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Facts Tell, Stories Sell: A Two-Week Marketing Masterclass

February 17, 2020

RAILS Online Roundtable: Library Data for Advocacy

March 3, 2020

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March 10, 2020

Continuing Education Archives

Conducting a Library Facility Security Assessment

Understanding WEMI (Work, Expression, Manifestation, Item)

FRBR (Functional Requirements of Bibliographic Records)

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Statewide shared collection of e-books and e-audiobooks, with Baker & Taylor's Axis 360

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For-Profit/Small Academic Libraries Group

Health Science Librarians of Illinois

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