Library News

The restoration of Sycamore Library's 115 year-old Carnegie building windows—which began in March—is now complete! In addition to the windows, the crown, the pediment, and the metal letters on the pediment were also restored, and repairs were completed on several concrete window sills in the...

While it may be more challenging to run traditional summer camps this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Evanston Public Library continues to offer a wide variety of summer programming for teens. The new virtual summer lineup features activities including arts and crafts, music and movie groups...

While it may be more challenging to run traditional summer camps this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Evanston Public Library continues to offer a wide variety of summer programming for teens. The new virtual summer lineup features activities including arts and crafts, music and movie groups...

Vernon Area Public Library will continue building capacity for online and curbside services and will not open the building to the public in the near future -- a course recommended by library administrators and affirmed by the library board of trustees at their regular meeting on July 20, 2020. The...

To keep everyone safe and reading for fun, the Oak Park Public Library has gone virtual with this year's summer reading program. And while it looks different this year, kids and families are still getting the tangible benefits of reading and earning prize beads. 'The bead delivery was so joyful in...

Chillicothe, IL – Chillicothe Public Library is offering a free drive-in/walk-in outdoor screening of the new documentary John Lewis: Good Trouble on August 3. Partnering with Chillicothe Park District, which is providing the screening equipment, the library hopes this event will give local...

Chillicothe, IL – Chillicothe Public Library has been selected to participate in Libraries Lead with Digital Skills, an initiative of the American Library Association (ALA) and the Public Library Association (PLA), sponsored by Grow With Google, the tech company's economic opportunity initiative...

The Chicago Botanic Garden's Lenhardt Library is grateful to the Illinois State Library for grant funding to digitize documents of historic and cultural significance. The project is now complete and the results are viewable and searchable in the Illinois Digital Archives portal. Over the past two...

The Addison Public Library was recently awarded a grant to participate in the Libraries Lead with Digital Skills program, an initiative of the American Library Association (ALA) and the Public Library Association (PLA) that is sponsored by Google's 'Grow with Google' initiative. The goal of the...

Join us for another fun ZOOM program, as noted photo historian Richard Cahan discusses his book Chicago: Classic Photographs and shares images of the city going back more than a century. You won't want to miss this highly visual presentation filled with classic photographs that defy time — timeless...