Library News

The Illinois Lapsit Leaders group is proud to announce a new chapter for our more suburban librarians! Lapsit Leaders is composed of Youth Services Librarians of Northern Illinois that are focused on joyfully celebrating the unique growth and development of children, birth to three years, through...

Kelvin Grove School's LRC opens for students each Tuesday and Wednesday in July from 10 am - 3 pm. Students can chill, read and create -- and check out books during summer. LRC Coordinator Sharon Bruemmer keeps the LRC open so that students have a safe place to "drop in" and relax and get encourage...

The White Oak Library District is hosting its 2nd Annual Comic Convention – Comicopolis -- in partnership with Amazing Fantasy Books and Comics and the City of Lockport's Summer Arts Series on Saturday, August 6, 2016, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at its Lockport Branch Library located at 121 E. 8th...

In its continuing effort to preserve local history, the Batavia Public Library recently completed a Civil War Letters and Diaries Digitization Project. The project included the transcription and digitization of letters and diaries written by Batavia soldiers, chronicling their experiences from 1861...

Ela Area Public Library is celebrating another milestone – record-breaking attendance. During the fiscal year that ended June 30 (FY 15-16), visitorship reached 421,366. This is the highest attendance since 2010 when 405,530 people used the Library. "This record-breaking visitor count is a good...

The Downers Grove Public Library will be a little dustier and a little noisier as various construction projects are underway July 5 - 26. Lighting fixtures will be added to Conference Room A to improve visibility and fabric acoustical panels will be replaced throughout the building. Some areas will...

Staley, the mascot for the Chicago Bears, will be taking part in SummerFest 2016! He is visiting the Morris Area Public Library on Saturday, July 9 at 1 PM, to Bear Down on Bullies. Staley is being hosted by the children's department, but grown ups are welcome to attend. For questions regarding...

The Rock Island Library will move its OverDrive Advantage title digital holdings to the OmniLibraries (Online Media of Northern Illinois) OverDrive collection on July 1. The group of 87 library members collectively offer access to more than 33,000 digital eBooks, audiobooks and streaming videos via...

From Saturday, June 18 through Sunday, August 28, the community can explore the evolution of the American backyard at Patios, Pools, & the Invention of the American Backyard exhibit. Through rare photographs, historic drawings and period advertisements, Patios, Pools, & the Invention of the...

The Rock Island Public Library, Rock Island, IL, has always been a home for words, and starting this fall, it will also serve as a new home for those who create the written word. Beginning September 1, the Midwest Writing Center (MWC) will have a new home at the Rock Island Public Library's Main...