Dan Matthews, Moraine Valley Community College Happy Spring, IACRL! By the time this is sent out, it’ll be the end of March, and we’ll already be thinking about wrapping up the semester. I know I’m currently looking forward to some …
Christina Norton, Bradley University The 2022 ILA Conference in Rosemont, IL featured the first IACRL Unconference in many years to be held face-to-face. The format of an “un-conference” involves attendees developing discussion topics col…
Eric Edwards, Illinois State Library The Health Science Librarians of Illinois (HSLI) organization is currently planning its 2023 Annual Conference. The one-day meeting will take place in person, most likely in the Chicago area. The Conference will i…
Last year's winner of the ILA Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year Award, Michelle Nielson Ott! Robin Harris, Northeastern Illinois University Do you know an Illinois academic librarian who has made an impact this year at their library? Are you an…
April Hummons, Information Technology Librarian at DePaul University Interviewed by Kim Tipton, McHenry County College April Hummons is the Information Technology Librarian at the John T. Richardson Library at DePaul University in Chicago. In our int…
Emily Gilbert, University of Illinois Chicago I’m sure I don’t need to tell you that a certain subset of books in school and public libraries is under serious threat. The issue has been pervasive enough to reach the general news media, an…
Compiled by Krista Bowers Sharpe, Western Illinois University, and Janis Shearer, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Bettivia, Rhiannon, Yi‐Yun Cheng, Michael Gryk, Wade Bishop, Alexandra Chassanoff, Jane Greenberg, and Zack Lischer‐…
This week's member spotlight is on Andrea Lublink. Andrea is the communications manager at the Palatine Library District and a member of the ILA Marketing Forum. We asked Andrea to tell us a little about herself and answer a…
Library Trustee Forum Spring Workshops March 4, April 1, May 13 The Trustee Forum is continuing its virtual Spring Workshop for 2023. Participants can attend one, two, or all three sessions. The recordings will be available to participants after each…
Join YASF at 10:30am, February 16, for a professional development session, Fake News: Teens & Media Literacy. Instead of holding a full YASF meeting before this program, they will focus time and energy on professional development. "Media li…