- Member Spotlight - Dan Matthews
- November 14, 2022
- This week's member spotlight is on Dan Matthews. Dan is the Digital Services Librarian at Moraine Valley Community College and the President of the Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries Forum (IACRL). We asked Dan to tell…
- Legislative Update -- November 10, 2022
- November 10, 2022
- Tuesday’s General Election has resulted in Illinois Democrats sweeping the state’s constitutional offices and the party is expected to win 14 of the state’s 17 congressional seats. The Democratic party will expand its majority in th…
- 2023 Reaching Forward Conferences Call for Program Proposals
- November 7, 2022
- The Reaching Forward Forum and the Reaching Forward South Committee are accepting program proposals for their 2023 conferences. The Reaching Forward and Reaching Forward South conferences serve library staff at all levels, with a…
- Member Spotlight - Cassandra Thompson
- October 31, 2022
- This week's member spotlight is on Cassandra Thompson. Cassandra is the director of SHARE, the largest automation consortium in North America. She is a member of the ILA Intellectual Freedom Committee and a former member of the 2022 ILA Con…
- Member Spotlight - Emily Gilbert
- October 17, 2022
- This week's member spotlight is on Emily Gilbert. Emily is an Assistant Professor and Liaison Librarian at the University of Illinois Chicago and the Immediate Past President of the Illinois Association of College and Research Librarie…
- 2022 Candidates for IL Secretary of State Share Perspectives on Libraries
- October 11, 2022
- It's election season! With long-serving Secretary of State Jesse White announcing his retirement, we will have our first new Secretary of State since 1999. Because the Secretary of State also serves as the State Librarian, ILA contacted candidates…
- Member Spotlight - Van McGary
- October 3, 2022
- This week's member spotlight is on Van McGary. Van is the Adult and Teen Services Assistant Manager at the Downers Grove Public Library and she is a member of the Reaching Forward Forum. We asked Van to tell us a little about hers…
- Fast Forward Libraries Announces Recipients of 2022 Scholarships
- September 21, 2022
- The Fast Forward Libraries scholarship recipients for the 2022 ILA Annual Conference have been announced. Four recipients were chosen to receive $500 to help defray the cost of attending the conference. The recipients are as follows: Christie Lau, Ca…
- Member Spotlight - Megan Millen
- September 19, 2022
- This week's member spotlight is on Megan Millen. Megan was previously the ILA Treasurer and an ILA Executive Board Director-at-Large, as well as a member of the ILA Best Practices and Finance Committees. We asked Megan to tell us a little b…
- Member Spotlight - Brittany Coleman
- September 5, 2022
- This week's member spotlight is on Brittany Coleman. Brittany is an information services librarian at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library, and she is a former member of the ILA Diversity Committee. We asked Brittany to tell us a little b…