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If you haven’t ordered posters and bookmarks for Family Reading Night scheduled for November 15, 2012, the Illinois State Library is requesting that you place your order no later than March 15. For more information and the order form, please visit the Family Reading night website.
The Illinois State Library Talking Book and Braille Service (TBBS) will host a reception next Friday, March 2, to mark its grand “reopening.” Last year TBBS completed a move from a stand-alone building in downtown Springfield into the State Library at Second and Monroe Streets. The move is designed to make it easier for TBBS [...]
This week the Illinois State Library spotlights Black Hawk College in Moline. Within six weeks of arriving in the United States from Togo, West Africa, a father enrolled in English as a Second Language classes at Black Hawk College. Five years later, he had progressed so well that he was studying at Black Hawk to [...]
The Youth Services Forum and the Young Adult Services Forum are pleased to present the 2012 ILA Spring Workshops. This year’s workshops will highlight “sense”-ational programming and outreach ideas for special populations of children and teens and will feature discussions led by professionals on legal issues as they relate to youth and teen services. Learn [...]
Thursday, February 23 ♦ 1 pm Central / 11 am Pacific ♦ 60 min Twitter is one of the best online tools for networking and job seeking. Whether browsing job postings or connecting with people in your field, Twitter offers something for everyone. This session will cover tips and techniques for helping patrons network and [...]
Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White has awarded grants totaling $11.9 million to 620 public libraries statewide this past week. The awarded funds come from the Fiscal Year 2012 Illinois Public Library Per Capita and Equalization Aid Grants. “I am extremely proud of the outstanding service Illinois’ public libraries provide to our communities,” [...]
This week the Illinois State Library spotlights Mercy Housing Lakefront in Chicago. Working one-on-one with a tutor has helped one adult learner make tremendous improvement in her learning and reading skills, her confidence and personal development. In addition to working with her tutor, she joined the creative writing group that meets weekly at Mercy Housing [...]
The Live & Learn Construction Grant Review Committee will review FY2012 grant applications in an open meeting on Thursday, February 23 in Room 403/404 at the Illinois State Library. The meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. CST. The meeting will be conducted via videoconference at the Illinois State Library and also at the following locations: [...]
Applications are now being accepted for FY2013 Adult Literacy Grants. Application due date is April 16, 2012. The grant application for the Adult Literacy Grant Program contains three separate literacy grant categories of services, including: Adult Volunteer Literacy Tutoring Programs utilizes volunteer tutors to provide one-on-one instruction for adults who want to improve their reading, [...]
This week the Illinois State Library spotlights Lewis & Clark Community College in Ina. The Family Literacy program at L & C has made a significant impact on the lives of a twenty-year-old mother and her son. She joined the program while trying to put her life back together after a disfiguring domestic violence incident. [...]