Describes the Danville Public Library's (Illinois) planning and implementation of a groundbreaking ceremony and provides guidelines for the process. Highlights include early planning, the planning staff, publicity, videotaping, selecting a convenient time, decorations, invitations, knowing individual responsibilities, commemorative items, and a…

This report on the sequence of events and administrative decisions leading up to voter action on public library bond issues presents a description of the process that each of three Illinois cities went through. In two of the three cities a new library has no t been built because the bond issue referendums were defeated by the voters. In the third…

Past and present policies, procedures, guidelines, and rationale developed by various state agencies responsible for physical facilities development in Illinois were examined with the hope of guiding future community college planners in the complex problem of translating educational programs into physical facility requirements. Information…

Rules adopted by the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) related to administration, recognition, programs, students, finance, and capital projects are presented in this report. Subpart A of the report focuses on ICCB administration, containing rules related to advisory groups, rule adoption, manuals, advisory opinions, the executive director,…

This document summarizes the information-gathering procedures and subsequent recommendations of the Illinois Community College Board for the l979 campus construction budget requests from 30 colleges in 27 districts. Included are formulas for estimating gross square footage needs per student, processes of evaluating enrollment and space data…

Using original source documents, secondary sources, and the author's personal knowledge, this ten-chapter monograph traces the development of the Illinois junior and community colleges from 1946 through 1980. While focusing on the characteristics, functions, and legislative mandates of the colleges in the 1940's, Chapter I also summarizes the…

This report reviews the present status of physical facilities available and being constructed or planned for the public community colleges in Illinois. The report consists of three major parts: (1) a summary and overview, (2) financing of community college facilities, and (3) total space in community college facilities. Among the highlights of the…

Data on the Illinois public community colleges, covering fiscal year (FY) 1988 and part of FY 1989, are presented in this report on the system's students, faculty and staff, instructional programs, operating finances, and capital construction. After introductory material provides a profile of the colleges, a map of college districts, and a list of…

Divided into four sections, each containing a brief narrative and data tables, this report presents capital budget requests of the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) for fiscal year (FY) 1982, covering 50 colleges in 40 districts. Section I presents the ICCB recommended capital budget for FY 1982 in two categories. Category I lists in…

This document is the tenth publication of a comprehensive data book by the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB). The document contains data and characteristics of the Illinois public community college system and is designed to serve as a basic reference. No analysis of the data is provided in the document. The data were obtained from various…

Data on the Illinois public community colleges, covering fiscal year (FY) 1991 and part of FY 1992, are presented in this report on the system's students, faculty, staff, instructional programs, operating finances, and capital construction. Introductory material provides a profile of the colleges, a map of college districts, and a list of…