All IHLS offices will be closed on Monday, February 17, in observance of Presidents' Day.
The 2020 Census is just around the corner, and IHLS, Illinois Complete Count Commission, and the Illinois State Library are asking libraries to do their part in making sure as many people are counted as possible—and it's imperative we do so to help ensure Illinois gets our fair share of federal funding. Here's why it matters and what Illinois libraries can do.
Board Meeting Highlights
for January 28, 2020
Didn't make the most recent IHLS Board Meeting? That's okay! In this video--which we hope is the first of many--catch the highlights of the meeting in less than five minutes as shared by Executive Director Leslie Bednar. Want to see the board packet for this meeting? Find it on the IHLS Board pages.
At the January meeting of the Illinois Heartland Library System Board of Directors, the new proposed Public Comment Policy (PDF) was approved by the board in a first reading and is now being sent out for member comment.
At times, the Cataloging Maintenance Center (CMC) has the privilege not only of cataloging challenging items, but also items that are, weirdly, a lot of fun to work with (if you are a cataloger).
IHLS is proud to partner with Girls Who Code (GWC) to support girls’ participation in STEM programming across our community.
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Required Delivery Count
February 24-28, 2020
Once again, Illinois Library Association has arranged its spring 2020 series of legislative events as opportunities for you to meet with your state and federal legislators and speak with them about issues affecting you and your library. Library trustees, directors, and staff from public, school, and academic libraries are encouraged to attend and participate.
Three of these meet-ups are in the central and southern Illinois areas, including events in Edwardsville, Effingham, and Bloomington-Normal.
The IHLS Delivery hubs have been a sea of tubs this week! The Delivery department would like to thank all of you for your patience as we are hard at work sorting your items.
IHLS has made a group purchase of 250 copies of Serving Our Public 4.0: Standards for Illinois Public Libraries.
