News from Libraries and RAILS

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...

A new Arlington Heights Memorial Library outreach program utilizes Google Expeditions, a virtual reality experiential learning tool, to give older adults the thrill of visiting virtually anywhere in the world. "I originally used our Google Expeditions kit as a way to add a fun technology experience...

PBS station WSIU has created a library toolkit to help us promote reading and libraries through ALA's The Great American Read! One easy way to participate is to create a Facebook post and/or website post, such as: We're promoting The Great American Read in partnership with WSIU. Tell us about your...

Mount Prospect Library's 75th Anniversary Ends With A Look to the Future – and Lots of Fun The Mount Prospect Public Library's 75th Anniversary year concludes with speakers, an award, and an open house from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, September 23. At 1 p.m., we welcome two speakers who will give us food for...