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All RAILS Public Libraries Asked to Complete Unserved Survey

RAILS members often express concern about the more than one million people in Illinois who do not have access to public library service. RAILS wants to do what we can to help with this issue. As a first step, we want to make sure we have accurate information on the scope of the unserved issue in...

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LACONI TSS: Acquisitions Round-Up

When: Friday, September 13, 2019 Time: 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Where: Tinley Park Public Library 7851 Timber Dr Tinley Park, IL 60477 (708) 532-0160 Representatives from Baker & Taylor, Brodart, Ingram, and Midwest Tape will give presentations on what services they offer and how Technical...

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Update L2 Profiles Now

Individuals and libraries should update their L2 profiles before the new L2 (Library Directory and Learning Calendar) is launched next year. This will also ensure that other members will be able to find the most up-to-date information about your library. Library directors and other library...

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Library News

The Art of Presenting an Author

The Wauconda Area Library Foundation and Wauconda Area Library Welcome Garth Stein October 23 and 24, 2019. The Wauconda Area Library Foundation with Wauconda Area Library, a great little library, is proud to present a great big, exclusive to our area, author visit! We welcome Garth Stein, author...

Garth Stein: photo from Garth Stein website, Frankfurt, Germany Book Fair 2009

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Woodford County libraries adding technology to provide news literacy to residents

https://hoiabc.com/news/2019/08/06/woodford-county-libraries-adding-technology-to-provide-news-literacy-to-residents/ METAMORA (HOI) — A local library district is partnering with a news literacy startup to provide library patrons with tools to help them assess the reliability of news and...

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From Brazil to America, a patron’s journey to learn English

Walking through the doors of the Still Bar & Grill in Bartlett to join in on the Bartlett Public Library District's BookLite book club conversation sounds a bit nerve-wracking when you don't know many people present, but Bartlett resident Cristina Ligocki absolutely loved it. "It was a dream...

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Illinois Secretary of State Mobile Unit at the Robert Rowe Library

The Illinois Secretary of State Mobile Unit will be at the Robert W. Rowe Public Library, Sheridan, Il on Tuesday, Aug 20, 2019 10 am till 2 pm. The services provided that day are : Renewal/Correction of driver's license, Obtaining a state ID, Purchasing license plate stickers, Motor voter...

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Removing Language Barriers to Narrow the Digital Divide/ Eliminando las barreras del lenguaje para reducir la brecha digital

Traducido en español aquí Sergio Gonzalez, a technology trainer at Evanston Public Library (EPL), stands in a meeting hall at Evanston Township High School (ETHS) ready to hand out 15 diplomas. Today marks the final session of an eight-week course in computer basics taught in Spanish. All of the...

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Network of Illinois Learning Resources in Community Colleges Annual Conference: Presentation Scholarship Application

Network of Illinois Learning Resources in Community Colleges Annual Conference Presentation Scholarship Application Held at the Allerton Park & Retreat Center in Monticello IL, this year's conference will take place October 3-4, 2019. With a theme of Progress through Persuasion &...

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Westchester Public Library Welcomes National Bestselling Author Alex Kotlowitz

For over three decades, Alex Kotlowitz has brought an acute and empathetic lens to on-the-ground reporting in many forms of media—print and radio journalism, documentary film, and books. His 1991 book, There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America , was selected...

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