News from Libraries and RAILS

Libraries are working harder than ever to discover new and exciting ways to work with the community. Virtual community engagement is one of those ways. Librarians nationwide have begun participating in the LocalWiki project, a grassroots effort to collect, share and open the world's local knowledge...

Registration is now open for the Upper Midwest Digital Collections Conference and CONTENTdm Users Group Meeting, August 9-11 at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa. Join your digital collections colleagues in the Quad Cities for three days of networking, sharing of best practices, and hands-...

An announcement from the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA): We are pleased to share a link to an archive recording of our “Library Services to Immigrants and Refugees” webinar which took place on 31 March 2016. IFLA Continuing Professional Development and...

LEARN (Libraries' English and Reading Network) will host a free ESL Workshop at Schaumburg Library, 130 S. Roselle Rd., on October 5, 2016, funded by a RAILS Networking CE grant. The workshop, called "Serving the Literacy/ESL User," will include four one-hour presentations, plus an overview of our...