The Illinois Reading Enrichment and Development (iREAD) program is a coordinated, self-supporting effort to develop and provide high quality, low cost resources, and products to enable local library staff to promote reading. The program’s primary audience is kindergarten through grade eight, but provides supplemental materials for preschoolers, teens, and adults.
News
- Committee Spotlight from the ILA Alert
- October 17, 2019
- The iREAD Committee is a dynamic group of volunteers dedicated to promoting reading, literacy and learning for all ages every year. The main task of the committee is to create content for the iREAD Program every summer, including determinin…
Events
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Feb
12
2021
iREAD Committee Meeting
Friday, Feb 12, 2021 11:00am–3:00pm
Zoom
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Apr
9
2021
iREAD Committee Meeting
Friday, Apr 9, 2021 11:00am–3:00pm
Zoom
The program’s goals are:
• to provide a program that supports local library efforts to promote literacy and lifelong learning;
• to provide a forum for grassroots involvement across the state;
• to encourage statewide participation in and use of the iREAD theme;
• to encourage efficient use of local staff time by networking resources across the state;
• to provide high-quality, low-cost products through volume purchase; and
• to provide resources and projects suitable for all size libraries, rural, urban, and suburban.
Committee Reports
Committee Composition
The committee is composed of sixteen ILA Members: three chairs – chair, future chair, and developing chair; an ambassador, who is the immediate past chair; four coordinators: resource guide, showcase, conference booth and publicity; five members to back up coordinators and perform duties as requested by the chairs; and three ex-officio representatives from youth services/the Youth Services Forum, young adult services/the YA Services Forum, and adult services to provide guidance on the supplemental materials geared toward these age groups. Chairs and the resource guide coordinators will serve a three-year term. The other coordinators and members-at-large will serve two-year terms. The ambassador will serve a one-year term. The chairs select the incoming chair, subject to approval by the ILA Vice President/President-Elect.
Past iREAD Chairs — iREAD Themes
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Alexandra Tyle-Annen, Chair Homer Township Public Library District
Chair Term ends 06/30/2021
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Dawn Abron, Member Zion-Benton Public Library District
Member Term ends 06/30/2022
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Donna Block, Member Teen Services Librarian at Niles Public Library District
Member Term ends 06/30/2023
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Meredith "Maisie" Iven, Member Teen Librarian at Naperville Public Library
Member Term ends 06/30/2021
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Laura Munoz, Member Head of Patron Services at Steger-South Chicago Heights Public Library District
Member Term ends 06/30/2022
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Dana Russell, Member Aurora Public Library
Member Term ends 06/30/2021
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Gretchen Schulz, Member Tween Librarian at Schaumburg Township District Library
Member Term ends 06/30/2021
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Ashley Stewart, Member Library Director at Caseyville Public Library District
Member Term ends 06/30/2022
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Deidre Winterhalter, Member Assistant Manager of Youth Services at St. Charles Public Library District
Member Term ends 06/30/2022
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Heather Colby, Ex officio Homer Township Public Library District
Ex officio Term ends 06/30/2021
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Erica Hanke-Young, Ex officio Youth Services Manager at Six Mile Regional Library District
Ex officio Term ends 06/30/2022
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Lauren Pierce, Ex officio Reference Librarian at Plainfield Public Library District
Ex officio Term ends 06/30/2022
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Amber Creger, Board liaison Youth Department Director at Schaumburg Township District Library
Board liaison Term ends 06/30/2021
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Becca Boland, Chair Elect Advisory Supervisor at Skokie Public Library
Chair Elect Term ends 06/30/2022
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Portia Latalladi, Ambassador Chicago Public Library
Ambassador Term ends 06/30/2021
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Diane Foote, Staff liaison Executive Director at Illinois Library Association
Staff liaison Term ends 06/30/2025
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Tina Koleva, Staff liaison Member Services Manager at Illinois Library Association
Staff liaison Term ends 06/30/2025