News & Announcements from Libraries

From the My Library Is ... Blog: Like many educators, the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on my mental health. By February of 2021, I had a decision to make: remain in education or leave. I was dismayed with the state of public education and seriously considered leaving it all behind. But it wasn’t...

Find out why the Midwest is home to some of the most innovative thinking in information services and specialized libraries! The 2024 SLA Midwest Symposium will take place on Friday, June 7, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Central. This event for anyone with an interest in specialized libraries. The entire program...

Lake Bluff Public Library is excited to announce a new service that demonstrates its commitment to access and the health and well-being of the community. The Library is now offering free high quality sustainable period products through a partnership with Aunt Flow. This initiative recognizes that...

In 2022, we, at Danvers Township Library, saw “Youth Art Month” on our March calendar and thought, we have a craft room full of miscellaneous art supplies. Why couldn’t we offer a weekly craft for the youth in our community? And so we did, and the youth in our community showed up week after week to...

Bestselling author Vanessa Riley and award winner Alina Rubin, will discuss writing historical fiction, giving women a voice in history, doing and using research, traditional versus independent publishing, and building empathy through history. This is a virtual program via Zoom. To register visit...

From the My Library Is ... Blog: Imagine giving your students the power to dive into the world of STEM wherever they go. Well, thanks to the RAILS “My Library Is…” grant money, our school library has launched the coolest initiative we've ever done - Maker Backpacks! Maker Backpacks are STEM kits...

For the past several months the Galena Public Library has been working with the City of Galena, the Galena School District, and the Galena Center for the Arts to find Galena's first Poet Laureate. Two representatives from each organization made up a Poet Laureate Selection Committee. Galena will be...

The La Grange Park Public Library will be closed beginning Monday, April 8, to pack up our temporary location and move into the renovated library building at 555 N. La Grange Road. We anticipate this move will take approximately four weeks and the library should reopen on Monday, May 6. Library...

The Gail Borden Public Library District celebrated its momentous 150th anniversary with a huge community birthday party on March 19, 2024. It was heartwarming to welcome so many people to this celebration. The Library was honored by a city proclamation by Elgin Mayor David Kaptain and a State...

Please join us on March 27, 2024, at 11 am CT for our next B'LONG Meeting! For those who do not know about B'LONG, we are the Bookmobile and Library Outreach Networking Group, a group of outreach specialists, librarians, managers, and support staff dedicated to bringing outreach services to meet the...

The Northern Illinois University Libraries' new exhibit, Alebrijes: Creatures of a Dream World, is featured in an episode for the WNIJ Under Rocks podcast at https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2024-03-21/alebrijes-out-…. A digital...

Laura McGrath, deputy director at Skokie Public Library, is standing for election as a Director-at-Large for the PLA Board of Directors. Learn more about her great work in libraries: https://skokielibrary.info/staff/60/laura-mcgrath/.