Illinois State Library

Adult and Family Literacy Resource Bins

What are Resource Bins?

Resource bins are a collection of materials, such as books, videos, articles, or other media, on one topic. Resource bins will provide information on developing and implementing volunteer-delivered adult literacy services or family literacy programming. Bins are large, lidded plastic boxes or zippered bags containing these materials.

What topics are available?

Although some topics have several bins, no two bins contain exactly the same materials. View the complete list of the items in each bin.

How do I borrow a resource bin?

Resource bins are shipped to local libraries from the Illinois State Library (ISL) using the Illinois Library Delivery System (ILDS) and returned the same way. This system is free to the borrower. Secure permission to ship the materials to a library, then contact Jo Anne Hughes at the ISL Literacy Office at 217/785-6922 or 1-800-665-5576 (#3) and request the bin(s) you’d like to borrow. Include the following in your request:

• The name and number of the resource bin
• Date you would like to receive it
• Contact person’s name and phone number at the library
• Library name
• Library system to send the resource bin to

Some bins are heavy so you may need a wheeled carrier to transport it. Please fax the receipt form to JoAnne Hughes at 217/785-6927confirming that the bin has arrived.

How to return a resource collection

Ship the resource bin back to the ISL Literacy Office within one month via the ILDS at your library. Repack it as you found it. Please replace any materials used or lost while you had the bin.