This week's ILA member spotlight features Jennie Mills. Jennie is the director of the Shorewood-Troy Public Library, and she is a director-at-large on the ILA Executive Board. She is also a member of the Finance Committee and the board liaison t…
The Congressional committees in the House and Senate that decide the federal budget have included funding for library services in the Institute of Museum and Library Services, as well as for the Innovative Approaches to Literacy program in the Depart…
Our latest Institutional Member Spotlight is on the Chatham Area Public Library District located in Chatham, Illinois. The Library's History The Chatham Community Library was established in 1970 through a project of the Women’s …
With the Early Bird registration deadline for the 2025 ILA Annual Conference coming up on September 15th, we are reaching out to our ILA community to remind you of the importance of paying ILA invoices in a timely manner. Your prompt payments help IL…
This year, the Administration called for gutting the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Department of Education (ED), but Congress is the branch of government that has deciding power on the federal budget. If Congress doesn&…
This week's ILA member spotlight features Emily Bradshaw. Emily is the Marketing Content Coordinator at the Helen Plum Public Library and a member of the ILA Marketing Forum. We asked Emily to answer a few professional and amusing ques…
The ninth annual Directors University (DU) was held August 4-6, in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois. ILA and the ILA Executive Board congratulate the Class of 2025 on their commitment and dedication to libraries and librarianship, and thank everyone who …
Governor Pritzker continues reviewing legislation the Illinois General Assembly passed during the 2025 spring session. As of today, the governor has signed the following proposals into law that concern the library community: Senate Bill 220, which pr…
Dear ILA Members: I’m so honored to begin serving as your president for the 2025-26 term. This time of year at ILA is an exciting one, and feels so much like the beginning of a new school year. New board and committee members join us and we all…
This week's ILA member spotlight features Maria Fonseca-Gonzalez. Maria is a librarian at NoveList, the premier database of reading recommendations that is available through libraries around the world. Maria is a member of the 2025 ILA Conferenc…
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