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  • RAILS Welcomes General George S. Patton School District 133

    Please join RAILS in welcoming our newest member, General George S. Patton School District 133! This school district is located in Riverdale, Illinois. There is one school in the district, serving K-8 students. According to the Illinois State Board of Education, the district has an enrollment of 210...

  • 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...