Library News

The Illinois Library Association (ILA) Youth Services Forum has awarded Children's Librarian Shelley Harris with the 2021 Golden Ticket Award for her "outstanding local contribution" to young people through programs that "promote a love of literature and instill positive feelings about libraries."...

From Gail Borden Public Library - Join the author of our One Book One Community selection News of the World , Paulette Jiles, as she discusses her best-selling novel, News of the World . Please register at http://attend.gailborden.info/event/5136128 for this Zoom program. Bestselling novelist...

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East Dundee – The Fox River Valley Public Library District Board of Trustees has named Amy Dodson as the next Executive Director to lead the library district. Dodson inherits the reins of a long-standing institution beloved by its diverse community. Her start date is Monday, August 23. "Amy brings...

The tech desk, part of the Innovation and Digital Learning department, has always been on the front lines of the Evanston Public Library's service to the community. Located on the Main Library's third floor, its team is tasked with assisting patrons in using the computers, printers, and other...

Chillicothe Public Library District is partnering with PCs for People to help get low-cost computers and affordable internet into the homes of qualifying individuals. PCs for People, a non-profit organization dedicated to bridging the digital divide, refurbishes used technology and then provides it...

A young Black girl enters her local public library. Her eyes dart between shelves, scanning for picture books that excite her. Book after book, she searches for a main character who looks like her. The problem is, these aren't always easy to find. She doesn't know that there are more picture books...

The Crest Hill Branch is going to the dogs in the largest dog-themed, dog adoption event at a public library in the United States! We'll use our extensive outdoor yard to feature a variety of rescue organizations, veterinary services, and small business retailers, as well as Library-related...

Join us Tuesday, June 22, 2021 in-person at the Crest Hill Branch or online from home for a presentation by local author Amy Kinzer Steidinger. Steidinger's most recent book is Joliet Prison Blues: A Century of Stories, and last year she published Old Joliet Prison: When Convicts Wore Stripes. Lots...

Stop by the Robert Rowe Library on Saturday, July 3 and Sunday, July 4th for our annual 4th of July Used Book Sale. We have fiction, non-fiction, young adult, children's and board books for sale. All items are only .25 cents each. Fill up those book shelves. All proceeds benefit the Robert Rowe...