The ILA Students and New Professionals Forum (SANP) is seeking a marketing/social media manager to collaborate with forum managers to increase the forum's visibility. The ideal candidate will have personal or professional experience using social medi…
by Kim Tipton, McHenry County College Last year's winner of the ILA Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year Award, Sue Franzen! Do you know an Illinois academic librarian who has made an impact this year at their library? Are you an Illinois academic…
Compiled by Jill Harper, Heartland Community College, and Krista Bowers Sharpe, Western Illinois University Benson, Sara R., Carla S. Myers, and Timothy Vollmer. 2022. “Washington Hotline.” College & Research Libraries News 83 (2): 84…
By Krista Bowers Sharpe, Western Illinois University For the 2021 IACRL Unconference, held as part of ILA Virtual 2021, President Emily Gilbert, Past-President Sue Franzen, and President-Elect Dan Matthews did what academic librarians do best–t…
Emily Gilbert, University of Illinois Chicago Emily Gilbert, IACRL President 2021-22 As we approach the two-year anniversary of the COVID-19 lockdowns this month, I’m sure most of us are wrestling with some difficult feelings. We have all under…
by Eric Edwards, Illinois State Library The Health Science Librarians of Illinois Annual Conference for 2022, themed “Rock Solid Information Practices,” is currently scheduled to take place in person, at the Starved Rock Lodge & Confe…
Compiled by Jill Harper, Heartland Community College Cara Forster is now Research & Learning Librarian & Subject Specialist for Biology, Nursing, and Public Health at Loyola University Chicago Libraries. Emily Gilbert began as Assistant Profe…
Meet Leora Siegel and the Lenhardt Library at the Chicago Botanic Garden by Elena Carrillo, University of Illinois, Chicago Leora Siegel, Lenhardt Library at the Chicago Botanic Garden Leora Siegel is Senior Director of the Lenhardt Library at the Ch…
by Kent Lacombe (ISU), Elena Carrillo (UIC), Gwen Gregory (NIU) The Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries (IACRL) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee assumed an active role in soliciting feedback at the Illinois Library …