Registration is Open for the 2025 Reaching Forward North or Reaching Forward South Conferences!

January 27, 2025

The Reaching Forward North and South Committees are excited to announce that attendee registration is open for their conferences. 

Reaching Forward North and Reaching Forward South are annual professional development conferences for library staff from central, northern, and southern Illinois. These conferences provide quality training, information, and relevant topics and resources to library professionals and anyone wishing to excel and grow in librarianship.  

Reaching Forward North is scheduled for Thursday, May 1, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL. The registration deadline is Monday, April 21, 2025.

Reaching Forward South is scheduled for Friday, April 4, 2025, at the Thelma Keller Convention Center in Effingham, IL. The registration deadline is Monday, March 24, 2025.

More information about Reaching Forward North and Reaching Forward South can be found on the ILA website, and if you have any questions about registration, please contact the ILA office at ila@ila.org.

If you have any questions about the conference, including sessions, sponsorships, or speakers, please contact the ILA Conference and Continuing Education Manager Kristin Pekoll at kpekoll@ila.org.

Reaching Forward North Information

Reaching Forward South Information

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