Newsletter & Email Updates
Learn about the latest IHLS, SHARE, & CMC updates by signing up for one or more of our email lists.
- Sign Up for Email Updates
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IHLS & IHLS Delivery Emergency / Weather Alerts
IHLS will post route cancellations and hub closings on the IHLS homepage and send an alert to subscribers (see below).
for Text Alerts
Text
CARBONDALE
CHAMPAIGN
or
EDWARDSVILLE
to 84483
System-wide notifications will be sent to all subscribers.
Applicable service provider message rates apply.
To Unsubscribe from Text Alerts
Text STOP to 84483
for Email Alerts
Mark yourself as a System Delivery Contact in your Library Directory and Learning Calendar (L2) account.
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Library Networking Listservs
Trade ideas with other librarians and library professionals by joining one or more of our listservs, email exchanges created especially for IHLS-member libraries. Explore each one and sign up using the links below.
IHLS-Member Listservs
- Academic Libraries
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An email exchange for academic libraries to communicate with one another, such as to ask questions and share ideas. Joining this listserv is a great way to get to know your fellow academic librarians in central and southern Illinois and to build your professional support network.
You must be a member of this list in order to post to this list. Be sure to subscribe using the email address you will use to send emails. For example, if you have a work email address and a personal email address, make sure you subscribe using the email address you will use to send messages to the list (or just subscribe with both!).
- Directors
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This listserv is available to library directors, associate directors, and leadership staff from all library types. Unlike our other listservs, only library directors or equivalent library leadership staff can join. This helps create a safe space for library leaders to communicate with one another, ask questions, and share ideas. Joining this listserv is a great way to get to know other library staff leaders in central and southern Illinois and build your professional support network.
IHLS tries to add new directors to this list as we learn about them. If you are a director, associate director, or another top-level librarian and are not currently subscribed to the Directors Listserv but would like to be, please contact our staff to be added.
- Exchange
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The Exchange list is for material exchanges between libraries, such as book and furniture giveaways. You can also post here if you're looking for something.
You must be a member of this list in order to post to this list. Be sure to subscribe with the email address that you will use to post emails from. For example, if you have a work email address and a personal email address, make sure you subscribe with the email address that you will use to send messages to the list (or just subscribe with both!)
- School Libraries
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This listserv is available to school libraries to communicate with one another, such as to ask questions and share ideas. Joining this listserv is a great way to get to know your fellow school librarians in central and southern Illinois and to build your professional support network.
You must be a member of this list in order to post to this list. Be sure to subscribe using the email address you will use to send emails. For example, if you have a work email address and a personal email address, make sure you subscribe using the email address you will use to send messages to the list (or just subscribe with both!).
- Special Libraries
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An email exchange for special libraries to communicate with one another, such as to ask questions and share ideas. Joining this listserv is a great way to get to know your fellow special librarians in central and southern Illinois and to build your professional support network.
You must be a member of this list in order to post to this list. Be sure to subscribe using the email address you will use to send emails. For example, if you have a work email address and a personal email address, make sure you subscribe using the email address you will use to send messages to the list (or just subscribe with both!).
- Youth Services
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Youth Services
A place for all library staff involved in youth services to communicate with each other, such as to ask questions and share ideas. Joining this listserv is a great way to get to know your fellow youth services librarians in central and southern Illinois and to build your professional support network.
You must be a member of this list in order to post to this list. Be sure to subscribe with the email address that you will use to post emails from. For example, if you have a work email address and a personal email address, make sure you subscribe using the email address you will use to send messages to the list (or just subscribe with both!).
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Additional Listservs for IHLS-SHARE Members
- SHARE (General)
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A listserv for library staff whose libraries are members of the SHARE LLSAP, asking questions, getting answers, and sharing ideas about SHARE topics, the Polaris software, and more.
You must be a member of this list in order to post to this list. Be sure to subscribe using the email address you will use to send emails. For example, if you have a work email address and a personal email address, make sure you subscribe using the email address you will use to send messages to the list (or just subscribe with both!).
- SHARE Acquisitions Users Group
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This listserv is for SHARE libraries that subscribe to the Acquisition module. On this list, you can ask questions, get answers, and share ideas about the acquisitions module. This listserv will also be used to notify acquisition libraries of problems, outages, or updates related to the module. All emails from this list will have [SHARE-Acquisitions] in the subject field.
You must be a member of this list in order to post to this list. Be sure to subscribe using the email address you will use to send emails. For example, if you have a work email address and a personal email address, make sure you subscribe using the email address you will use to send messages to the list (or just subscribe with both!).
- SHARE Cataloging
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This listserv is available to SHARE catalogers for discussing cataloging with one another. On this list, you are encouraged to post tips, request information, and share ideas.
You must be a member of this list in order to post to this list. Be sure to subscribe using the email address you will use to send emails. For example, if you have a work email address and a personal email address, make sure you subscribe using the email address you will use to send messages to the list (or just subscribe with both!).
- SHARE Circulation
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This listserv is available for SHARE-member circulation staff to communicate with one another, such as to ask questions and share ideas.
You must be a member of this list in order to post to this list. Be sure to subscribe using the email address you will use to send emails. For example, if you have a work email address and a personal email address, make sure you subscribe using the email address you will use to send messages to the list (or just subscribe with both!).
- SHARE Polaris Mac Users
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The Polaris Mac Users list is for SHARE libraries that use Mac computers to exchange Mac-specific information about connecting to Polaris. All emails from this list will have [Polaris-Mac-Users] in the subject field.
You must be a member of this list in order to post to this list. Be sure to subscribe using the email address you will use to send emails. For example, if you have a work email address and a personal email address, make sure you subscribe using the email address you will use to send messages to the list (or just subscribe with both!).