Marketing Forum (MF)

The Marketing Forum represents the interests of library marketers and provides a forum for them to network, share ideas and strategies, and develop best practices to disseminate through the ILA website and other channels, including conferences and events.



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ILA Marketing Forum Programming Survey
June 5, 2023
The ILA Marketing Forum Needs Your Help Planning Future Events The ILA Marketing Forum is seeking your input on its plans for the remainder of the year and in 2024.  As part of the forum's goal to gather feedback on future ev…
Linda Vering, Northbrook Public Library, Named Recipient of the Deborah Dowley Preiser Marketing Award
July 1, 2021
Linda Vering, Marketing and Communications Manager at the Northbrook Public Library, is the recipient of the 2021 Illinois Library Association Deborah Dowley Preiser Marketing Award. The award recognizes a library employee who has performed excellent…
Forum Spotlight - Marketing Forum
April 1, 2021
Whether you work in a large marketing department, or wear a part-time marketing hat along with many other “duties as assigned,” check out the ILA Marketing Forum. The Forum represents the interests of library marketers and provides opport…

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  1. Jordan Neal Jordan Neal, Board liaison Adult Services Manager at Champaign Public Library
    Term ends 06/30/2024
  2. Tamara Jenkins Tamara Jenkins, Staff liaison Illinois Library Association
    Term ends 06/30/2025

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