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Historical and Background Reports

These documents provide historical and other background information about areas of the state that are without public library service and efforts to expand library service to the people who live in those unserved areas.

Illinois State Library Briefing Letter: Why Are People Unserved?
Illinois Department of Revenue Guide to the Illinois Property Tax System
A Plan for Public Library Development in Illinois, 1963
Illinois State Library Task Force on Rural Library Services Report, 1989
Strengthening Library Services in Rural Illinois, 1992
Public Library Service for All: Report from the Summit on the Unserved, 2000
A Brief History of Efforts Concerning the Unserved Residents of Illinois, 2005
RAILS Survey on the Unserved: Analysis, 2019

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Funding for all Illinois Library Systems - Chicago Public Library System, Illinois Heartland Library System, and Reaching Across Illinois Library System - is provided through the Illinois State Library and the Secretary of State from revenue appropriated by the Illinois General Assembly or granted under the federal Library Services and Technology Act.