Interested in additional opportunities to network with your fellow academic librarians at next week’s Illinois Library Association Annual Conference, while unwinding after a long day of presentations? Don’t miss dinner with colleagues on …
The iREAD Committee is a dynamic group of volunteers dedicated to promoting reading, literacy and learning for all ages every year. The main task of the committee is to create content for the iREAD Program every summer, including determinin…
(via Dan Bostrom, Reaching Across Illinois Library System) My Library Is... Online Roundtable for Academic Libraries Share tips, ideas, and best practices relevant to promoting the value of your academic library. On Tuesday, November 5, 10:00-11:30 A…
The Reaching Forward Forum is working to plan and implement the Reaching Forward library staff development conference for May 2020 and has just begun meeting to consider the first batch of program submissions. Now going strong in its 31st y…
Interviewed by Jill Harper, Heartland Community College Stacey Knight-Davis Stacey Knight-Davis is the Head of Library Technology Services at Eastern Illinois University and has won the ILA Reference Services Award for 2019. We wanted to catch up wit…
Compiled by Emily Gilbert, Rasmussen College Ahrens, Aric. (2019). Depository designations. DttP: A Quarterly Journal of Government Information Practice & Perspective, 47(1), 7-14. Becks, Courtney. (2019). Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr., letterpres…
Tracy Ruppman Interviewed by Emily Gilbert, Rasmussen College IACRL: How did you decide to pursue librarianship? Tracy Ruppman: I didn’t really decide; it just sort of happened. Or maybe I was destined for it, and I hadn’t known it…
by Matt Ostercamp, North Park UniversityThe Chicago region is a great laboratory for learning. Its diverse population, complex economy, world-class cultural institutions, and natural setting are all ripe with possibilities for academic exploration. T…
by Elena Carrillo, University of Illinois, Chicago This year, ILA 2019 will be held October 22–24, 2019, at the Tinley Park Convention Center in Tinley Park, IL. The theme this year is “Shift: Where Will You Grow?” and aims to focus…