Joanne Zienty, Wheaton The winner of the first Soon to be Famous Illinois Author Project is Joanne Zienty. A Wheaton resident and the library media specialist at the Forest School Library in Des Plaines was awarded the honor for her book The Things W…
Many Illinois libraries have just wrapped up their Money Smart Week programs, but there's a new library resource to help you stay in the know all year long. On April 7 in Chicago, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFBP) launched a partnership…
Deadline is April 30th! All current ILA personal members have been sent two e-mails or a paper ballot. If you are an individual member and have not received an e-mail or a paper ballot, please contact theora@ila.org immediately.
Published by Princeton Architectural Press in April, this gorgegousphotographic essay on America's public libraries was eighteen years in the making. With rave reviews fromLibrary Journal and Publisher's Weekly,it looks like a must-have for library c…
Spotlighting More Awards Davis Cup AwardThis annual award is presented to a person who has made an outstanding contribution in library service to young people. Since its inception, the award has been presented to individuals who exemplify resourceful…
The 25th Annual Reaching Forward Conference will be held Friday, May 9, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont. The conference includes a full day of programming, featuring forty-three programs -- ranging from Readers' Advisory to St…
The Great Books Foundation and the New York Council for theHumanitieshave received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support a national reading & discussion program for libraries. Readings are drawn from a new anthology, S…
The ILA Reporter is the association's bimonthly forum for those who are improving and reinventing Illinois libraries. The Reporter Advisory Committee wants to know what issues and topics are important to you. For example, would you like to hear about…
Watch the live stream on Monday April 7 at 11:00 a.m. for this new project being launched at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago to help libraries provide free, unbiased financial information to patrons. Speakers include Susan Hildreth, director of t…
The Appropriations General Services Committee of the Illinois House of Representatives is holding a budget hearing on March 26 and ILA will urge full funding of Illinois State Library Library Grant programs, including area and per capita grants. The …
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