Full Text of HR0705 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Kathy McSwain on the | 4 | | occasion of her retirement as Director of the Chicago Ridge | 5 | | Public Library on August 14, 2015; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Kathy McSwain grew up in the Village of Oak Lawn | 7 | | and began her library
career as a page at the Oak Lawn Public | 8 | | Library; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Kathy McSwain earned a Master of Library Science | 10 | | from Rosary College in 1980, and
building upon a love of | 11 | | children and an appreciation of children's literature, she | 12 | | began her professional
career as Children's Librarian at the | 13 | | Bedford Park Public Library in 1981; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, In 1987, Kathy McSwain became Head of Youth | 15 | | Services at the Chicago Ridge
Public Library, providing | 16 | | creative programming - from leading story times to organizing | 17 | | successful
community-wide summer reading programs; she was | 18 | | awarded the Rita A. Bert Librarianship
Award in 1992 for | 19 | | providing exemplary library services to youth; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Kathy McSwain assumed directorship of the Chicago | 21 | | Ridge Public Library in 1999; under her leadership, the library |
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| 1 | | expanded programs and services for the community, resulting in
| 2 | | increased awareness of the library and an upsurge of usage; | 3 | | many service organizations
throughout Chicago Ridge have | 4 | | received donations from the library's successful Quilting
| 5 | | Program, which was recognized with the Illinois Library | 6 | | Association Highsmith Innovative
Library Award in 2004; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Kathy McSwain was the driving force behind the | 8 | | planning and design of the expansion project
that modernized | 9 | | and added over 10,000 square feet to the library; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Kathy McSwain's deep commitment to library | 11 | | advocacy on a local, system, and statewide
level included | 12 | | establishing the Illinois Library Day Legislative Breakfast at | 13 | | the Illinois State
Library; she has earned the admiration and | 14 | | respect of her peers, and, in
2010, she received the Robert | 15 | | McClarren
Legislative Development Award for Library Advocacy | 16 | | from the Illinois Library Association; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Kathy McSwain has served on the governing boards | 18 | | of professional
organizations such as the Library | 19 | | Administrators Conference of Northern Illinois (LACONI), Area | 20 | | Training for Library Administrators and Staff (ATLAS), and | 21 | | numerous others; she has mentored
countless librarians and has | 22 | | always been generous in sharing her expertise with those new to | 23 | | the profession; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Over her 28 years of dedicated service to the | 2 | | residents of Chicago Ridge, Kathy
McSwain's proudest | 3 | | accomplishment is seeing patrons who visited the library as | 4 | | children now
bringing their own children to the library; | 5 | | therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 8 | | offer our sincere and heartfelt congratulations to Kathy | 9 | | McSwain on her retirement as Director of the Chicago Ridge | 10 | | Public Library, and we wish her continued success and | 11 | | fulfillment in her life and with all her future plans; and be | 12 | | it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to Kathy McSwain as an expression of our esteem and | 15 | | respect.
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