(via RAILS) RAILS would like to send out a survey to determine the special cataloging needs of our members. This will help us identify how to focus on special cataloging projects. Please consider encouraging your members to fill out our cataloging services survey. Feel free to share this information in your newsletter or listserves. The…
Category: Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS)
Reminder: RAILS Seeking Examples of Essential Actions and Services During COVID-19
(via RAILS) Libraries are providing a wide variety of needed virtual services during the COVID-19 pandemic, even though library buildings are closed. To assist RAILS with its effort to identify all of the essential services that libraries are providing during this time, please complete this survey. To see examples of possible service categories, one may…
Reminder: RAILS Board Elections Open Through Friday, May 8
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of RAILS) If you are at a RAILS member library, please vote, or encourage your library director to vote. RAILS libraries of all types (academic, public, school, and special) are urged to vote in the RAILS Board election by 5:00 PM on Friday, May 8. You…
Reminder: RAILS/ILA/IACRL Collecting Information on Libraries’ Virtual Programming During COVID-19
(via Michelle Nielsen Ott, IACRL President) Please take this opportunity to help RAILS and ILA/IACRL collect virtual programming going on at this time. All Illinois libraries are encouraged to complete the form for all their virtual programs, you do not have to be a RAILS member. RAILS is currently surveying and compiling a list of the…
Reminder: RAILS Holding Member Update on Thursday, April 16, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Registration Required)
(via RAILS) All RAILS members are invited to join us for a RAILS Member Update on Thursday, April 16, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. The update will be held via Zoom. Register here and you will be emailed a link to join the Zoom meeting. View agenda. We will discuss a variety of topics related…
Lightning-Round Proposals Deadline for IACRL/RAILS Online Event Spark: Connect and Get Fired Up! Extended to Friday, April 17
(via the Illinois Library Association) Co-sponsored by IACRL and RAILS, Spark: Connect and Get Fired Up!, has been converted to an online event via Zoom. We hope this professional development opportunity will be the first of many to Spark our enthusiasm to share and connect with each other as academic librarians in Illinois. Librarians from…
Call for Participation: RAILS/ILA/IACRL Virtual Programs Survey
(via Krista Bowers Sharpe, Western Illinois University, on behalf of Michelle Nielsen Ott, IACRL President) Please take this opportunity to help RAILS and ILA/IACRL collect virtual programming going on at this time. All Illinois libraries are encouraged to complete the form for all their virtual programs, you do not have to be a RAILS member….
RAILS Seeking Presenters for Webinars on a Variety of Topics Relevant to Library Staff and Users
(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago, on behalf of Joe Filapek, RAILS) RAILS is reaching out to our talented membership looking for individuals/teams interested in presenting a webinar for staff at our member libraries. At a time when learning opportunities are necessarily shifting online, we are looking to offer a variety of webinars…
Deadline for RAILS Board Nominations Extended to Friday, April 3
(via RAILS) RAILS still needs nominations for the following positions on our board: One academic library representative (to be filled by an individual employed by a RAILS academic library) Three public library trustees (to be filled by board members at RAILS public libraries) One school library representative (to be filled by an individual employed by…
Registration Open for RAILS Emergency Member Update: “COVID-19 and Libraries” (Monday, March 16, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM)
All staff from all types of RAILS libraries are invited to join us for the March 16, 2020, RAILS Member Update, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. This Emergency Member Update is regarding COVID-19 and libraries – what to do when. You can participate at a scheduled videoconference location or via Zoom (choose Zoom as…