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Please join RAILS in welcoming our newest member, Joliet Treatment Center! The Joliet Treatment Center is an Illinois Department of Corrections facility. The center is "a multi-disciplinary treatment facility for convicted adult male felons with severe mental illness." In addition to the collection...

Please join RAILS in welcoming our newest member, Creve Coeur School District 76 . The district has a total enrollment of 473 students. The district has one school with a staffed library, Parkview Middle School. The other school in the district, LaSalle Elementary School is located right across the...

In this episode Deirdre Brennan and Dan Bostrom discuss the current RAILS board election, the Delivery Count and Deirdre's announcement of her intention to retire in November 2022.

Please join RAILS in welcoming our newest member, Kewanee Life Skills Re-Entry Center Library . The Kewanee Life Skills Re-Entry Center is an Illinois Department of Corrections facility. The main objective of the center is to "build valuable life skills and prepare offenders for reentry into...

RAILS is inviting libraries to participate in a new social media challenge to share unique items in their collections. The #CollectionChallenge is a series of prompts intended to get libraries having fun and competing. Using Twitter and Instagram, libraries can share photos/videos of their items...

Dan Bostrom, RAILS Member Engagement Manager talks with Eugene Giudice, Senior Research Services Training Specialist at Dentons. Eugene talks about his role at Dentons, a large law firm with locations around the world. By providing specialized training and research services, Eugene brings value to...

Dan Bostrom, RAILS Member Engagement Manager talks with Juanita Harrell, Law Library Manager at DuPage County Law Library. Juanita discusses how the library serves a wide audience including litigants, attorneys, judges, and the general public. This library has a unique mission to help everyone...