All libraries belonging to a multitype library system must certify each year that they meet the requirements of system membership. Follow the process below to complete your certification. 

Step 1: Libraries must complete the Interlibrary Loan Statistical Survey. 

You can access the survey at Counting Opinions. Even if your school district or library does no interlibrary loan, completion of this survey is still required.

• If your library is a SHARE member, your interlibrary loan statistics are available in system reports; there are tutorials available at ILLINET Interlibrary Loan Traffic Survey Instructions & Demo.
• SHARE members can also contact Dena Porter for help with the Survey. Dena can be reached at dporter@illinoisheartland.org or 618-619-2090
• If your library is not a SHARE member, you must use your automation software to compile your interlibrary loan statistics.
• If your library does not do any interlibrary loan, most of the questions will not apply to you, but you must answer them by saying no or not applicable.

If you need assistance with login or password for the interlibrary loan survey, please get in touch with Gwen Harrison at the Illinois State Library. Ms. Harrison can be reached at 217.785.7334 or gharrison@ilsos.gov.

For help with this survey if you are not a SHARE member, please reach out to your membership contact at the system. IHLS contacts can be reached at membership@illinoisheartland.org.

Step 2: All libraries must complete annual certification.

This is done through Library Learning (L2). Your organization’s certification personnel, as identified in Library Learning, will be contacted to complete certification. Once your certification contact is logged in, that account will have the link that will enable you to complete the certification process. If you need a password, please follow the password reset instructions at Library Learning. If the certification contact needs to be changed, either to another person, another email address, or any other change, please reach out to your membership contact in the system.

Please remember that this task certifies the library’s compliance with system membership criteria as stated in Illinois Law and makes the district eligible for system services as well as grants from the Illinois State Library. If you cannot answer yes to the certification contacts, please reach out to your system membership contact. Please note that certification applies to your entire library organization, not a singular building.