Apr 22 1:00 pm CCS BiblioCore: Overview, Search, and Borrowing Zoom Event Type(s) Training PDH Available No Sponsor Cooperative Computer Services CCS BiblioCore: Overview, Search, and Borrowing
Apr 22 1:30 pm LEAP Basic Circulation Training — A SHARE Circulation Class IHLS Champaign Large Videoconference/Training Center Event Type(s) Training PDH Available No Sponsor SHARE - Sharing Heartland's Available Resources Equally Illinois Heartland Library System LEAP Basic Circulation Training — A SHARE Circulation Class
Apr 22 2:15 pm SHARE Executive Council Budget Review IHLS Edwardsville 1st Floor Multipurpose Room Rend Lake College (Learning Resource Center) Six Mile Regional Library District (Johnson Road) O'Fallon Public Library Belleville Public Library Decatur Public Library Bement Public Library District Effingham Public Library (Suzette Brumleve Memorial) Kaskaskia College (Library) C.E. Brehm Memorial Public Library District Mahomet Public Library District Mount Pulaski 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 Executive Council Budget Review
Apr 23 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
Apr 23 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
Apr 23 2:30 pm SWAN membership strategic planning event Oak Brook Public Library Event Type(s) Other PDH Available No Sponsor SWAN Library Services - System Wide Automated Network SWAN membership strategic planning event
Apr 24 9:30 am Rails Assistant/Deputy Directors Quarterly Meeting Orland Park Public Library Event Type(s) Meeting PDH Available No Sponsor RAILS Assistant Directors
Apr 24 9:30 am Choose Your Own Adventure: A Youth Services Unconference Wheaton Public Library Event Type(s) Program PDH Available No Sponsor LACONI
Apr 24 10:30 am RAILS Networking Event and Lunch Northern Illinois University (Founders Memorial Library) Event Type(s) Networking PDH Available Yes Contact Hours 5.50 hours Sponsor Reaching Across Illinois Library System RAILS Networking Event and Lunch
Apr 24 1:00 pm RAILS Board Meeting Northern Illinois University (Founders Memorial Library) 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
Apr 27 8:00 am Cataloging Basics — a CMC cataloging course Moodle Event Type(s) Training Course PDH Available Yes Contact Hours 15.00 hours Sponsor Illinois Heartland Library System Illinois State Library Cataloging Basics — a CMC cataloging course
Apr 27 10:00 am RESCHEDULED Member Event: Ela Public Library Forge Makerspace Visit Ela Area Public Library District PDH Available No Sponsor Reaching Across Illinois Library System RESCHEDULED Member Event: Ela Public Library Forge Makerspace Visit
Apr 28 9:00 am Directors University Advanced Pere Marquette Lodge & Conference Center Event Type(s) Meeting Program Training Special Event PDH Available No Sponsor Illinois Library Association Reaching Across Illinois Library System Illinois Heartland Library System Directors University Advanced
Apr 28 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
Apr 28 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
Apr 28 1:00 pm PrairieCat Circulation Committee Meeting Zoom Event Type(s) Meeting PDH Available No Sponsor PrairieCat PrairieCat Circulation Committee Meeting
Apr 28 1:30 pm SWAN membership strategic planning event Villa Park Public Library Event Type(s) Other PDH Available No Sponsor SWAN Library Services - System Wide Automated Network SWAN membership strategic planning event
Apr 28 2:00 pm Human Resources & Administration Forum (HRAF) Roundtable Zoom Event Type(s) Meeting Discussion Networking PDH Available No Sponsor Illinois Library Association Human Resources & Administration Forum (HRAF) Roundtable
Apr 28 5:00 pm 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 IHLS Board of Directors Meeting
Apr 29 10:30 am PrairieCat Delegates Assembly Meeting Senica's Oak Ridge Golf Club Event Type(s) Meeting PDH Available No Sponsor PrairieCat PrairieCat Delegates Assembly Meeting
Apr 29 1:00 pm SWAN Discussion: Choose the Fate of the Item - Use It or Lose It Crete Public Library District Event Type(s) Discussion PDH Available No Sponsor SWAN Library Services - System Wide Automated Network SWAN Discussion: Choose the Fate of the Item - Use It or Lose It
Apr 29 1:30 pm LEAP Basic Circulation Training — A SHARE Circulation Class IHLS Carbondale Service Center Room 106F Event Type(s) Training PDH Available No Sponsor SHARE - Sharing Heartland's Available Resources Equally Illinois Heartland Library System LEAP Basic Circulation Training — A SHARE Circulation Class
Apr 30 10:00 am SHAREables Book Leasing Demo Zoom Event Type(s) Vendor Demonstration PDH Available No Sponsor SHARE - Sharing Heartland's Available Resources Equally Illinois Heartland Library System SHAREables Book Leasing Demo
Apr 30 10:30 am Southwest Adult Programmers (SWAP) Meeting Three Rivers Public Library District (Minooka Location) Three Rivers Public Library District (Minooka Location) Event Type(s) Meeting PDH Available No Sponsor Southwest Adult Programmers Group
Apr 30 12:00 pm RSA In-Person Basic WorkFlows Cataloging Workshop Prairie Creek Public Library District Event Type(s) Training PDH Available No Sponsor Resource Sharing Alliance RSA In-Person Basic WorkFlows Cataloging Workshop
Apr 30 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
Apr 30 3:30 pm RAILS Board Nominating Committee Meeting RAILS Burr Ridge Room B/Videoconference Room Cook Memorial Public Library District (Aspen Drive Library) Crystal Lake Public Library Event Type(s) Meeting PDH Available No Sponsor Reaching Across Illinois Library System RAILS Board Nominating Committee Meeting
May 01 9:30 am RAILS YS Programmer Group Meeting Zoom Event Type(s) Meeting PDH Available No Sponsor Youth Programmers Group
May 01 10:00 am Collection Development Networking Group - May 2026 Meeting Schaumburg Township District Library (Main Library) Zoom Event Type(s) Networking PDH Available No Sponsor Collection Development Librarians Networking Group
May 01 10:00 am RAILS Member Meetup: Fountaindale Public Library Fountaindale Public Library District Event Type(s) Meeting PDH Available Yes Contact Hours 1.00 hour Sponsor Reaching Across Illinois Library System RAILS Member Meetup: Fountaindale Public Library
May 04 4:00 pm IHLS Policy & Membership Committee Meeting Zoom IHLS Edwardsville 1st Floor Multipurpose Room Event Type(s) Meeting PDH Available No Sponsor Illinois Heartland Library System
May 05 10:00 am Canceled: PrairieCat Training Committee Meeting Zoom Event Type(s) Meeting PDH Available No Sponsor PrairieCat Canceled: PrairieCat Training Committee Meeting
May 05 10:00 am PrairieCat Resource Sharing Summit DeKalb Public Library Event Type(s) Special Event PDH Available No Sponsor PrairieCat PrairieCat Resource Sharing Summit
May 05 1:30 pm Library Marketing Meetup - May Meeting Oak Park Public Library (Main Library) Event Type(s) Networking PDH Available No Sponsor Library Marketing Meetup (LMM)
May 06 9:30 am Circulation RoundTable Glen Ellyn Public Library Event Type(s) Meeting PDH Available No Sponsor Circulation Roundtable
May 06 9:30 am ILVAN Meeting (Illinois Library Volunteer Administrator Network) Zoom Event Type(s) Networking PDH Available No Sponsor Illinois Library Volunteer Administrators
May 06 10:00 am Spring 2026 LEARN Meeting People's Resource Center Event Type(s) Meeting PDH Available No Sponsor Libraries' English and Reading Network
May 06 1:00 pm Renegade Reference of West Central Illinois Morton Public Library District Event Type(s) Discussion PDH Available No Sponsor Renegade Reference of West Central Illinois
May 06 2:00 pm RAILS Networking Group Conveners Club Zoom Event Type(s) Networking PDH Available No Sponsor Reaching Across Illinois Library System RAILS Networking Group Conveners Club
May 06 3:00 pm IHLS Advocacy & Education Committee Meeting Zoom IHLS Edwardsville 1st Floor Multipurpose Room Event Type(s) Meeting PDH Available No Sponsor Illinois Heartland Library System
May 07 8:30 am RAILS Closed All Day for Staff In-Service N/A PDH Available No Sponsor Reaching Across Illinois Library System RAILS Closed All Day for Staff In-Service
