News from Libraries

  • Glenview Public Library Launches a New Website

    Glenview Public Library launched a new website earlier this year with an enhanced digital experience encouraging an intuitive discovery of new materials and services. Our new website showcases collections and spotlights offerings with a mobile-friendly design that gives access to Library resources...

  • Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi Helps Kick-off Gail Borden Branch Expansion

    On Monday, February 13, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi and other officials helped the Gail Borden Public Library District kick-off the expansion of the Gail Borden Public Library District South Elgin Branch ( 127 South McLean Blvd., South Elgin, IL 60177). Congressman Krishnamoorthi's support led...

  • NILRC Professional Development Committee Webinar -- Vision Boards

    Our next NILRC Professional Development Webinar will be held on Tuesday, March 7 from 10-11 am. Our presenter is Heidi Lundquist, Library Technical Assistant at Morton College. Vision Boards! Vision boards (Also known as dream boards, dream walls, goal boards, focus boards, concept collages, among...

  • Chicago Botanic Garden's Library: Cozying up with rare books on plants

    Cozying up with five cool, rare books on plants Winter is a great season for bookworms—there's nothing like a good book to keep you company during the colder months. And as far as stories go, the Rare Book Collection at the Chicago Botanic Garden's Lenhardt Library is a true treat. The Lenhardt...

  • Lake Villa District Library To Launch Awareness Campaign

    Over the next few months, people who live in and around Lake Villa District Library will see some interesting newspaper ads and a large billboard and will receive a postcard at their home address. While this type of media plan is far from remarkable ----some might even consider it dated as Reels...

  • IACRL OER Campus Kickstart: Award for Growing Illinois OER Programs

    The Illinois Association of College & Research Libraries (IACRL) Awards Committee is excited to announce the opening of applications for the OER Campus Kickstart: Award for Growing Illinois OER Programs. If you have been looking for a way of getting financial incentive to your faculty to take on OER...

  • Oak Park's "From Paper to Practice: Becoming a Library for Everyone"

    The Oak Park Public Library has published an impact report that details progress made last year in its anti-racism strategic priorities. In her introduction, Executive Director Joslyn Bowling Dixon writes: "With Stephen Jackson, our Director of Equity and Anti-Racism, leading the charge, our library...

  • Year of the Rabbit Enters Into the Hearts of Winnetka-Northfield Families

    There were plenty of kisses seen between parents and their children at the Lunar New Year celebration, a Sunday afternoon memory maker on Jan. 22 at the Northfield branch of the Winnetka-Northfield Public Library. Amelia Kmiec, Northfield branch services librarian from Norwood Park, said the Lunar...