Jan 21 4:00 pm IHLS Executive Committee Meeting Evans Public Library District Zoom Event Type(s) Meeting PDH Available No Sponsor Illinois Heartland Library System
Jan 22 1:00 pm Canceled: RSA Basic Workflows Patron Registration Microsoft Teams Event Type(s) Webinar PDH Available No Sponsor Resource Sharing Alliance Canceled: RSA Basic Workflows Patron Registration
Jan 22 1:00 pm IHLS Directors Chat Virtual Location Event Type(s) Discussion Networking Social PDH Available No Sponsor Illinois Heartland Library System IHLS Directors Chat
Jan 22 1:30 pm SWAN Discovery and User Experience Working Group Zoom Event Type(s) Meeting PDH Available No Sponsor SWAN Library Services - System Wide Automated Network SWAN Discovery and User Experience Working Group
Jan 23 9:30 am SWAN Board Meeting Itasca Community Library Event Type(s) Meeting PDH Available No Sponsor SWAN Library Services - System Wide Automated Network SWAN Board Meeting
Jan 23 9:30 am Assistant/Deputy Directors Quarterly Meeting Oak Park Public Library (Main Library) Event Type(s) Meeting PDH Available No Sponsor RAILS Assistant Directors
Jan 23 10:00 am Technical Services Networking Group Zoom Event Type(s) Meeting PDH Available No Sponsor RAILS Technical Services Networking Group
Jan 23 10:30 am CANCELED to be RESCHEDULED-RAILS Music Librarianship Group to the Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection, January 23 2026 Chicago Public Library (Woodson Regional Library) Event Type(s) Meeting PDH Available No Sponsor RAILS Music Librarianship Group
Jan 23 1:00 pm RAILS Board Meeting RAILS Burr Ridge Deirdre Brennan Meeting Room/Videoconference Room RAILS East Peoria Conference/Videoconference Room Event Type(s) Meeting PDH Available No Sponsor Reaching Across Illinois Library System RAILS Board Meeting
Jan 26 8:00 am Subject Analysis — a CMC cataloging course Moodle Event Type(s) Training Course PDH Available No Sponsor Illinois Heartland Library System Illinois State Library Subject Analysis — a CMC cataloging course
Jan 26 10:00 am RAILS Board Consortia Committee Meeting RAILS Burr Ridge Deirdre Brennan Meeting Room/Videoconference Room RAILS East Peoria Conference/Videoconference Room RAILS Coal Valley Videoconference Room Zoom Event Type(s) Meeting PDH Available No Sponsor Reaching Across Illinois Library System RAILS Board Consortia Committee Meeting
Jan 26 12:00 pm The Magic of Monthly Books: How Dolly Parton's Imagination Library Inspires Young Readers Zoom Event Type(s) Webinar PDH Available No Sponsor Illinois Library Association The Magic of Monthly Books: How Dolly Parton's Imagination Library Inspires Young Readers
Jan 27 9:00 am SHARE Your Cataloging Questions Zoom Event Type(s) Meeting Training Discussion Networking PDH Available No Sponsor Illinois Heartland Library System SHARE - Sharing Heartland's Available Resources Equally SHARE Your Cataloging Questions
Jan 27 11:00 am SWAN Fireside Chat Zoom Event Type(s) Meeting PDH Available No Sponsor SWAN Library Services - System Wide Automated Network SWAN Fireside Chat
Jan 27 5:00 pm Canceled: IHLS Board of Directors Meeting IHLS Edwardsville Upstairs Common Space IHLS Carbondale Service Center Room 107D/Videoconference Room IHLS Champaign Large Videoconference/Training Center C.E. Brehm Memorial Public Library District Effingham Public Library (Suzette Brumleve Memorial) Illinois State Library (Gwendolyn Brooks Building) Zoom Event Type(s) Meeting PDH Available No Sponsor Illinois Heartland Library System Canceled: IHLS Board of Directors Meeting
Jan 28 10:00 am RAILS Board Policy Committee Meeting RAILS Burr Ridge Room B/Videoconference Room Engineering Systems, Incorporated (Library) Frankfort Public Library District Zoom Event Type(s) Meeting PDH Available No Sponsor Reaching Across Illinois Library System RAILS Board Policy Committee Meeting
Jan 28 10:00 am Where Is AI in 2026 and Where Is It Going? Zoom Event Type(s) Training Webinar PDH Available No Sponsor Illinois Heartland Library System Where Is AI in 2026 and Where Is It Going?
Jan 28 10:30 am PrairieCat Delegates Assembly Meeting RAILS Coal Valley Videoconference Room Freeport Public Library New Lenox Public Library District Princeton Public Library Event Type(s) Meeting PDH Available No Sponsor PrairieCat PrairieCat Delegates Assembly Meeting
Jan 28 12:00 pm ChatGPT: A Libr-AI-rian's Sidekick Zoom Event Type(s) Webinar PDH Available No Sponsor Illinois Library Association ChatGPT: A Libr-AI-rian's Sidekick
Jan 29 9:00 am RSA Online Basic WorkFlows Cataloging Workshop Microsoft Teams Event Type(s) Training PDH Available No Sponsor Resource Sharing Alliance RSA Online Basic WorkFlows Cataloging Workshop
Jan 29 10:00 am Small Public Libraries Meeting Sherman Public Library District (Sherman Public Library District) Event Type(s) Networking PDH Available No Sponsor Small Public Libraries Get-Together Illinois Heartland Library System
Jan 29 1:00 pm IHLS Directors Chat Virtual Location Event Type(s) Discussion Networking Social PDH Available No Sponsor Illinois Heartland Library System IHLS Directors Chat
Jan 30 2:00 pm SWAN ILL/Quarterly Billing Office Hours Zoom Event Type(s) Training PDH Available No Sponsor SWAN Library Services - System Wide Automated Network SWAN ILL/Quarterly Billing Office Hours
Feb 03 10:00 am SWAN Committee of the Whole meeting Zoom Event Type(s) Meeting PDH Available No Sponsor SWAN Library Services - System Wide Automated Network SWAN Committee of the Whole meeting
Feb 03 10:00 am PrairieCat Training Committee Meeting Zoom Event Type(s) Meeting PDH Available No Sponsor PrairieCat PrairieCat Training Committee Meeting
Feb 03 1:00 pm Panel: Addressing Caregiver Questions About Emergent Literacy Zoom Event Type(s) Program PDH Available No Sponsor Emergent Readers & Lower Elementary
Feb 03 2:00 pm RAILS Member Meetup: Black Hawk College Quad Cities Campus Black Hawk College (Library) PDH Available Yes Contact Hours 1.00 hour Sponsor Reaching Across Illinois Library System RAILS Member Meetup: Black Hawk College Quad Cities Campus
Feb 03 3:00 pm Preschool Outreach Programmers Winter 2026 Zoom Event Type(s) Networking PDH Available No Sponsor Preschool Outreach Programmers
Feb 04 9:30 am Circulation RoundTable Messenger Public Library of North Aurora Event Type(s) Meeting PDH Available No Sponsor Circulation Roundtable
Feb 04 10:00 am Illinois Employment Law Update Virtual Location Event Type(s) Webinar PDH Available No Sponsor Illinois Heartland Library System Illinois Employment Law Update
Feb 04 12:00 pm How Not to Panic: Media Training for Library Staff Zoom Event Type(s) Webinar PDH Available No Sponsor Illinois Library Association How Not to Panic: Media Training for Library Staff
Feb 05 1:00 pm RSA Online Bibload Workshop Microsoft Teams Event Type(s) Training PDH Available No Sponsor Resource Sharing Alliance RSA Online Bibload Workshop
Feb 05 1:00 pm IHLS Directors Chat Virtual Location Event Type(s) Discussion Networking Social PDH Available No Sponsor Illinois Heartland Library System IHLS Directors Chat
Feb 05 2:00 pm West Suburban Adult Programmers (WSAP) Meeting Zoom Event Type(s) Meeting PDH Available No Sponsor West Suburban Adult Programmers West Suburban Adult Programmers (WSAP) Meeting
Feb 06 9:30 am LACONI Technical Services Section Acquisitions Round-Up Zoom Event Type(s) Program PDH Available No Sponsor LACONI LACONI Technical Services Section Acquisitions Round-Up
Feb 06 10:30 am PrairieCat Administrative Council Meeting Reddick Public Library District Event Type(s) Meeting PDH Available No Sponsor PrairieCat PrairieCat Administrative Council Meeting
Feb 09 4:00 pm IHLS Finance Committee Meeting Zoom IHLS Edwardsville 1st Floor Multipurpose Room Event Type(s) Meeting PDH Available No Sponsor Illinois Heartland Library System