- Volunteer to Serve on a Committee!
- December 7, 2020
- Interested in serving on an ILA committee? ILA Vice President/President-Elect Jeanne Hamilton (Bloomington Public Library) will begin making appointments early in 2021, so now is the time to start thinking ahead.Appointments begin July 1, 2…
- Legislative Update -- December 3, 2020
- December 3, 2020
- Illinois State BudgetOn the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, Governor Pritzker announced the state of Illinois will borrow $2 billion from the Federal Reserve Municipal Liquidity Facility (MLF) for budgetary purposes. The program establishes the Federa…
- Support Diversity This GivingTuesday!
- November 24, 2020
- Celebrate GivingTuesday on December 1, by making a donation to the ILA Diversity Scholarship Fund. The fund supports ILA’s efforts to increase diversity in the profession and the Sylvia Murphy Williams Scholars, Illinois recipien…
- Special Legislative Update -- November 24, 2020
- November 24, 2020
- The ILA Office will be closed in observance of Thanksgiving on Thursday and Friday, November 26 and 27, so we will not publish our regular Thursday ILA Alert this week.In the meantime, we are pleased to share information from the Secretary of State a…
- Legislative Update -- November 19, 2020
- November 19, 2020
- COVID-19 UpdatesBy now everyone has likely seen that on November 17 Governor Pritzker announced Tier 3 mitigations for the entire state. ILA has included this information on our COVID-19 Resources web page. The key sentences for libraries appear…
- Legislative Update -- November 12, 2020
- November 12, 2020
- BREAKING NEWS: Election UpdateWe have just learned that AP has called the race for Illinois' 14th United States Congressional district for incumbent Lauren Underwood (D) over challenger Jim Oberweis (R), with 50.5% of the vote to his 49.5%.COVID-19 U…
- Legislative Update: 2020 Elections
- November 5, 2020
- While it will be some time until final election results are finalized on both the state and national level, here's a look at what's happened in Illinois and how it might affect ILA and Illinois libraries. In Illinois, the deadline to receive abs…
- ILA Reporter Call for Submissions
- November 4, 2020
- The ILA Reporter Advisory Committee is calling for authors for the March and June 2021 issues. We are seeking the following types of pieces: articles that explore an issue, rather than promoting a particular initiative or program, with examples from …
- Legislative Update -- October 29, 2020
- October 29, 2020
- Second Round of Connect Illinois Broadband Grant Program AnnouncedGovernor Pritzker has announced $50 million in funding for the second round of matching grants of Connect Illinois, the state’s $420 million broadband expansion plan. From the DC…
- Call for Submissions for the ILA Reporter Library Buildings Issue
- October 29, 2020
- Has your library undergone renovations or new building in 2020? Share the news with the library community by submitting the project for the ILA Reporter "Library Buildings 2020" article in the March 2021 issue. Submissions should inclu…
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