '� ' obviously feels a close bond to y � � '�� -717, f this area to which his family- traces its roots.The subject Michael Butler Xl t of a library is one which is near and dear to his heart, as his father often discussed his vision of the community as he foresaw it. Butler notes,"I know my father felt strongly , that Oak Brook needed a center,a core if you will,around -,.,, _ which civic and community activities revolve - a place where people would meet and greet one another - 's ,.H something along the concept of a town square." Butler sees the construction of a new Library as an important first step in that process toward building a village center - a "ry hub of activity which would attract Oak Brook residents Maxwell Street Klezmer Band and serve as a meeting place for children and adults alike. When these musicians were forced from their He elaborates, "We are fortunate in Oak Brook to have a homeland in Russia by tyranny,religious persecution and regionalpoverty,they entered Europe and absorbed the influences center in terms of the Oakbrook Shopping Mall complex. However, to my way of thinking, what the of jazz and other musical cultures. The result of their multi-cultural exposure is the klezmer style of music which Village continues to lack is a central area where residents includes a potpourri of instrumental music, folk and can gather during their free time to communicate, enjoy theatre songs and Yiddish pop music. It is a musical each other's company and take pleasure in their mosaic of marvelous proportions and one which is certain surroundings. I'm hopeful that the proposed Library will to delight our Oak Brook audiences. To reserve a seat for be the first step in that direction." this free concert, please call the Library at 990-2222. Butler continues,"In an important sense,learning involves more than books, although they will always remain the A College Funding cornerstone of education. I know that our new Oak Brook Workshop . . . Library will be designed to provide an atmosphere conducive to learning which will take us into the 21st In an age of spiraling costs, the impact of paying for a century and beyond. Ideally,it will provide a facility where college education can be a considerable one. In order to learning and socialization flourish-a facility befitting this help prepare adequately for the financial challenges a remarkable Village." college education imposes on the family, the Oak Brook Library will sponsor a college funding workshop on , Ir-----' September 26th at 7:30 p.m. in the Samuel E.Dean Board Room at the Oak Brook Village Hall. Janet Orr of Waddell &Reed Financial Services will conduct the seminar. This ''',''' ... _ 45-minute workshop provides useful solutions to deal with problems which may arise related to college education " funding. The seminar stresses the importance of developing an educational plan and also enumerates useful ways to Everyone! increase wealth via investments and savings plans. To Libraries: SomethingY register, call the Library at 990-2222. �— Clip and Mail Oak Brook Library Association June 1 - May 31 Please enroll us as members of the Oak Brook Library Association. 0 Mr. & Mrs. ❑ Mr. ❑ Mrs. 0 Ms. 0 Dr. 0 Corp. 0 Name Address Telephone Membership Categories (Membership contributions are tax deductible): ❑ Individual $15 ❑ Corporate $100 ❑ Family $25 ❑ Other ❑ Patron $50 Please make check payable to: Oak Brook Library Association P.O. Box 3131 • Oak Brook, IL 60522-3131 J Oak Brook Public Library Calendar of Events . 1112 Oak Brook Road Oak Brook, IL 60521 September 17, 18, 19 Youth Services Fall Programs begin. (630) 990-2222 Call 990-2222 for further infooniation. Library Hours September 19 7:30 pm, Butler Jr. High School Monday- Thursday, 10 am -9 pm Civic Association Library Town Meeting Friday - Saturday, 10 am - 5 pm September 26 7:30 pm, Samuel E. Dean Board Rm. Village Hall: Sunday(School Year Only) 1 pm -5 pm College Funding Workshop sponsored by the Oak Brook Library, Registration appreciated. Call 990-2222. OBLA BOARD OF DIRECTORS September 28 11:00 am -6:00 pm,Oak Brook Sports Core: International Ethnic Fest: Lucia Sutton,President "Oak Brook: A World Within A Village" Mary Ann Nunez,Vice President Joseph Fullan,Treasurer Octob,r II) 7:30 pm, Samuel E. Dean Board Rm. Village Hall: Barbara Benezra, Secretary AAUW/OBLA Library Forum Alan Farnell Anthony Ingrisano October 20 4:00 pm, Oak Brook Bath & Tennis Club: Reynold Gottlieb Roberta Petz Evergreen Concert: Maxwell St. Klezmer Band Nancy Hayden Ardythe Tiesenga Margaret Tresley November 5 Library Advisory Referendum, VOTE "YES"! ICa" ®okP oaks yes © g96 ovemaer 5, N Ltbrary: Public Oak r- happen A New M