Jim Dinnerville, Reference Librarian at the Blue Island Public Library in Blue Island, IL, found the notion of Illinois libraries losing their funding so scary that he recruited some seasonal friends to bring attention to the point:

This is a great example of a way to get the word out that libraries need the public’s support! Well done, Jim and Blue Island Public Library!

If you haven’t been by our Facebook page recently, we hope you’ll stop by and take a look. Most recently, we hope you’ll take a look at the fan list, where you’ll see that we’ve hit one thousand fans!

What makes this campaign worth fighting is the people of Illinois who are affected by the loss in funding to their libraries, so we want to say thank you, thank you, a thousand times thank you to each and every one of you who have shown your support for this cause.

We’re so excited to hit this magic number, we won’t even use it as an excuse to ask you to send a letter to your legislator!

We’ve created a badge for you to put on your website to help promote the cause of saving Illinois libraries:

Feel free to download this image and post it to your website, linking to SaveIllinoisLibraries.com, or you can use the following code:

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Thanks for your help in getting the word out!

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