Library News

Schaumburg Library's Rasmussen Room was filled with 75 U.S. citizenship candidates from 25 countries on Friday, Sept. 15 as they awaited the reciting of the U.S. Naturalization Oath. They were welcomed by the branch chief of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, as well as Library Board...

The River Forest Library will be hosting its first ever Maker Fest! We are collaborating with a local River Forest resident for his Eagle Scout Badge. Various Chicagoland organizations will hosted at the Fest such as School of Rock, Oak Park Art League, South Side Hackerspace, and more. There will...

Mount Prospect residents and neighbors have begun to use the Mount Prospect Public Library's collection of Bulgarian materials, now housed in the Library's World Language Collection at the Main Library,10 South Emerson Street. The Library was pleased to host Ivan Anchev, Consul General of the...

Botanical Shakespeare lecture with author Gerit Quealy Free lecture, Sunday, October 15, 2017 at 1pm, Linnaeus Room, Chicago Botanic Garden Shakespearean scholar and author Gerit Quealy will discuss her newly published book Botanical Shakespeare: an Illustrated Compendium of All the Flowers, Fruits...

The Morton Public Library, Morton School District 709 Library, and Caterpillar, Inc. Engineering Library were the recipients of a RAILS Multitype Collaboration Microgrant to develop circulating STEM kits. We organized our project into the following website. Take a look! http://cat.libguides.com/...

Join us for the 6th Annual Oswego Literary Festival from 9am-1pm on Saturday, October 7. More than 40 Illinois authors will meet the public and sell their work. This is a fun and festive morning filled with music and camaraderie. Our featured speaker is Donna Seaman, Adult Books Editor for Booklist...

The Glen Ellyn Public Library and the B.R. Ryall YMCA team up to provide lectures, screenings, and exercise classes to promote physical health, mobility, economic security, and online safety for older adults. This is the third year the library has held a week of programming aimed at helping older...

A bright rainbow with shining pots of gold at each end topped the Schaumburg Township District Library float as it rolled along in the Septemberfest Parade on Labor Day. Created by the library's Graphic's Department, with help from the Maintenance staff, the float won the Septemberfest Chairman 's...

Last week the Blue Island Public Library received notification that it will be the recipient of a $4,000 Best Buy Grant geared toward "Igniting Teen Potential Through Technology", including coding, 3D printing and more. Alicia Diaz, Head of BIPL's Tech. Annex, wrote the funded grant, with help from...

Four years ago, the Glen Ellyn Public Library changed its summer reading program, challenging the community to read for a cause. Each year, the community heard the call and rose to the challenge. This year was no different. Kids in the community read for 75,179 hours and adults read 4,306 books!...