Library News

The Illinois School Library Media Association (ISLMA) announces the 2015 Fall ISLMA Grants and Awards winners. Winners will be honored at the annual ISLMA Conference ("A Library State of Mind") on October 23, 2015, during the Awards Gala at the Pere Marquette in Peoria, IL. Please join us in...

With right hands raised, 73 citizenship candidates took the U.S. Naturalization Oath on Friday, Sept. 18 at the Schaumburg Township District Library (STDL). Moments later, in a room decked with patriotic decorations and filled with supportive family and friends, they recited the Pledge of...

Darkly comic memoir about the author's childhood exodus from the Soviet Union is chosen as the Chicago Jewish Community's ONE BOOK | ONE COMMUNITY 2015 Selection For the fifth year in a row, Spertus Institute is proud to spearhead One Book | One Community , in which a single Jewish book is selected...

On Saturday, September 19, the Villa Park Public Library will be hosting its first 12 hour Readathon. This event will be held from 9:00a.m. until 9:00p.m. and feature over 20 readers from throughout the community. Some of our Cool Readers will be: Dan Hippensteel, Lydia Hodges, Mark McCleary, Matt...

On Tuesday, September 15, Peoria Public Library held a short reception at Peoria Public Library Lincoln Branch to unveil the new plaque identifying the building as having been placed on the National Register of Historic Places and honored a community activist who kept the Carnegie branch library...

We will be showcasing a few of our local authors. They'll discuss the inspiration behind their books, read excerpts, and more. Saturday, October 17 2;00Pm-4:00pm South Holland Librar-North Meeting Room

Best-selling mystery author Hank Phillippi Ryan will be discussing her 2014 novel, Truth Be Told, via Skype during a book discussion at the Lisle Library District on September 17 at 7 p.m. This event, hosted by the Lisle Library's "Murder Among Friends" book discussion group, is open to the public...

Humanity 101 returns to Oak Park in October, focusing on "Exploring Our Humanity" and headlining with a powerful exhibition on Polish Holocaust hero Jan Karski. The World Knew: Jan Karski's Mission for Humanity is a 22-panel traveling exhibition about Karski's courageous life and World War II...

This year's Glen Ellyn Public Library's Summer Reading Program challenged the community to Read for Heroes and the community overwhelmingly responded. Kids blasted past their goal, reading for 80,254 hours, 10,254 hours over their 70,000 hour goal. "This year was the fastest we have ever achieved...

For Immediate Release Local Teacher Attends National Endowment for the Humanities Workshop in Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. – In March 2015, Diane Nelson, a local teacher from Darien School District #61, was selected as a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Scholar from a pool of...