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Fiero Code: Coding Education for All Ages
Bonus offer: New RAILS subscribers get two months free at the start of their subscription. Fiero Code helps patrons ages 8 to 108 build valuable coding skills in a fun and motivating platform, offering more than 13 coding languages. Fiero Code can also be used for in-person and virtual coding clubs or bootcamps with no coding experience needed by library staff - everything is included within Fiero Code.
Library Journal Professional Development Courses
New Summer Courses! Exclusive discounts for RAILS members on interactive and flexible online courses designed for library staff. Summer course topics include instruction, management, early literacy, and teaching research skills. Use the RAILS discount code in the Library Journal Registration Instructions when purchasing to access the discount.
Statewide E-Resource Package
View the list of the EBSCO databases provided by the Illinois State Library through the statewide database package. For questions about the new statewide e-resource program, contact Suzanna Jones, ISL Library Program Specialist at sjones@ilsos.gov , 217-785-7334. For a background on this project, please visit the RAILS E-Resource Program Pulse page.
Online High School Diploma Programs
Career Online High School and Gale: Excel Adult High School are online high school diploma programs that enable libraries to offer adult learners accredited high school diplomas. Participating libraries only pay for student scholarships, and RAILS/IHLS libraries qualify for a volume discount.
Career Online High School information and pricing (login required)
Gale: Excel Adult High School information and pricing (login required)
Group Purchases
Group Purchases are negotiated, managed, or otherwise mediated by us, and participation is available for RAILS members.
eRead Illinois | Statewide shared collection of e-books and e-audiobooks, with Baker & Taylor's Boundless
Pricing is confidential to RAILS members and Baker & Taylor only. Please do not share outside of these organizations.
For pricing and other information, visit the eRead Illinois website: https://ereadillinois.com