2024-2025 Monthly Meet-ups Schedule

Join your colleagues from member institutions for informal discussions and networking.  Each month, a guest co-host will join NILRC Director, Lois Bruno, to discuss a specific topic of interest. 
Meet-ups are held monthly on the third Wednesday (unless otherwise noted) from 2 - 3 PM. 
Be sure to add the following opportunities to your calendar!

 September 18

Topic: Reserves

Co-host: Bryan Clark, Illinois Central College

 October 16

Topic: Collection Development for Foreign Language Materials

Co-host: Amy Pinc, Triton College

 November 20

Topic: Community Outreach

Co-host: Sarah Hill, Lake Land College

 January 15

Topic: Marketing Your Library Using Canva and Similar Applications

Co-host: Guillermo Gasca, Morton College

 February 19

Topic: TBD

Co-host: Amanda Avery, Parkland College

 March 19

Topic: NILRC Board Elections

Co-host: Sam Suber, Moraine Valley Community College

April 16

Topic: TBD

Co-host: Morgann Quilty, Parkland College

 May 21

Topic: TBD

Co-host: Christine Kuffel, Harper College

Spring 2024 Monthly Meetups!

Join ** your colleagues from member institutions for informal discussions and networking. Each month, a guest co-host will join NILRC Director, Lois Bruno, to discuss a specific topic of interest. Meetups are held monthly on the third Wednesday (unless otherwise noted) from 2 - 3 PM. Be sure to add the following opportunities to your calendar!

February 21
Topic: Archives workflows & discussion
Co-host: Russell Kracke, Oakton College

March 20
Topic: NILRC Board elections
Co-host: Bryan Clark, Illinois Central College

April 17
Topic: Challenges and opportunities for staffing in the post-pandemic college.
Co-host: Morgann Quilty, Parkland College

May 15
Topic: We survived another year, but how??
Co-h0st: TBD

**Please contact Lois Bruno at director@nilrc.org for the password if required.

NILRC Town Hall, Nov. 8 at 11 am

Dear NILRC Members,

 We are hosting a virtual Town Hall for all interested employees at NILRC institutions on Thursday, November 8, from 11 am-12 pm.   

Please join us at that time by using this link: https://zoom.us/j/6085234094

 We will be discussing our Strategic Plan as well as what we should start, change, or continue as an organization. We are especially interested in hearing from all employee groups.

 Mark your calendars for additional upcoming events and programming:

·         November 29: Info Lit Seminar on free and reusable multimedia (10 am, https://zoom.us/j/6085234094)

·         November 30: OER Summit (College of DuPage)

·         April 26: Learning Innovations Conference (Richland)

·         May 9: NILRC Council of Delegates Meeting (Lincoln Land)

·         October 3-4: NILRC Allerton Conference 2019

 Thank you.

 Regards,

Hilary Meyer

NILRC Chair