- SAVE THE DATES - ILA Strategic Planning Focus Groups
- October 18, 2018
- ILA is planning a series of focus groups to understand what creates value for its members and stakeholders. The input received will be factored into creating a dynamic strategic plan with goals that will shape the future of ILA. Reservations to atten…
- Lou Flavio Inducted as an Illinois Library Luminary
- September 12, 2018
- Lou Flavio has been an Illinois library supporter for many years. Through his leadership, the library vendor he owns and operates, Today’s Business Solutions, Inc. (TBS) has become a partner that works side by side with libraries to bring servi…
- Legislative Update -- September 6, 2018
- September 6, 2018
- We are pleased to share some context and interpretation around two newly-signed-into-law pieces of legislation that amend the Public Library District Act and will affect operations in these libraries going forward. We thank the Illinois State Library…
- Kate Boyle Inducted as an Illinois Library Luminary
- August 16, 2018
- Kathleen (Kate) Boyle’s name is synonymous with resource sharing in Illinois. For twenty-five years, from 1979 to 2004, Kate served as Resource Sharing Manager of the Suburban Library System. She later served as Resource Sharing Manager of the …
- Legislative Successes: Governor Signs Two Bills
- August 16, 2018
- Governor Rauner signed into law this week two bills that ILA worked on and supported throughout the spring legislative session:Senate Bill 2638Late in 2017, the Illinois Comptroller notified units of local government that it would no longer permit go…
- Karen Stott Bersche Inducted as an Illinois Library Luminary
- July 26, 2018
- Karen Stott Bersche, of Bloomington, Illinois, served on the Reaching Across Illinois Library System Board (2011-2016) and the Illinois State Library Advisory Committee (2015-18) during her 35-year library career. She was a member of the State Board …
- Applications Open for Annual Conference Internship
- June 24, 2018
- The 2018 ILA Annual Conference Program Committee is seeking interns for the conference, which will be held in Peoria, October 9-11. Conference interns will complete four hours of work at the registration desk, as assigned prior to the conference…
- 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…
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