Specialized Library Spotlight: Illinois Service Resource Center
Posted on January 31, 2022
Debbie Baaske, acting Member Engagement Manager talks with Meredith Payne, librarian at the Illinois Service Resource Center.My Library Is... Blog
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RAILS Libraries Fill Vital Community Needs During the Pandemic
Posted on January 31, 2022
Libraries around the country have been in the news for distributing at-home COVID-19 tests, but we haven’t heard of too many libraries actually offering COVID-19 testing, until now! Some RAILS libraries have started offering this service, including Three Rivers Public Library District.
The My Library Is… Survey Results Are In!
Posted on January 25, 2022
Thanks to all who filled out the recent My Library Is... survey!
Specialized Library Spotlight: Chicago Botanic Garden – Lenhardt Library
Posted on January 24, 2022
Debbie Baaske, acting Member Engagement Manager talks with Leora Siegel, Senior Director at the Lenhardt Library. Leora talks about all of the wonderful resources available to the public from the library during open hours and through ILL. She also shares information on their digitization efforts of rare materials that are available through the website.
Small Towns. Big Conversations.
Posted on January 24, 2022
The Exhibitions
My Library is… Fostering Kindness - Lisle Library District
Posted on January 13, 2022
The purpose of Libraries is to provide opportunities. Opportunity for information, research, connection, cultural awareness; the list extends for miles. One of the Lisle Library District’s goals is to provide an opportunity for kindness.
Specialized Library Spotlight: Kane County Law Library and Self Help Legal Center
Posted on January 10, 2022
Debbie Baaske, acting Member Engagement Manager talks with Halle Cox, Director at the Kane County Law Library and Self Help Legal Center. Halle shares how the library serves the lawyers and judges, as well as the general public. She says approximately 85% of their users are the general public. They seek to create empowered and informed legal consumers.
Specialized Library Spotlight: Forefront
Posted on January 4, 2022
Debbie Baaske, acting Member Engagement Manager talks with Sarah Rice, Research and Knowledge Services Manager at Forefront. Sarah discusses how the library serves the organization and its over 1100 nonprofit members. The library has a wealth of resources on various aspects of fundraising and donor prospecting.
Pandemic Programming - Baby Goats, Churros, and Pumpkins
Posted on January 3, 2022
Pandemic Programming – Baby Goats, Churros, and Pumpkins
Specialized Library Spotlight: American Hospital Association
Posted on December 16, 2021
Debbie Baaske talks with Brenda Stenger, the director of the American Hospital Association Resource Center. Brenda discusses how the resource center serves the organization and outside users, and how demand has grown during the pandemic. She also shares some great ways that she’s marketed the resource center.