This week's member spotlight is on Ann Baillie. Ann is the manager of the ILA Youth Services Forum. We asked Ann to tell us a little about herself and answer a few professional and amusing questions. Continue reading to find out more about&…
Do you know an outstanding Youth Services librarian? Nominate them for an ILA Award! ILA offers two awards specifically geared at Youth Services librarians: the Youth Services Achievement Award and the Youth Services Librarian of the Year Award. The …
The results are in, and we want to congratulate this year's winners of the People's Choice Award in Scholarly Publishing. First PlaceTitle: "Student and Supervisor Experiences Conducting an Entirely Virtual LIS Practicum During COVID-19"Authors…
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‐…
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