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.
There will be no ILDS delivery on Monday, May 26 due to the Memorial Day holiday. The CARLI Offices will also be closed.
Here are a couple of ILDS Tips for the month of May:
Tip #1- If you are unable to connect to the ILDS label system, there are back up labels and manifests on the ILDS website that can used to send items through ILDS: https://www.illinoisdelivers.net/docs
Here are a couple of ILDS Tips for the month of May:
Tip #1- If you are unable to connect to the ILDS label system, there are back up labels and manifests on the ILDS website that can used to send items through ILDS: https://www.illinoisdelivers.net/docs
On Thursday, May 15, Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS) is holding a staff in-service day. There will be no ILDS delivery from RAILS on that day. Normal delivery will resume on May 16.
Libraries that receive delivery from IHLS will be unaffected on this day.
On Monday, May 12, Illinois Heartland Library System (IHLS) will be closed for their Annual Staff Day. There will be no ILDS delivery from IHLS on that day. Normal delivery will resume on May 13.
Libraries that receive delivery from RAILS will be unaffected on this date.