Jan 15 10:00 am IHLS Members Matter & Third Thursday CE Zoom Event Type(s) Meeting Program Webinar Discussion Networking PDH Available No Sponsor Illinois Heartland Library System IHLS Members Matter & Third Thursday CE
Jan 15 10:30 am PrairieCat Libraries Mobile - Quarterly Check-In and Q&A Zoom Event Type(s) Meeting PDH Available No Sponsor PrairieCat PrairieCat Libraries Mobile - Quarterly Check-In and Q&A
Jan 15 12:00 pm WorldShare ILL Borrowing - Manage ILL requests as Borrower WebEx Event Type(s) Training PDH Available No Sponsor SWAN Library Services - System Wide Automated Network WorldShare ILL Borrowing - Manage ILL requests as Borrower
Jan 15 2:00 pm MEPL January Meeting Tri-Township Public Library District Event Type(s) Networking PDH Available No Sponsor MEPL - Metro-East Public Library Management Group Illinois Heartland Library System
Jan 16 11:00 am ILA Marketing Forum Roundtable: Accessibility Beyond the Building Zoom Event Type(s) Webinar Discussion PDH Available No Sponsor Illinois Library Association ILA Marketing Forum Roundtable: Accessibility Beyond the Building
Jan 17 8:30 am iLEAD Trustee Learning Portal Statewide Workshop Zoom Event Type(s) Training Webinar Vendor Demonstration PDH Available No Sponsor Illinois Heartland Library System iLEAD Trustee Learning Portal Statewide Workshop
Jan 19 12:00 am Martin Luther King Jr. Day (IHLS closed) IHLS Edwardsville 1st Floor Multipurpose Room IHLS Champaign Large Videoconference/Training Center IHLS Carbondale Service Center Room 106F Event Type(s) Closing PDH Available No Sponsor Illinois Heartland Library System
Jan 20 1:00 pm Cook County Digital Navigator Network Mini Pilot Coworking Event Zoom PDH Available No Sponsor Reaching Across Illinois Library System Cook County Digital Navigator Network Mini Pilot Coworking Event
Jan 20 3:00 pm Libraries + Education: Creating Community through Collaboration Zoom Event Type(s) Other PDH Available Yes Contact Hours 1.00 hour Sponsor Illinois Heartland Library System Reaching Across Illinois Library System Libraries + Education: Creating Community through Collaboration
Jan 20 7:00 pm Libraries + Education: Creating Community through Collaboration Zoom Event Type(s) Other PDH Available Yes Contact Hours 1.00 hour Sponsor Illinois Heartland Library System Reaching Across Illinois Library System Libraries + Education: Creating Community through Collaboration
Jan 21 9:30 am SWAN Circulation Working Group Zoom Event Type(s) Meeting PDH Available No Sponsor SWAN Library Services - System Wide Automated Network SWAN Circulation Working Group
Jan 21 9:30 am January YALD Meeting Zoom Event Type(s) Meeting PDH Available No Sponsor Young Adult Librarian Discussion Group
Jan 21 10:00 am Canceled: PrairieCat Resource Sharing Committee Meeting Zoom Event Type(s) Meeting PDH Available No Sponsor PrairieCat Canceled: PrairieCat Resource Sharing Committee Meeting
Jan 21 10:00 am SHARE Finance and Policy Committee Meeting IHLS Edwardsville 1st Floor Multipurpose Room Six Mile Regional Library District (Johnson Road) C.E. Brehm Memorial Public Library District Mount Pulaski Public Library District Mahomet Public Library District Fairview Heights Public Library Lakeview College of Nursing Library Mason City Public Library District Zoom Event Type(s) Meeting PDH Available No Sponsor Illinois Heartland Library System SHARE - Sharing Heartland's Available Resources Equally SHARE Finance and Policy Committee Meeting
Jan 21 1:00 pm CCS SCRAP Advisory Group Zoom Event Type(s) Meeting PDH Available No Sponsor Cooperative Computer Services
Jan 21 2:00 pm Moline Area Gathering of Librarians East Moline Public Library Event Type(s) Networking PDH Available No Sponsor Moline Area Gathering of Librarians
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
