News from RAILS

RAILS is looking for volunteers to review applications for the Fall 2019 My Library Is… Grants . These grants are part of the RAILS My Library Is… campaign. Libraries can apply for up to $5,000 for any project that helps tell the library story. Volunteers must be: Staff from a RAILS member library...

To celebrate September as "National Library Card Sign-Up Month", Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle, whose mother was a librarian, is hosting a free Librarian's Luncheon to meet and greet RAILS library directors and present them with an honorary library proclamation. This special gathering will...

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...

Find More Illinois connects Illinois library catalogs to make resource sharing easier. Anyone can search multiple catalogs at once. Patrons and staff of participating libraries can log in to place and manage interlibrary loan requests. Find out more about the program and how your library can...

Jane Plass, RAILS Associate Executive Director, will retire effective November 15, 2019. Jane began work in Illinois library systems in March 2000 as Director of Network Services at DuPage Library System. She has served as RAILS Associate Executive Director since February 2012. RAILS will begin...