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RAILS and IHLS school-library educators! You can earn up to 9 PD Hours at IHLS Member Day 2024!
Can't make the live event? No problem! Register by Monday, Feb. 5, & get access to all the recorded sessions, which still count for PDH!
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Building Closure – All Day Mon. Jan. 22, 2024: Due to inclement weather, CARBONDALE delivery Route 4 & all routes out of CHAMPAIGN & EDWARDSVILLE hubs are cancelled. Both buildings are closed. Be safe! #IHLSLibraries
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In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, IHLS will be closed on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024.

The quote in this post is from Dr. King's Letter from Birmingham Jail. You can listen to him reading the letter aloud here: https://t.co/Ki4Gq2qvdR

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IHLS Member Day registration is now open to @RAILS and Chicago Public Library members till Feb. 7! For just $15, you can join your IHLS colleagues on Feb. 8 for a full day of CE, PDH credits, networking, games and prizes—all online!

More info: https://t.co/ZsuYplBTcq

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Members! We made a mistake! Early registration now closes at midnight tonight, Jan. 8, 2024.
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IHLS Members, early registration for Member Day 2024: Libraries—The Heart of the Community closes on Jan. 7!

Be sure to register before Sunday to get a cozy beverage on us.

Learn more here:https://t.co/D0AhSB2nUX

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In honor of Christmas and New Year's, we'll be closed Dec. 22–25, 2023, and Dec. 29, 2023–Jan. 1, 2024. We hope you all have a lovely holiday season, whether and whatever you celebrate!

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"To be a librarian is not to be neutral or passive, or waiting for a question. It is to be a radical positive change agent within your community." —R. David Lankes

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The Ill. Dept. of Labor recently published draft rules for the Paid Leave for All Workers Act (PLAW) for feedback by Jan. 1, 2024. As PLAW will affect most of our libraries, we urge you to review these rules and provide comments.

More info on our website: https://t.co/CxnL6eQ4Fp

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A little #WednesdayWisdom from Nnedi Okorafor.

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"It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive." —James Baldwin

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Starting on Black Friday, our surplus box truck auction goes public. This is one deal you won't want to miss.

Learn more and place your bid: https://t.co/XimpcQytMA

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Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at IHLS!

In honor of the holiday, we'll be closed today and tomorrow, Nov. 23-24, 2023.

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"A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors." —Charles Baudelaire

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“It is an awfully sad misconception that librarians simply check books in and out. The library is the heart of a school, and without a librarian, it is but an empty shell.” — Jarrett J. Krosoczka

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“I see libraries and librarians as frontline soldiers in the war against illiteracy and the lack of imagination.” — Neil Gaiman

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"Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself." —Potter Stewart

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"It wasn’t until I started reading and found books they wouldn’t let us read in school that I discovered you could be insane and happy and have a good life without being like everybody else." —John Waters

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This grant helps small and rural libraries of all types better serve people with disabilities. Up to 300 libraries will be awarded this year.

More info: https://t.co/KHm6XrcPf6

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The Wish You Well Foundation reviews donation requests with various funding needs. Most requests range from $200 to $10,000.

More info: https://t.co/lHo49pqZ4s