- Bills Prohibiting the Use of Public Funds for Professional Development Introduced
- January 26, 2018
- Two bills, which would restrict the use of public funds for professional development, have been introduced in the Illinois General Assembly.The ILA Public Policy Committee (PPC) is monitoring the situation closely and will take appropriate actio…
- Cyndi Robinson Named ILA Deputy Director
- January 17, 2018
- Cyndi Robinson has been named Deputy Director by ILA Executive Director Diane Foote, effective immediately. Robinson has served as ILA Conference and Continuing Education Manager since January 2000. She has also served the profession in a volunteer l…
- Peggy J. Danhof Named Illinois Library Luminary
- January 4, 2018
- Peggy J. Danhof has served as a trustee of the Fountaindale Public Library District, Bolingbrook, for twenty-two years, from 1984 to 1988 and from 1998 to the present day. Peggy is a tireless advocate for her library. As President, she led the…
- Making our voices heard in Washington, D.C.
- December 21, 2017
- Join ILA's delegation and travel to the nation's capitol to get our message out to Congress! ALA's National Library Legislative Day (NLLD) is a two-day educational event that brings hundreds of librarians, trustees, library supporters and patron…
- Act to Save Net Neutrality
- December 12, 2017
- This Thursday, the FCC is expected to vote on a proposal from Chairman Ajit Pai that would rollback the strong, enforceable net neutrality protections established in 2015. ILA is one of more than 200 groups that have signed a joint letter&…
- Libraries to Be Required to Adopt Sexual Harassment Prohibition Policy
- December 7, 2017
- Senate Bill 402, as enrolled as Public Act 100-0554, requires every governmental unit to adopt either an ordinance or resolution establishing a policy to prohibit sexual harassment by January 15, 2018. The new law requires four items t…
- Patrons Can Help Support Net Neutrality
- December 7, 2017
- We've been hearing a great deal about how librarians can take action to support net neutrality, as the vote among FCC commissioners to eliminate it approaches on December 14. But our patrons can be allies in this effort as well. While the FCC's …
- Tell Congress to Save Net Neutrality
- November 28, 2017
- Just before Thanksgiving, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Pai announced his plan to roll back the 2015 Open Internet Order. This would do away with rules that limit the power of Internet Service Providers – like Veriz…
- Place Your Summer Reading Order Today!
- November 28, 2017
- Place your Reading Takes You Everywhere summer reading order by December 1, and be assured that your products will be delivered before March 1, 2018. Click here to shop online today and click here to view the full delivery sc…
- Property Tax Freeze Proposal Dead for This Year
- November 9, 2017
- Senate Bill (SB) 851, the property tax freeze proposal, is dead for this year. While it did pass out of the Illinois House of Representatives yesterday by a vote of 75-32-1, it was not filed or voted upon in the Illinois Senate. Plea…
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