Published 2/26/2021 3:40 PM CT

Due to the RBmedia/Overdrive merger, our RBdigital service will be suspended in mid-March. RBdigital e-audiobooks will no longer be accessible after March 15, 2021, and e-magazines will be discontinued on March 31, 2021. Libraries that subscribed to RBdigital this fiscal year will be receiving refund information shortly. Questions can be directed to Lesley Zavediuk, SHARE Circulation & Resource Sharing Specialist.

Roosevelt University Library, Chicago, has an extensive collection of New Deal materials (hence their name, Roosevelt University), and they recently asked the Cataloging Maintenance Center to catalog their Roosevelt Collection.

Published 2/11/2021 3:10 PM CT

Join us Thursday, March 11, from 10 a.m. to noon for this bright and cheerful presentation about planning your Summer Reading Program, presented by IHLS and ILA. We will discuss a broad spectrum of topics, some of which include program development, marketing, partnerships, and activities. You will leave the training with confidence and excitement about your socially distanced program that meets the needs of your community. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session.

Published 2/9/2021 4:08 PM CT

Libraries that are members of a regional library system are required by statute to annually certify that they are compliant with the membership criteria as set forth in the Illinois Administrative Code (23 ILAC 3030.200). In conjunction with this certification, all libraries are also required to complete the ILLINET Interlibrary Loan Statistical Survey.

The window for certification will open on Monday, Feb. 15, and will remain open through Saturday, May 15. This year, it will not be done through a dedicated website, but through your library’s account in Library Learning (L2). 

Published 2/8/2021 12:00 PM CT

Tuesday, March 23, 2021  |  9:30-11:30 a.m.

For too long, sexual harassment trainings have been designed to tell people what not to do. This training will show attendees how they can show up to build a safe, inclusive, workplace environment.

This sexual harassment prevention training is unique in that it explores all forms of harassment--not just sexual harassment--and includes elements of bystander intervention training. Hollaback's bystander methodology centers on the 5 Ds of bystander intervention, strategies for people to use if they witness harassment at work. The strategies help employees reduce instances of workplace harassment by teaching them to address disrespect head-on long before it escalates to harassment. This sexual harassment prevention training also meets compliance meets the compliance mandate for the State of Illinois. After completing the training, a certification template will be sent that can be completed for each employee that attended.

Published 1/14/2021 5:38 PM CT

Once again, Illinois Library Association has arranged its spring 2021 series of legislative events as opportunities for library staff and advocates to meet with your state and federal legislators and speak with them about issues affecting you and your library. This year, all legislative meet-ups will be held in a virtual format. Library trustees, directors, and staff from public, school, and academic libraries are encouraged to attend and participate.

Three of these meet-ups are dedicated to elected officials and library representatives from the central and southern Illinois areas: the Central Illinois Library Legislative Zoom Meet-up, Metro East Library Legislative Zoom Meet-up, and the Southern Illinois Library Legislative Zoom Meet-up.