Library News

Artist Jacob Hashimoto stopped by the Oak Park Public Library in September. While in the area for the opening of his show at a Chicago gallery, he came to Oak Park to make repairs to parts of his intricate artwork in our library's permanent art collection , an 8-by-12-foot sculptural wall piece...

Everyone in Astoria was shocked and saddened when our district librarian of 30+ years, David P. Little, passed away right before school started. After the school board approved the motion, our school library was officially renamed the David P. Little Library to honor his service to the district.

Cathy Park Hong will discuss her bestselling book, "Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning," in a virtual conversation with Monica Eng, a reporter for Axios, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 4 via Zoom. The book has been called "a ruthlessly honest, emotionally charged, and utterly original...

By Oak Park Public Library Children's Librarian Shelley Harris October is the month especially set aside to celebrate and recognize various disabilities, including Augmentative and Alternative Communication Awareness Month , something dear to my heart as my brother uses a communication device to...

Stephen A. Jackson has accepted the Oak Park Public Library's new full-time position of Director of Equity and Anti-Racism. His first day in this new role will be Monday, October 11. Joining a handful of public libraries with similar equity-based leadership positions, the library created this...

Join the Oak Park Public Library on Sunday, October 24, at 2 pm for a virtual lecture and Q&A with author Michelle Kuo. Kuo's memoir, Reading With Patrick , discusses education, inequality, and incarceration, and asks, "What social transformation is necessary to change a life?" Register in Zoom...

A suburban library is launching a new project that aims to assist local musicians and potentially foster a new type of music community. The Streamwood-based Poplar Creek Poplar Creek Library calls the program, SOUNDWAVE.The initiative utilizes a digital platform called MUSICat, that allows...

Please stop by to checkout our display in honor of the 20th Anniversary of September 11. We have several books available for checkout. We also have a exciting in person program scheduled for Friday, September 24, 2021 at 6:30 pm " A Day We Will Always Remember: Sept 11, 2011" presented by historian...

Something suspicious is happening at YPL! Good thing we have a SUPERHERO ready to help out whenever she's needed! The staff at the Yorkville Public Library have created characters, Super Book Hero Ms. J and Ms. Treata Book, to show kids how to take care of their library books.

In our commitment to make the Robert W. Rowe Public Library welcoming and accessible to everyone, we are excited to announce the installation of ADA Power Doors at our front entrance. Thanks to Secretary of State Jesse White and a Live & Learn Accessibility Grant from the State of Illinois we...