(via RAILS)
All staff from all types of RAILS libraries are invited to join us for the next member update on Thursday, October 3, from 10 a.m.-noon. You can participate at a scheduled videoconference location or via Zoom. RAILS will be using Zoom (web conference/webinar) for our member updates moving forward.
Choose Zoom as your location when you register in L2, and you will receive an email with instructions for joining the update. Register now.
Topics for discussion include:
- An update on RAILS census activities, including a possible grant from the Illinois Department of Human Services
- The latest on our My Library Is… campaign
- Update on grant project to recreate L2
- Ways members can engage with RAILS at the October AISLE and ILA conferences
- Update on RAILS efforts to help the unserved in Illinois, including results of our recent survey of RAILS public libraries
- The latest news on inkie.org, a suite of free resources to support local authors that launches October 1
- Reports from RAILS member libraries: East Moline Public Library’s capital campaign, including video testimonials from library users to support the campaign; the Bike the Trail Library to Library project; and Marist High School’s partnership with Blue Island Public Library to create Escape Room learning games for kids/teens