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YASF Meeting Minutes: 5/11/23
August 29, 2023 - Young Adult Services Forum (YASF)
Managers Krista Hutley, Wilmette – YASF ManagerKylie Peters, Geneva – Outgoing YASF ManagerAndrea Johnson, Mount Prospect – Incoming YASF Manager YASF BoardKara Thorstensen, Chicago Public Schools …
Congratulations to Karen Toonen
August 21, 2023 - Resources & Technical Services Forum (RTSF)
TBS, Inc. Technical Services Award The Illinois Library Association (ILA) is proud to announce Karen Toonen, Collection Services Manager at Naperville Public Library, as the recipient of the 2023 TBS, Inc. Technical Services Award. This annual award,…
Congratulations to Becky Keane
August 21, 2023 - Library Trustee Forum (LTF)
Trustee of the Year Award  Becky Keane, the President of the Niles-Maine District Library in Niles, Illinois, is the 2023 Illinois Library Association (ILA) Trustee of the Year Award recipient. This annual citation is awarded to a public library…
Member Spotlight - Tom Stagg
August 11, 2023 - Library Trustee Forum (LTF)
This week's member spotlight is on Tom Stagg. Besides serving as president of the ILA Library Trustee Forum, Tom also serves as a trustee on the Alpha Park Public Library Board of Trustees. We asked Tom to tell us a little ab…
Jade Kastel is the 2023 Recipient of the Illinois Library Association’s Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year Award
August 1, 2023 - Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries Forum (IACRL)
Jade Kastel, Assistant Professor, Music Librarian, and Library Diversity Officer at Western Illinois University (WIU) Libraries, is the 2023 recipient of the Illinois Library Association’s (ILA) Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year Award. Th…
ILA Marketing Forum Programming Survey
June 5, 2023 - Marketing Forum (MF)
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…
RTSF Member Spotlight - Joy Anhalt
May 30, 2023 - Resources & Technical Services Forum (RTSF)
This week's member spotlight is on Joy Anhalt. Joy has served on the 2018 and 2019 ILA Conference Program Committees and is the current manager of the ILA Resources and Technical Services Forum (RTSF). We asked Joy to tell us…
IACRL Welcomes Newly Elected Board Members
May 11, 2023 - Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries Forum (IACRL)
The Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries (IACRL) would like to extend its congratulations to Shannon Pohrte from Elgin Community College and Sanga Sung from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for their successful elect…
Join an IACRL Committee Today!
May 4, 2023 - Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries Forum (IACRL)
The Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries (IACRL) is seeking members for all committees. This year we are specifically in need of members to serve on the IACRL Membership Committee and to chair various committees.…
IACRL Awards $500 to Illinois Colleges to Kickstart Work with Open Educational Resources
May 4, 2023 - Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries Forum (IACRL)
The Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries (IACRL) is excited to announce the winners of the first OER Campus Kickstart: Award for Growing Illinois OER Programs. The following teams will each receive a $500 award as incentive to imple…
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