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» Exploring new ideas and practices from all types of libraries and library systems
» Examining the challenges facing the profession
» Informing the library community and its supporters with news and comment about important issues

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Current issue

September 2025 | Volume XLIII, Issue 3

The Storyteller's Journey: Building a Community through Arabic Storytelling
Amani Rashid, Orland Park Public Library & Palos Heights Public Library
The Creative Journey of Hatem Aly
Becca Boland, Illinois Library Association
Your Next Great Read Starts Here: Readers' Advisory at the Champaign Public Library
Rachel Ferrier, Naomi Kufel, & Ruairi McEnroe, Champaign Public Library
Teaching the Infodemic in Real Time
Bradley J. Wiles, Northern Illinois University
Yes, And…Improv at the Library
Alissa Janchenko, New Lenox Public Library

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