The Illinois Library Association is calling for action on Illinois House Bill 3898, which modifies the Illinois Pension Code. Specifically, an amendment to the legislation eliminates the supplemental benefit payment-also referred to as the “13th payment”-from the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF). The payment is essentially deferred compensation intended to balance out the rising cost…
Month: March 2014
Harry Potter’s World on Display at SIU Medical Library
“Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine” will be available for viewing from March 10 through April 18 at the SIU Medical Library. This exhibition was produced by the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health and is curated by Elizabeth J. Bland. A special musical event, “Music, Magic and Medicine”, will be…
IACRL Conference Open to HSLI Members
Register Now for the IACRL Conference Advance Registration Closes Friday, March 14 Register today for the 2014 IACRL Conference, which will be held Friday, March 21, at the Chicago Marriott Oak Brook.IACRL President Pattie Piotrowski, Illinois Institute of Technology, hosted an informational webinar on the conference last Friday. You can access the webinar recording here for full details. Attendees…
FY 2015 Federal Budget’s Impact on Health and Medicine Funding
This summary from California Healthline has a good overview of the impact that the president’s proposed FY 2015 budget will have on health and medical funding, and also what the initial reaction to some of the proposals has been. Note that the largest cuts will be in Medicare and Medicaid, with an estimated $400 billion…
FY 2015 Federal Budget
Yesterday (March 4), President Obama made his budget request for the upcoming fiscal year. Overall, the requested budget funding for libraries is down slightly from what was actually enacted last year (by $412,000, or about 0.2 percent). There has also been a cut in funding coming from LSTA (Library Services Technology Act), by $307,000, or…