ILA E-Newsletter

Member Spotlight - Heidi Knuth
August 22, 2022
This week's member spotlight is on Heidi Knuth. Heidi is the assistant department head for youth services at Bloomingdale Public Library. She is a former co-chair of the 2022 ILA Conference Program Committee, a former member of the ILA Intellect…
Member Spotlight - Chris Renkosiak
August 8, 2022
This week's member spotlight is on Chris Renkosiak. Chris is the deputy director of the Lincolnwood Public Library District and a member of the ILA Marketing Forum (soon to be co-manager). We asked Chris to tell us a little bit about himself and…
Fast Forward Libraries Scholarship to Attend the 2022 ILA Annual Conference
August 5, 2022
Fast Forward Libraries is offering 4 scholarships of $500 each to offset the cost of attending the 2022 Illinois Library Association Annual Conference.  The conference registration fee will be paid directly to ILA ($275) with the remaining …
Legislative Update -- July 28, 2022
July 28, 2022
The Illinois Library Association supports our academic librarian colleagues and members in advocating for increased development and use of Open Educational Resources (OER) on college campuses. Specifically, we echo the call from the Consortium o…
ILA Supports CARLI Statement on Open Educational Resources
July 26, 2022
The Illinois Library Association supports our academic librarian colleagues and members in advocating for increased development and use of Open Educational Resources (OER) on college campuses. Specifically, we echo the call from the Consortium of Aca…
Member Spotlight - Anjelica Rufus-Barnes
July 25, 2022
This week's member spotlight is on Anjelica Rufus-Barnes. Anjelica is a reference librarian at the Prospect Heights Public Library District and is a member of the ILA Students and New Professionals Forum.  We asked Anjelica to tel…
Jesse White Appoints Members to ISLAC
July 21, 2022
Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White has announced appointments to the Illinois State Library Advisory Committee (ISLAC), whose duty it is to make recommendations concerning the policies, services, and management of the State Libra…
Welcome New ILA Staff Member Kristin Pekoll
July 14, 2022
We are pleased to announce that Kristin Pekoll will join the ILA staff as our Conference and Continuing Education Manager on Monday, July 18, 2022. Kristin has served as the Assistant Director for the Office of Intellectual Freedom at the American Li…
Member Spotlight - Laura Barnes
July 11, 2022
This week's member spotlight is on Laura Barnes. Laura currently serves as a director-at-large on the ILA Executive Board and is the board liaison to the ILA Diversity Committee. She is also a member of the ILA DEI Subcommittee of the Execu…
Legislative Update -- July 7, 2022
July 7, 2022
This week's update is courtesy of ALA and focuses on library-related items in the federal budget for fiscal year 2023. On June 30 the House Appropriations Committee approved the FY2023 spending bill for Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies, which…
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