Library News

Two of the Evanston Public Library's most accomplished children's librarians are the perfect guides to reveal the state of excellence and diversity among picture books published in 2018. They'll present Best Picture Books of 2018, on Saturday, December 1, at 10 am in the Community Meeting Room of...

Brookfield Public Library and Career Online High School graduated its first combined class on Sunday, October 28, 2018 at the Library. The ceremony featured remarks by Library Director Kimberly Coughran and Frank Murray, Head of Reference & Electronic Services and the Library's Career Online...

Kane County Law Library & Self Help Legal Center receives a $12,000 grant, a Self-Represented Litigant Coordinator and an Illinois JusticeCorps Fellow

EPL is one of just five libraries in the country to offer this innovative service. Want to read a new book but can't make it to the library? No problem. No library card? You don't need one. With the EPL launch of pop-up libraries, you can check out a digital book in locations across Evanston with a...

La Biblioteca Pública de Evanston se complace en dar la bienvenida a Mariana Bojorquez, la nueva bibliotecaria Latina. Bojorquez, quien se unió a la biblioteca en septiembre, coordinará y trabajará para establecer servicios informativos para la comunidad Latino en Evanston, tanto adentro como...

National GFBNEC Exhibition Unveils Little-Known History of Peoria, Bradley University LOS ANGELES and PEORIA, IL (Oct 29, 2018)— Bradley University, in partnership with the Peoria Public Library, will host "Courage and Compassion: Our Shared Story of the Japanese American World War II Experience"...

The College of Lake County John C. Murphy Memorial Library is applying for a NEA Big Read Book Grant . We are looking for Lake County partners who are interested in helping develop a proposal, coordinate events, and select a book title from the selection list. (Programming dates are September 1,...

Write a Novel in 30 Days at the Joliet Junior College Library this November. All aspiring novelists are invited to participate in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) at the JJC Library. Whether you are student or staff, a faculty or community member, the Library welcomes you to "Come Write In...

Warrenville Library's 18,000-piece Puzzle Masterpiece How does an everyday pastime turn into a work of art? When an 18,000-piece puzzle is completed by a few dozen community members then hung for all to admire. What started as a playful addition to the Library's jigsaw puzzle table soon became a...

Big rewards can happen in the tiniest of ways. That is what more than 500 patrons discovered at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library (AHML) on October 6 when they attended the library's kick-off event for Inclusion Awareness Month. The Saturday morning program featured two mini therapy ponies,...