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2021 Spring, Volume 44, Issue 1
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2020 Fall, Volume 43, Issue 2
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2019 Spring, Volume 42, Issue 1
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2018 Fall, Volume 41, Issue 2
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2018 Spring, Volume 41, Issue 1
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2017 Fall, Volume 40, Issue 2
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2017 Spring, Volume 40, Issue 1
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ACRL 2017 Conference Preview: find out when and where your Illinois colleagues will be presenting
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messages from IACRL President Lindsay Harmon, CARLI Senior Director Anne Craig, and ILA President Melissa Gardner
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profiles of award winners, including Library Luminaries Jesse White and Kip Kolkmeier, and Atkinson Award Winner Dee Brennan
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how libraries are serving refugees and asylum seekers
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2016 Fall, Volume 39, Issue 2
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messages from incoming IACRL President Lindsay Harmon and new CARLI Senior Director Anne Craig, and a look at the career of retired CARLI Senior Director Susan Singleton
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profiles of award winners, including Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year Pattie Piotrowski and Illinois Library Luminary Dr. Allen Lanham
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a preview of the ILA 2016 Conference and reports from this year’s ALA and Great Lakes Resource Sharing meetings
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2016 Spring, Volume 39, Issue 1
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- New Resource for Chicago Researchers: Explore Chicago Collections
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2015 Fall, Volume 38, Issue 2
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- Dennis Krieb, 2015 Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year
- Emily Knox Receives 2015 ILA Intellectual Freedom Award
- Message from Incoming IACRL President Gwen Gregory
- ILA 2015: All-For-One Conference Preview
- Hugh Atkinson Names Illinois Library Luminary
- Member Spotlight: Joelen Pastva
- Academic Librarians Participate in Synergy
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2015 Spring, Volume 38, Issue 1
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- Legislative Update: Illinois Budget Situation
- ACRL 2015 Conference Preview
- Member Spotlight: Devin Savage
- Chen on List of Top 20 Librarian Authors
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