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The Reaching Across Illinois Library System is a regional library system consisting of 1,300 public, academic, special, and school library members, representing more than 3,500 library facilities in Northern Illinois.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Members )〕 The regional library system was created in 2011 when the Alliance Library System, DuPage Library System, Metropolitan Library System, North Suburban Library System, and Prairie Area Library System merged.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Merger 2011 )〕 In Illinois, regional library systems were established by state law. 〔http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=991&ChapterID=16 〕 Member libraries must certify that they meet membership requirements annually.〔https://www.railslibraries.info/sites/default/files/attach/28152/certification_faq_update_jan_2015.pdf 〕 The systems are funded by annual system area and per capita grants from the Illinois State Library.〔https://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/library/libraries/libsystems.html〕 ==Activities== The library system through the eRead Illinois program has been actively working with Baker & Taylor to make e-books accessible to its members.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jesse White promotes eRead Illinois Program )〕 The library system has worked with the Illinois Library Association and received support from the American Library Association Digital Content Working Group, the Public Library Association (PLA), and the Illinois Heartland Library System on the annual Soon to be Famous Illinois Author project, which recognizes a self-published author of adult fiction.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Self-published authors can enter Soon to Be Famous Illinois Author contest )〕 This initiative received the John Cotton Dana Public Relations Award from the American Library Association in 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Announcing the 2015 winners of the John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Awards )〕 Other services the library system provides include shared catalogs, continuing education opportunities, consulting, group purchases, and delivery of interlibrary loan materials.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RAILS Services to Member Libraries )〕 The library system maintains a YouTube channel. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Reaching Across Illinois Library System」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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