{"id":18901,"date":"2026-04-02T13:52:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T13:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/?p=18901"},"modified":"2026-04-02T13:52:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T13:52:27","slug":"reminder-proposals-for-illinois-library-association-annual-conference-in-peoria-tues-oct-6-thurs-oct-8-with-theme-fired-up-ready-to-go-for-all-illinois-libraries-due-fri-apri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/reminder-proposals-for-illinois-library-association-annual-conference-in-peoria-tues-oct-6-thurs-oct-8-with-theme-fired-up-ready-to-go-for-all-illinois-libraries-due-fri-apri\/","title":{"rendered":"Reminder: Proposals for Illinois Library Association Annual Conference (in Peoria Tues., Oct. 6 &#8211; Thurs., Oct. 8, with Theme &#8220;Fired Up &amp; Ready to Go: For All Illinois Libraries!&#8221;) Due Fri., April 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(via the Illinois Library Association)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deadline to submit program proposals and lightning talks for this year&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ila.org\/events\/annual-conference\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ILA Annual Conference<\/a> <strong>(Tuesday, October 6 \u2013 Thursday, October 8, in Peoria)<\/strong> is quickly approaching! The Conference theme is \u201cFired Up &amp; Ready to Go: For All Illinois Libraries\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you are part of a large, urban library system, a small rural library, an academic library, a school library or a special library, the ILA Conference Program Committee wants to learn more about how you are building community connections, ensuring equitable access, demonstrating your library\u2019s relevance and impact in your community, and solidifying your library\u2019s role as a vital community resource hub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The submission deadline for proposals and talks is <strong>this Friday, April 3<\/strong>. More information, including the different session types and instructions for submitting a proposal, is available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ila.org\/events\/annual-conference\/call-for-proposals#participate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(via the Illinois Library Association) The deadline to submit program proposals and lightning talks for this year&#8217;s ILA Annual Conference (Tuesday, October 6 \u2013 Thursday, October 8, in Peoria) is quickly approaching! The Conference theme is \u201cFired Up &amp; Ready to Go: For All Illinois Libraries\u201d. Whether you are part of a large, urban library&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8,60,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-calls-and-requests","category-conferences-and-meetings-non-hsli","category-illinois-library-association","category-library-associations-non-hsli"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18901"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18902,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18901\/revisions\/18902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}