21 August 2025,  Initial practicum Meeting with Director Duttlinger of the Lillie M. Evans Library in Princeville, IL

Discussed the practicum and set up a schedule. The schedule included several events that were specific everyday functions of the library. Also included were some management type activities and outside educational opportunities. These included the Small and Rural Director meetings. Meetings related to the  Resource Sharing Alliance (RSA) is the Local Library System Automation Project (LLSAP) and Consortia for the library. They provide the interlibrary loan deliveries in the area and manage the servers that contain all the patron information and the Shared catalogs of the member libraries. The ILA Annual Conference at the Rosemont was also on the agenda for practicum. Networking with librarians and sessions on all phases of librarianship.

PLA Forces: Force 2 In the meeting we were looking at forward thinking events that would aid in the practicum experience. 

Force 5 the challenge for leadership. We discussed the challenges that the Director faces and ways to show issues. Example is the Freedom of Information request process. 

Meeting Time: One Hour   Semester Total: 1 Hour

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