News from Libraries and RAILS

Are you attending the 2019 Illinois Youth Services Institute in Bloomington, IL? Join current Youth and Teen Services managers on Friday, March 22, at 2:00 PM for a career development session led by you! Participants will have an opportunity to submit questions before (and during) the presentation...

The LACONI Technical Services Section is hosting this program for all library personnel. The Conservation Center and Polygon Document Recovery services will present on disaster preparedness and recovery of various types of materials in libraries. Followed by a panel discussion in the afternoon from...

Lizzy Boden and Britney Musial, librarians at the North Riverside Public Library, will be speaking at the Big Talk from Small Libraries Conference on February 22, at 1 p.m. Their presentation is entitled: Make a Mini-Makerspace. Read more about it here: http://nlcblogs.nebraska.gov/bigtalk/schedule/

Photo essay features how people of all ages and backgrounds are learning how to use overdose-reversing medication to fight the deadly opioid crisis. https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2019-01-28/opioid-epidemic-creates-new-first-responders