Main branch of Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington Ave. Evanston Public Library officials have been working with police to update emergency procedure
Ten members of Oakton College s administration, faculty and staff were recognized by the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) with Excellence Awards at the International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence in Austin, Texas, May 27-30.
Evanston Public Library board members ostensibly serve three-year terms. But, after four members’ terms expired in the past few years, Board President Tracy Fulce said City Council has yet to fill their positions. So the members continued showing up to work, in some cases for more than a year after the end of their terms,.
The Evanston Public Library’s Board of Trustees released responses to a community survey about desired traits for a new executive director, with transparency and relationships at the top of the list. Heather Norborg currently serves as the interim executive director, after Karen Danczak Lyons stepped down from her ten-year tenure in June. As part of.
Evanston Public Library hosted its first land acknowledgement Wednesday, recognizing that both Evanston and the library’s facilities lie on lands of Indigenous people. The acknowledgement, published on the library’s website, will now be read aloud at the start of all events and programs. “We acknowledge and honor the original people of this land, as well.