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SaveIllinoisLibraries.com

You know it's bad news when the FAQs start with:

"The budget for the state of Illinois is in a shambles."

I came upon it fresh from an article on Library Journal with the ominous title:

LJ's 2009 Placements & Salaries Survey Shows Tough Library Job Market

Anyway, back to the Illinois site. The FAQ continues:

Regional library systems received a 16.5% cut resulting in layoffs and cessation of some library support services.

They've got a badge (which you can download here) as well as a Facebook Page.

If you're in Illinois, you can use their 'Take Action' page to contact your state legislator.

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State Ethics Test Itself Raises Ethics Issues for Illinois Academics

If you work at a public college or university in Illinois you may already have heard of this. In fact, your Faculty Senate may be gearing up to lodge a complaint as we speak. There's also been articles about this in both the Chicago Tribune and Sun-times.

Above is a copy of one of the letters the State Inspector General has been sending to a number of participants in last Fall's online State Ethics Test. The letter tells participants that their "certificate of completion" for having gotten the answers right is no longer valid because it took them less than 10 minutes to complete the test.

(more after the jump...)