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Marlene Jones appreciates Schaumburg Library's home delivery service because it's not easy for her to drive these days.

Story by Anonymous on Jul 26, 2019

26 July 2019

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Marlene Jones has always made it a priority to stay connected and active in the community.

“I work with my church group to bring in presenters,” she said. “I love the programs and book clubs at The Barn in Schaumburg. And I like to go to Schaumburg Library for programs, too, but it’s tougher these days.”

At 82, it’s not as easy for Marlene to get around as it once was. That’s why she’s so grateful for Schaumburg Library’s home delivery service.

“I love to read mysteries, just like my mother did,” Marlene said, noting some favorite authors are Linda Castillo and J...

Linda Swan came to Schaumburg Library when she wanted to transfer her home movies to a digital format.

Story by Anonymous on Jul 26, 2019

26 July 2019

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Linda Swan’s home movie from a 1972 trip to Norway has been brought into the Digital Age.

Shot on Super 8 film, Linda no longer has to worry about deterioration over time – or her projector breaking – because she’s converting her movies using equipment at Schaumburg Library.

“We have movies from when I was a kid, movies from the ‘50s through the ‘90s,” Linda said. “What I’m finding is that even though they’re old, they transfer beautifully.”

Having her film sent out to be digitized would be costly, but Schaumburg Library allows use of the equipment for free. Linda made...

Former MLB pitcher Jim Mecir came to Schaumburg Library when he needed help getting his new business off the ground.

Story by Anonymous on Jul 26, 2019

26 July 2019

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Born with a club foot, Jim Mecir overcame his disability to find success in the big leagues as the pitcher for the Oakland A’s team depicted in the bestselling book and movie Moneyball. Now a resident of Kildeer, Jim has teamed up with Ellen Schnur from The Second City and created ImprovTalk , a presentation all about teamwork, communication and innovation.

“On the mound, you have to make strong connections with your team to be successful,” Jim said. “The same is true in business. We make sure people walk away from our presentations with a few new communication tools in their belts...

Victoria Smith was excited to be hired by British Swim School after attending Schaumburg Library's Teen Job Fair.

Story by Anonymous on Jul 26, 2019

26 July 2019

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In February, more than 200 teens came to Schaumburg Township District Library in hopes of landing their first job. The Library gathered local businesses looking to hire teens, provided experts to give teens tips on improving their resumes and interviewing skills, and made it simple for teens to connect with potential employers.

The best part about the Teen Job Fair? Teens got hired!

One lucky teen is Victoria Smith. She was hired by British Swim School as an instructor and is already busy teaching swim lessons to little ones. Victoria is a former swim team member and has been...

Story by Anonymous on Jul 24, 2019

24 July 2019

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We Help People Find Jobs

Tim Wierdak didn’t know why he wasn’t getting job offers. In two short weeks, he went from not knowing why to landing a new job.

A frequent Indian Prairie Public Library visitor, he learned that the library offers a variety of job and career services, and he spoke with our expert staff.

“Those services started me on the right path,” said Tim, who was looking to change jobs.

Tim attended the library’s Job Club workshop and participated in mock interviews where he got advice and...

Story by TRACY HUBBARD on Jul 17, 2019

17 July 2019

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We are in the heat and humidity of July now and it reminds of me of how I loved to spend my time at the Wilmette Public Library. I could walk there (had to be careful crossing the railroad tracks), and since we were near the lake we didn't have air conditioning in the 1960's. Instead it was the library. The library was quiet and cold.

I loved going to the children's room, the windowseats were covered in shag carpeting and I can read as many books as I wanted. I think I would check out 4 or 5 books each day and return them, report them to the summer reading club and find out more...

Story by Brian Smith on Jun 14, 2019

14 June 2019

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My local library played a very important role in the direction of my daughter's life.

When my daughter was in middle school, I suggested to her that she might enjoy a Manga/Anime Club event at Homer Library (where I had previously worked and later joined the Board). The first time she went, she felt a little out of place, being younger than the other kids there. But she kept going, and enjoyed the movies and cosplay parties and other activities, and also got some of her friends involved.

She read - and ended up buying - a lot of manga (Japanese graphic novels) and the anime...

Why the My Library Is... Campaign?

11 June 2019

Mary Witt

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RAILS provides programs and services to approximately 1,300 academic, public, school, and special libraries in the north and west-central part of Illinois. A very frequent request from all types of members is for help telling their stories and proving their value to their different stakeholders. Because this topic is so important to our members, the second goal in RAILS new strategic plan (revised in 2018) is to Work with libraries of all types to tell the library story.

Earlier this year, RAILS conducted a survey of all of our libraries to discover how we could best help...

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Connect Your Patrons' Library Stories

7 May 2019

My Library Is ...

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Do you want your visitors to share their stories about your library on MyLibraryIs.org? You can put a link for our "Tell Your Library Story" submission form, with your library's name already filled in, on your website.

Here's the HTML code to use for your link:

<a href="https://www.mylibraryis.org/node/add/library-story?edit[field_library_relationship][und][28]=28&edit[field_library_name][und][0][value]=YOUR LIBRARY NAME">Tell Your Story</a>

(Replace "YOUR LIBRARY NAME" with your library's name.)

After your patrons have started to post...

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