News from Libraries and RAILS

Join author, professor, speaker, and social justice advocate Dr. Nicole Cooke for a powerful discussion about diversity in the library field. Learn important distinctions between diversity and inclusion, and how administrators can champion effective, proactive retention methods. Dr. Cooke, an...

Are you an early literacy coordinator, specialist or trainer at your library? Are you in charge of your library's preschool and childcare outreach services? Join the inaugural meeting of a new networking group, Early Literacy Advocates in Libraries . This group will tackle topics tied to the...

Ruth Craver is a Library Assistant with the Oswego Public Library District. In August, N Is for Noah was published, fulfilling a lifelong dream for this artist. Ruth and author Kris Condi will be available to sign books at the 6th Annual Literary Festival in Oswego this Saturday, October 7 from 9am...

Through music, author events, lectures, book discussions, film screenings, and more, the Oak Park Public Library community is exploring America's entry into World War I in 1917 this October and November. Highlights include a staged reading of letters that young Ernest Hemingway wrote to his parents...