- Leading With Purpose Preconference
- June 15, 2018
- People who care about their leadership development rightly spend much of their time improving how they lead others. The Leading with Purpose Preconference to the ILA Annual Conference will explore a related yet very different area…
- Resources & Technical Services Forum Scholarship
- May 30, 2018
- The ILA Resources and Technical Services Forum has established a scholarship to offset registration, travel and lodging fees for one technical services staff member who would not otherwise be able to attend the ILA Annual Conference, not to exceed $1…
- Gene Luen Yang to Keynote #ILAAC18
- May 25, 2018
- Gene Luen Yang will present the keynote address, Reading Without Walls, at the 2018 ILA Annual Conference on Tuesday, October 9, at the Peoria Civic Center. Yang was the 2016-17 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and a 2…
- ILA Election Results
- May 9, 2018
- PRESIDENT-ELECT (three-year term beginning July 1, 2018–June 30, 2021) Molly Beestrum, Columbia College, Chicago - ElectedCathy Mayer, Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights BOARD OF DIRECTORS (three-year term beginning J…
- Register Now for Reaching Forward South
- April 6, 2018
- The 2018 Reaching Forward South Conference will be held May 11 at the Morris Center on the SIUE campus. With a commitment to providing quality training and information, Reaching Forward South strives to be the premier professional development opportu…
- Bob Doyle Receives 2018 Eli M. Oboler Award
- March 22, 2018
- The Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) of the American Library Association (ALA) has awarded the 2018 Eli M. Oboler Memorial Award, which recognizes the best published work in the area of intellectual freedom, to Robert P. Doyle f…
- LBSS Readers' Choice Grants Available
- March 9, 2018
- The Illinois School Library Media Association/Library Book Selection Service Endowment Fund announces its 2018-2019 Readers’ Choice Grant. Private and public schools along with public libraries registered to participate in any of the 2018…
- ILA Election Opens April 1
- March 8, 2018
- The polls for the 2018 ILA election will open online April 1, 2018 and close on April 30, 2018. The candidates bios will be available on the ILA website a week prior to the polls opening. All personal members of the association are eli…
- Illinois Candidates Running for ALA Offices
- March 7, 2018
- Nineteen candidates from Illinois are running in the 2018 American Library Association election.
- 2018 Award Nominations Are Open
- March 7, 2018
- Celebrate your colleagues by nominating them for an ILA award! The ILA awards program recognizes excellence in librarianship and library service in Illinois. The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, May 15. Visit the ILA website for …