RAILS Welcomes Four New Members

New RAILS member libraries 2023

Please join RAILS in welcoming four new members, DeVry University, District 50 Schools, Rebuild Foundation, and Saint Catherine Laboure School.

DeVry University is a private for-profit university with its headquarters in Naperville, Illinois. The university has locations all over the United States including several in Illinois. The main campus, in Naperville, has a small, staffed collection of physical materials that is used by students.

District 50 Schools is a small school district in Washington, Illinois. There are two schools in the district, one Pre-K through 3rd grade, one 4th through 8th grade. The total enrollment for the district is 593 students.

Saint Catherine Laboure School is a small private school in Glenview, Illinois. The school serves students Pre-K through 8th grade. The total enrollment for the school is 178 students.

The Rebuild Foundation serves as an "artist-led, community-based platform for art, cultural development, and neighborhood transformation." The library is located inside the Stony Island Arts Bank building. In addition to holdings from Johnson Publishing Company – publishers of Ebony, Jet, and more – the library has vinyl, sheet music, glass slides, ephemera, and more. The library is seeking to make more of its content available to researchers and the general public.

Welcome to all four libraries!