by Lori Noe, Frontier Community College The goal of the IACRL Unconference is to encourage participants to bring topics they are interested in discussing with their colleagues. Facilitators will solicit topics from attendees and then hold a vote on t…
by Eric Edwards, Illinois State Library The Health Science Librarians of Illinois organization held its 2023 Annual Conference on Friday, September 22, in Warrenville, IL. The theme was “Stepping Out of the Pandemic: Improvement and Strength…
Interviewed by Janis Shearer, University of Illinois What is your current professional position? And what do you like best about it? My current professional position is curator of the Butler Children's Literature Center at Dominican University. I als…
Interviewed by Dee Anna Phares, Northern Illinois University Sanga Sung is the newly-elected Secretary/Treasurer of the IACRL. But she also serves as the Government Information Librarian at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library…
Compiled by Dee Anna Phares, Northern Illinois University Published since March 2023 Asher, Andrew, Kristin Briney, and Abigail Goben. 2023. “Valid Questions: The Development and Evaluation of a New Library Learning Analytics Survey.̶…
Compiled by Dee Anna Phares, Northern Illinois University Katie Kraushaar is now the Dean of Library and Information Services at Quincy University's Brenner Library. Hired as the Information Literacy and Electronic Resources Librarian at Q…
interviewed by Lori Noe, Frontier Community College Jade Kastel from Western Illinois University was recently named the 2023 ILA Academic Librarian of the Year. Enjoy this interview with Jade! It is an honor to be the recipient of the 202…
This week's member spotlight is on Heidi Smith, director of the Highland Park Public Library. Heidi previously served as chair of the ILA Fundraising Committee, and is now an active member of the ILA Intellectual Freedom Committee. We asked Heid…
This week's member spotlight is on Donna Block. Donna is the youth services coordinator at the Bensenville Community Public Library. She is a long-time member of the iREAD Committee and currently serves as its chair. We asked Donna to…
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