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- 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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Dec
8
2023
iREAD Committee Meeting
Friday, Dec 8, 2023 11:00am
Zoom (virtual)
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Feb
9
2024
iREAD Committee Meeting
Friday, Feb 9, 2024 11:00am
Zoom (virtual)
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Apr
12
2024
iREAD Committee Meeting
Friday, Apr 12, 2024 11:00am
Zoom (virtual)
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 up to twenty ILA members: three chairs (chair, developing chair, and future chair); an ambassador, who is the immediate past chair; and sixteen coordinators with specifically assigned roles and responsibilities: two Resource Guide Coordinators (one Adult Services and one Youth Services) for upcoming Resource Guide Development and two Resource Guide Coordinators (one Adult Services and one Youth Services) assisting and learning the process for the following development year; two Showcase Coordinators - upcoming themed year and the following themed year; two Publicity coordinators - upcoming themed year and the following themed year; six Liaisons & RG Chapter Lead Coordinators - two Adult, two Young Adult, and two Youth Services.
Chairs will serve a three year term as chairs and one year term as ambassador. The Resource Guide Coordinators will serve a three-year staggered term. The rest of the coordinators will serve a two-year staggered 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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Ellen Fitzgerald, Chair Children's Services Supervisor at Naperville Public Library
Chair Term ends 06/30/2025
Member Term ends 06/30/2027
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Gretchen Schulz, Chair Assistant Manager/Early Literacy Specialist at Aurora Public Library District
Chair Term ends 06/30/2024
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Jessica Banko, Member Adult Services Librarian at Plainfield Area Public Library
Member Term ends 06/30/2025
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Donna Block, Member Youth Services Coordinator at Bensenville Community Public Library District
Member Term ends 06/30/2024
Ambassador Term ends 06/30/2024
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Nicole H Camp, Member Programs and Exhibits Coordinator at Arlington Heights Memorial Library
Member Term ends 06/30/2024
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Kara M DeCarlo, Member School Liaison at Orland Park Public Library
Member Term ends 06/30/2025
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Kathy L Dejnowski, Member Thornton Public Library
Member Term ends 06/30/2024
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Erin M Emerick, Member Schaumburg Township District Library
Member Term ends 06/30/2025
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Maisie Iven, Member Teen Librarian at Naperville Public Library
Member Term ends 06/30/2026
Chair Elect Term ends 06/30/2024
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Laura Kirk, Member Library Assistant at Churchill Elementary School, Homewood SD153
Member Term ends 06/30/2025
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Chelsea Lord, Member Adult Programming Librarian at Mount Prospect Public Library
Member Term ends 06/30/2025
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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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Genevieve Stevens, Member Librarian at Thomas Ford Memorial Library
Member Term ends 06/30/2025
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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 06/30/2024
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Becca Boland, Staff liaison iREAD Content and Development Manager at Illinois Library Association
Staff liaison Term ends 06/30/2025
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Tina Koleva, Staff liaison ILA/iREAD Operations Director 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