Library Citizens’ Academy

In an effort to educate the community and garner support for the Rock Island Public Library, staffers launched the first-ever “Rock Island Public Library Citizens’ Academy,” a four-week deep dive of “all things library.”

The Monday meetings invited the public to come and learn about library administration, collection development, the different departments, and planning for the future. Not knowing what to expect for turnout, the staff was pleasantly surprised that more than 15 people attended each session. The final session concluded with a “graduation” and honorary librarian ceremony.

During this webinar, you'll learn about the series, what worked and what didn’t, and share evaluations from attendees to help other libraries in Illinois create their own citizens’ academies.

For more information on this webinar, including speaker bio, visit the ILA event page.

IMPORTANT: Attendees are not allowed to use AI notetakers, summarizers, etc. or record webinars. You will be removed from the webinar if the ILA moderator sees you using one of these services and continued use may result in a temporary or permanent ban from attending Noon Network webinars.

All ILA Noon Network webinars are free. Registration for all live webinars is limited to Illinois libraries. Recordings of webinars will be available to ILA personal and institutional members in the Noon Network Archive 1-3 days after the live event if the speaker(s) has allowed us to record the webinar. View the ILA Noon Network homepage (above link) for instructions on how institutional members can access the recordings.

If you have an idea for a future webinar or would like to present please email ILA Communications and Engagement Manager Tamara Jenkins at tjenkins@ila.org.