2025 Illinois State Library Annual Certification Instructions

2025 Illinois State Library Annual Certification Instructions

The Illinois State Library Annual Certification form has been streamlined and moved to the Library Directory and Learning Calendar (L2). The certification period runs from January 2 to March 31, 2025. 

Step 1: Confirm Your L2 (Library Directory and Learning Calendar) User Account and Profile 

Current L2 Users Instructions: 

  • Log in to L2 and ensure that you are designated as a Certification Contact in My Dashboard in the Location section. 
  • To update your profile to the certification contact, select Edit on the Location affiliation section that you have with your library's primary location.  
  • Scroll down to Key Contact – Regional System and check Certification Contact. Scroll down and click the Save button. 
Image of L2 account with name and affiliations for L2 account holder, purple arrow pointing to Edit for editing affiliation.

Only certification contacts will see the "Complete Certification for (name) Library" link in their dashboard. A library may have more than one (1) certification contact. 

  • Access the form via the link in your user dashboard or the link on your library's directory page. 

Check Previous Year’s Submission 

  • Log into L2. Go to your library's page in the L2 directory.  
     
  • Click on the purple agency name at the top (above the location name) to go the parent agency page.  
Image of L2 account with arrow pointing to purple text that reads, "Adlai E. Stevenson High School District #125."
  • Scroll to Library Certification History at the bottom of the agency page. 
Image of text that reads "Library Certification History."

Forgot Your Password 

If you forgot your password, passwords can be reset at https://librarylearning.org/user/password. You will receive an email with a link to reset the password. If you do not see an email with a password reset link, check your spam folders. 

No L2 Account 

  • Complete the user profile, set the password, and affiliate your library by clicking the link in the new user account email. 

For Public School Districts your library affiliation for certification needs to be the primary building for the district (i.e., the main administrative office, which is separate from school attendance centers in L2). You may add other buildings to your profile, but for certification, the user must be listed as staff at the primary building to access the form. 

All Library Types - Important note about completing your profile; in the Key Contact – Regional System section, select Certification Contact. New user accounts are then approved by system staff. Users will receive an email notification that the user account has been approved. 

Important note: All new users' accounts must verify their email address immediately. Check your inbox for a link to verify your email address. If not confirmed within 24 hours, the account information is deleted. 

Step 2: Complete ILLINET Interlibrary Loan (ILL) & Reciprocal Borrowing Statistical Survey 

The ILLINET Interlibrary Loan (ILL) & Reciprocal Borrowing Statistical Survey is now available. The FY2023 (July 1, 2022–June 30, 2023) survey must be completed by March 31, 2025. For questions regarding the ILLINET ILL and Reciprocal Borrowing Statistical Survey or for the username and password, contact the Illinois State Library at 1-800-665-5576, option 2. 

Survey Login

Step 3: Illinois State Library Annual Certification 

Access the Illinois State Library Annual Certification by logging into the Library Directory and Learning Calendar (L2). Refer to Step 1 about accessing the certification form. 

Help 

If you need help with the form, view a step-by-step screencast. For additional assistance, contact help@librarylearning.org.