Library News

Each month, Peoria Public Library offers "Music in the McKenzie," a free concert at the North Branch. Concerts are held on Sunday afternoons and offer a chance for the public to hear acoustic music of all types. The first concert of the year featured Flatland Harmony Experiment and was covered by...

The Forest Park Public Library, Board, and staff wish to thank Rodger Brayden for 12 years of wonderful service. We wish him well in his retirement and future endeavors. We also welcome Marilyn Boria as interim director. See more in this article in the Forest Park Review . Submitted by Forest Park...

In 1891, the Ladies Library Association began a small reading room above the Farmers and Merchants Bank on the northeast corner of Main and Curtiss. It held almost 700 items. In 1915, a new brick building was built with financial help from the Carnegie Foundation at the library's current location...

The Mount Prospect Public Library's new Teen Space on the Second Floor is a great place to study or take a break from studying, play games or create something, lounge with a book, listen to music, or gather with friends and make new ones. The Teen Space is open during regular Library hours for 6th...

Jan.-Mar. 2016 newsletter that includes library's programs and events related to #DiscoverWill: Illinois Libraries Celebrate the First Folio . For the complete library newsletter, please follow this link: http://www.wauclib.org/programs/focus/2016/Winter2016.pdf For more information about the First...

After 31 years of service to the Schaumburg Township District Library (STDL), Literacy Coordinator Pat Barch is retiring. Barch has helped countless people become U.S. citizens and played a key role in establishing the library as a host for U.S. Naturalization Oath ceremonies. In September, she was...

The Glen Ellyn Public Library Youth Department is once more open to the public and ready to welcome the kids and parents of Glen Ellyn to our beautiful new space. Located in the back of the department, the new play area is a hive of activity. Kids gravitate towards the pinwheel-shaped discovery...

The Evanston Public Library kicks off the EPL Literary Salon in January 2016. The Literary Salon is a monthly gathering that welcomes all enthusiasts of children's books to discuss and explore a variety of topics on written works for young people. The Literary Salon is moderated by Betsy Bird, the...

The Walmart Foundation recently awarded a $1000 Community Grant to LRC Coordinator Sharon McCartan Bruemmer and Kelvin Grove School's Learning Resource Center in support of "Brown Bag Book Club". The Foundation wrote, "We strongly believe in giving back and are proud to support organizations that...

The Bartlett Public Library District is hosting a Renovation Celebration on Saturday, Jan. 16 from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Renovation Celebration will begin with opening remarks and a ribbon cutting ceremony. Following that, attendees will be able to walk through the new areas of the Bartlett...