By Kim Tipton, McHenry County College The 2024 Illinois Library Association Conference will be held October 8-10 at the Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, Illinois. The theme this year is “Libraries Are Lit: Sparking Innovation and Imagination,R…
By Kim Tipton, McHenry County College We hope you’ll join us for this year’s IACRL Unconference! Held on Wednesday October 9, from 8-10 am, you’ll meet other academic library workers from across Illinois and discuss the issues that …
Eric Edwards, Illinois State Library Registration is open for the Health Science Librarians of Illinois Annual Conference, which will take place entirely online from Wednesday, October 23, to Friday, October 25. The theme of this year’s meeting…
Interviewed by Sue Franzen, Illinois State University Q: Tell me about your current position as Director for Research, Teaching, and Learning at Lovejoy Library. What kind of work do you do? What do you most enjoy about the work? What do you fi…
Hello IACRL members! I am looking forward to being president this year and supporting academic library workers through IACRL. IACRL has some exciting things coming down the pike. In October, there is the ILA Annual Conference in Peoria. We have…
Interviewed by Kaitlyn Weger, Olney Central College Ted Schwitzner is the newly-elected Secretary of the IACRL. He also serves as the Senior Library Services Coordinator at the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI). In thi…
Interviewed by Sue Franzen, Illinois State University Q: Congratulations on your election! What would you like other IACRL members to know about you? A: Thank you! Hmmm… what do I want other ACRL members to know? I got my BA in Theater fr…
Compiled by Dee Anna Phares, Northern Illinois University Published since March 2024 Aldred, B. (2024). From the Chair. DttP: A Quarterly Journal of Government Information Practice & Perspective, 52(2), 4. https://doi.org/10.…
Interviewed by Kaitlyn Weger, Olney Central College Emily Gilbert from University of Illinois Chicago’s Library of Health Sciences was recently named the 2024 ILA Academic Librarian of the Year. Enjoy this interview with Emily! Hi! …
The Library Trustee Forum is dedicated to helping trustees find resources and learn ways to better serve their libraries across the state. For those who may be unfamiliar, the Library Trustee Forum is a board of library trustees, currently with…
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