News
- Committee Spotlight - iREAD Committee
- April 16, 2021
- Read on the Wild Side. Reading by Design. Dig Deeper: Read, Investigate, Discover. These are just a few examples of some excellent summer reading program themes created by ILA's very own iREAD team. The chances are that your library, along with…
- Committee Spotlight - iREAD Committee
- 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
17
2023
iREAD Committee Meeting
Friday, Feb 17, 2023 11:00am–3:00pm
Zoom
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Apr
14
2023
iREAD Committee Meeting
Friday, Apr 14, 2023 11:00am–3:00pm
Zoom
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Jul
14
2023
iREAD Committee Meeting
Friday, Jul 14, 2023 11:00am–3:00pm
Zoom
Committee Charge
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.
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 sizes of libraries; rural, urban, and suburban.
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 to 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.
About iREAD: History, Past Chairs and Themes
Committee Reports
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Donna Block, Chair Youth Services Coordinator at Bensenville Community Public Library District
Chair Term ends 06/30/2023
Member Term ends 06/30/2024
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Tiffany Breyne, Member Webmaster at Chicago Public Library
Member Term ends 06/30/2023
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Kathy L Dejnowski, Member Thornton Public Library
Member Term ends 06/30/2024
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Kelly Durov, Member Assistant Director at Northbrook Public Library
Member Term ends 06/30/2023
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Erin M Emerick, Member Schaumburg Township District Library
Member Term ends 06/30/2025
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Ellen Fitzgerald, Member Children's Services Supervisor at Naperville Public Library
Member Term ends 06/30/2023
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Maisie Iven, Member Teen Librarian at Naperville Public Library
Member Term ends 06/30/2023
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Chelsea Lord, Member Adult Programming Librarian at Mount Prospect Public Library
Member Term ends 06/30/2024
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Joe Marcantonio, Member Teen Place Manager at Schaumburg Township District Library
Member Term ends 06/30/2024
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Emily Mroczek, Member Youth Services Librarian at Arlington Heights Memorial Library
Member Term ends 06/30/2024
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Katie Parfitt, Member Teen Services Librarian at Naperville Public Library
Member Term ends 06/30/2024
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Lauren Pierce, Member Head of Adult Services at Plainfield Area Public Library
Member Term ends 06/30/2024
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Aimee A. Villet, Member Youth Services Director at Glen Carbon Centennial Library
Member Term ends 06/30/2024
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Monica Tapia Boyer, Board liaison Senior Manager of Children's Services at Aurora Public Library District
Board liaison Term ends 06/30/2023
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Gretchen Schulz, Chair Elect Assistant Manager/Early Literacy Specialist at Aurora Public Library District
Chair Elect Term ends 06/30/2024
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Becca Boland, Ambassador Advisory Supervisor at Skokie Public Library
Ambassador Term ends 06/30/2023
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Tina Koleva, Staff liaison Member Services Manager at Illinois Library Association
Staff liaison Term ends 06/30/2025
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Cyndi Robinson, Staff liaison Executive Director at Illinois Library Association
Staff liaison Term ends 06/30/2025