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"Dreams Take Flight" Videos for Libraries

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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Email List Software Upgrade

To make our email lists more compatible with libraries' email security configurations, we've upgraded our email list software. If you subscribe to any of the discussion lists that RAILS manages or hosts, the main change you'll notice is that the sender's email address is now on the list messages as...

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IMLS Funding: Continued Advocacy Efforts Required

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

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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RAILS Selects Three Projects for Partnership Grants

RAILS has selected three projects to receive RAILS Partnership Grants. These grants encourage member libraries to work with external partners on innovative programs and services. The three projects are: Evanston Community Dementia Resource Center - Evanston Public Library, Dementia Friendly...

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Happy New Year from RAILS!

Dear RAILS members, On behalf of the RAILS Board and staff, Happy New Year! Thank you so much for all of your dedicated work on behalf of Illinois libraries and users throughout 2018. Looking back over our 2018 accomplishments, I see how many of them came as a result of the collaboration and...

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Oops! Correction to E-News Board Meeting Article

The location and date for the next RAILS Board Meeting were incorrectly listed in the October 17 RAILS E-News. The corrected article is below. Save the Date: RAILS Board Meeting October 26 The RAILS Board will meet on Friday, October 26, at 1 p.m., in person at the RAILS Coal Valley service center...

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Dog Photos Needed for ILA Presentation

Our website builder, Brian Smith, is looking for photographs of Illinois library employees' dogs to use in his presentation at the Illinois Library Association annual conference next month. The title of his session is "They're Good Docs Brent" and it's on the topic of semantic markup in website...

mixed-breed terrier lying on a blue blanket

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RAILS News for School Libraries

The Fall 2018 issue of the RAILS News for School Libraries has been sent out. The e-newsletter includes information about: Find More Illinois RAILS Partnership Grants Delivery Continuing Education/Professional Development and more If you didn't receive the newsletter in your email, you can read it...

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RSA Hosts 9th Annual Back-to-School Workshop

Thirteen staff members from school libraries that belong to the Resource Sharing Alliance (RSA) NFP LLSAP attended the ninth annual RSA Back-to-School Workshop on August 8, 2018, at the RAILS East Peoria Service Center. RSA staff shared information relevant to school library operations...

School library staff ready to learn at the RSA Back-to-School Workshop on August 8, 2018. Photo contributed by RSA.

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