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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
Past issues
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Volume XLIII, Issue 2
June 2025
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Volume XLIII, Issue 1
March 2025
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Volume XLII, Issue 4
December 2024
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Volume XLII, Issue 3
September 2024
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Volume XLII, Issue 2
June 2024
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Volume XLII, Issue 1
March 2024
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