The RAILS staff in-service is scheduled for Thursday, May 7. No delivery routes will be run that day. If you have any questions, please contact CARLI support.

Due to sustainability, efficiency, and safety reasons, the Consortium for Academic & Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI), the Illinois Heartland Library System (IHLS), and the Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS) are announcing a change to the Illinois Library Delivery Service (ILDS).

Now through April 1 we are collecting the dates that your locations will be closed during summer break.

CARLI wants to hear from you regarding the performance of ILDS, so we have created a brief survey. Your feedback is key to the success of the ILDS program. To provide your input, please take a few moments to complete the survey. The survey will be covering ILDS service during 2025. The survey will remain open until the end of the day on February 25th, 2026.

Now through January 31 we are collecting the dates that your locations will be closed during spring break. Please complete the survey by January 31 so there is ample time to share the information with RAILS and IHLS. 

If you have any questions, please send an email to .

The CARLI office will be closed Wednesday, December 24 through Thursday, January 1. Regular hours will resume on Friday, January 2. 

The CARLI Office will also be closed in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday on January 19, 2026. 

The following is the list of days that ILDS will not provide service: 

There will be no ILDS service on Thursday, November 27 or Friday, November 28 due to the Thanksgiving holiday. The CARLI Office will also be closed on those days.

On Sunday, October 19, 2025, between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. CARLI staff will be performing maintenance on the ILDS website. The site may be down for short intervals during this period.

We apologize for any inconvenience.
 

The survey that CARLI staff use to collect your upcoming holiday closure information is now open. Please complete the survey no later than October 21 so there is ample time for us to share the information we gather with RAILS and IHLS.

There will be no ILDS service and the CARLI Office will be closed on September 1 due to the Labor Day holiday. Regular service will resume on September 2.