ILCSO 25th anniversary and history

[Sloan, Bernie]

The Illinois Library Computer Systems Organization (ILCSO) recently
kicked off the celebration of its 25th anniversary, which will culminate
at next summer's ALA annual conference in Chicago (the actual
anniversary date is 7/7/05).

ILCSO is one of the pioneers of automated resource sharing.

As part of the 25th anniversary celebration, the ILCSO Public Relations
Committee has put together a "brief history of ILCSO":

http://office.ilcso.illinois.edu/Reports/prcom/brfhist.html 

This document is divided into the following sections:

SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION AND TECHNICAL HISTORY; 
FISCAL HISTORY; 
RESOURCE SHARING HISTORY; 
GOVERNANCE HISTORY; 
ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY; 
THE FUTURE OF ILCSO AS AN ORGANIZATION

Bernie Sloan
Senior Library Information Systems Consultant, ILCSO
University of Illinois Office for Planning and Budgeting
616 E. Green Street, Suite 213
Champaign, IL  61820

Phone: (217) 333-4895
Fax:   (217) 265-0454
E-mail: bernies at uillinois.edu