{"id":7997,"date":"2018-10-22T00:07:37","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T00:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hsli.org\/?p=7997"},"modified":"2018-10-22T00:07:37","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T00:07:37","slug":"save-the-dates-illinois-library-association-strategic-planning-focus-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/save-the-dates-illinois-library-association-strategic-planning-focus-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Save the Dates: Illinois Library Association Strategic-Planning Focus Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">(via the Illinois Library Association)<\/p>\n<table class=\"x_MsoNormalTable\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"x_MsoNormalTable\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">\n<table class=\"x_MsoNormalTable\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">ILA is planning a series of focus groups to understand what creates value for its members and stakeholders. The input received will be factored into creating a dynamic strategic plan with goals that will shape the future of ILA. Reservations to attend the focus groups will open on Monday, November 5, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Members, non-members and others interested in offering their input are encouraged to attend any (or all) of the focus groups.<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">November 14 &#8211; 3:00-4:30 p.m. at RAILS (Burr Ridge)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">November 19 &#8211; Noon-1:30 p.m. Online Session (open)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">November 26 &#8211; Noon-1:30 p.m. Online Session (ALA ethnic affiliates: AILA, APALA, BCALA, CALA, REFORMA; affiliate members are welcome to\u00a0participate in this or any other session of choice)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">November 28 &#8211; 9:00-10:30 a.m. IHLS (Carbondale)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">November 28 &#8211; 3:00-4:30 p.m. IHLS (Edwardsville)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">November 29 &#8211; 10:00-11:30 a.m. IHLS (Edwardsville)<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">December 5 &#8211; 3:00-4:30 p.m. ILA Office (Chicago)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Additional information will be posted on the ILA website and social media soon! For questions and more information, please contact Tamara Jenkins, ILA Communication and Engagement Manager, at (312) 644-1896 or <a href=\"mailto:tjenkins@ila.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">tjenkins@ila.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(via the Illinois Library Association) ILA is planning a series of focus groups to understand what creates value for its members and stakeholders. The input received will be factored into creating a dynamic strategic plan with goals that will shape the future of ILA. Reservations to attend the focus groups will open on Monday, November&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,60,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-calls-and-requests","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\/7997","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=7997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}