iREAD Committee Illinois Library Association

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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

Feb 17 2023
iREAD Committee Meeting

Friday, Feb 17, 2023 11:00am–3:00pm

Zoom
Apr 14 2023
iREAD Committee Meeting

Friday, Apr 14, 2023 11:00am–3:00pm

Zoom
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.