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New Video: Elders of the Internet

Submitted by RAILS Staff on February 13, 2020 - 10:13am

Just in time for Library Lovers Day, actor Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation, Making It, Good Omens) stars in our latest video, created by Chicago marketing firm Imagination. Please share it widely with your colleagues, library users, and social media followers. The Wizard of the World Wide Web...

Nick Offerman, in costume as the Wizard of the World Wide Web

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Submit a Proposal for New Spark Event

Submitted by Dan Bostrom on February 10, 2020 - 4:08pm

IACRL and RAILS are excited to announce a new event for Spring 2020 – Spark: Connect and Get Fired Up! We hope this professional development opportunity will be the first of many to Spark our enthusiasm to share and connect with each other as academic librarians in Illinois. Librarians from all...

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RAILS Receives Census Grant from Pritzker Administration

Submitted by Nicole Zimmermann on October 18, 2019 - 3:12pm

The Pritzker Administration and the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) awarded RAILS with a $750,000 grant to encourage full participation in Census 2020 throughout the state. This grant is focused on increasing the self-response rate of historically Hard-To-Count communities. Upon...

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"Dreams Take Flight" Videos for Libraries

Submitted by RAILS Staff on January 28, 2019 - 11:45am

We have begun a campaign to help our member libraries of all sizes and types (academic, public, school, and special) tell their stories and articulate their value to stakeholders more effectively. This kind of assistance was requested by many libraries during our recent strategic planning process...

children gathered in a library for a paper airplane flight test

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IMLS Funding: Continued Advocacy Efforts Required

Submitted by Nicole Zimmermann on May 2, 2017 - 12:53pm

House Appropriations Subcommittee Votes to Recommend Level Funding for FY2018 July 17, 2017 Since President Trump announced that he wanted to eliminate IMLS and federal funding for libraries in May, all of us have been communicating with our members of Congress about the value of libraries. Last...

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RAILS Annual Report

Submitted by andersonr on February 5, 2016 - 1:33pm

A review of RAILS' 2015 calendar year highlights is now available. You will also learn more about the programs/services that RAILS continues to offer all member libraries (academic, public, school, and special). A print version of the report is available as well. If you have any questions, contact...

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Applications Now Open for RAILS My Library Is... Grant

Submitted by Dan Bostrom on February 17, 2020 - 8:35am

The RAILS My Library Is... Grant program provides an opportunity for libraries to focus on projects that help tell the library story and that increase visibility and support for all types of libraries. Libraries, working alone or with partner organizations, can apply for up to $5,000. RAILS is...

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Take the RAILS Social Media Survey

Submitted by Dan Bostrom on January 31, 2020 - 1:50pm

RAILS is inviting library staff from system members to take a brief survey . The topic is how you use social media in your work and in your relationship to RAILS. Any library staff from any member library is free to complete the survey. Your answers will help us determine how to focus our social...

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RAILS Selects Four Projects for My Library Is... Grants

Submitted by Dan Bostrom on January 20, 2020 - 10:46am

The Reaching Across Illinois Libraries System (RAILS) announced that four projects have been selected to receive My Library Is… Grants. These grants provide an opportunity for libraries to focus on projects that help tell the library story and that increase visibility and support for all types of...

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Subscription Issues with RAILS Email Lists

Submitted by Nicole Zimmermann on January 8, 2020 - 1:26pm

Email lists hosted by RAILS, which were affected by our network outage on December 18, have been restored, though it's possible that some list subscriptions have fallen through the cracks. You can check on your subscriptions to many of our email lists by logging into the RAILS website and visiting...

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