ALA Action Alert! Build America's Libraries ActIntroduced on January 28 by Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Build America's Libraries Act (S. 127) would provide $5 billion in funding to repair, modernize, and construct library facilities …
We are continuing to monitor library workers' eligibility for vaccination by county; see Vaccine Eligibility for Libraries in Illinois Counties. Please also let us know at ila@ila.org if you have reached out and/or learned about status…
Here at ILA, our annual series of Library Legislative Meet-ups launches tomorrow! While they're all virtual this year, they're still anchored regionally and we'll start off with South Suburban at 10 a.m. See the full schedule and lists of p…
We continue to hear more news about vaccine eligibility for library staff. Please keep in mind that eligibility is only one component among several in the actual administering of vaccines; availability and distribution of doses, which are not wi…
The ILA Executive Board approved the following statement on January 26, 2021. With the perspective of a few weeks between these events and now, ILA acknowledges they have long-standing root causes and will take a long-term approach to solve. The Illi…
One week after launching ILA's suggested language for outreach to county health departments regarding library staff eligibility for a COVID-19 vaccine, the following counties have agreed for library workers to be eligible for the vaccine: M…
The legislative leadership world seems turned on its head this week, with a first-time-in-history second impeachment of a sitting U.S. President, and the stunning news here in Illinois that Speaker of the House Michael Madigan was suspending his camp…
Vaccinations continue to be a topic of intense current interest among Illinois libraries. ILA recently announced a two-pronged approach regarding vaccination eligibility for library staff: A letter sent to the Illinois Department of Pu…
We know vaccine eligibility is of great concern to many Illinois library workers. ILA is advocating with a two-pronged approach regarding COVID-19 vaccine eligibility for library workers: First, urging IDPH for public librarians to be …
Library OperationsAs the state of Illinois proceeds throughthe Restore Illinois plan, with its tiered mitigations, phases of re-opening, and eleven regions around the state, we are aware that library boards and directors are looking for guidance on h…
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