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Announcing the Fifth Annual Galena LitFest

Tickets sales and registration are now open for the fifth annual Galena LitFest to take place in January 2019. LitFest has continued to grow each year and has hosted bestselling authors and aspiring writers from throughout the tri-state region and beyond. Galena LitFest is sponsored by the Friends...

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"Breaking Down Hate" Author Talk at Oak Lawn Public Library

What is compassion? Can it be taught? Can it be learned? The Oak Lawn Public Library is hosting a series of programs to explore the subject of compassion. Author and Filmmaker Christian Picciolini kicked off the series with "Breaking Down Hate: How a Former Extremist Now Promotes Peace" on Saturday...

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Arlington Heights Memorial Library Names New Executive Director

Arlington Heights Memorial Library (AHML) announced the appointment of Mike Driskell as the new Executive Director following a unanimous vote by the Board of Library Trustees at its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, November 20. Driskell "is the best leader for our library," said Board of...

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IL Secretary of State Jesse White visits Waukegan Library

Waukegan Public Library welcomed Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White to Waukegan on Thursday, November 15 for a celebration of reading. The Family Reading Night program is a statewide bilingual storytime and craft event and is hosted annually by libraries across Illinois. Children had the...

Illinois Secretary of State and other elected officials give a book to a young girl at Waukegan Library's Family Reading Night. Photograph shows, L-R: Isabella (age 4); Lake County Commissioner Mary Ross Cunningham; Mayor Sam Cunningham, Secretary White, Judge Charles W. Smith, Executive Director Selina Gomez-Beloz

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Evanston Public Library Presents: Best Children's Books of 2018

Two of the Evanston Public Library's most accomplished children's librarians are the perfect guides to reveal the state of excellence and diversity among picture books published in 2018. They'll present Best Picture Books of 2018, on Saturday, December 1, at 10 am in the Community Meeting Room of...

Betsy Bird, Brian Wilson, Cozbi A. Cabrera

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Library Technology Conference 2019 Scholarships

The Library Technology Conference (St. Paul, Minnesota) will be awarding up to 10 scholarships to attend our March 2019 conference. The goal of these scholarships is to promote library technology proficiency and awareness through attendance at the conference. These scholarships are available to...

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Brookfield Library Celebrates First Students to Receive Diplomas through Career Online High School Program

Brookfield Public Library and Career Online High School graduated its first combined class on Sunday, October 28, 2018 at the Library. The ceremony featured remarks by Library Director Kimberly Coughran and Frank Murray, Head of Reference & Electronic Services and the Library's Career Online...

Graduates Wesley Koerner & Celine Blando with Frank Murray (middle)

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Two new appointments will help aid 16th Judicial Circuit Self-Represented Litigants

Kane County Law Library & Self Help Legal Center receives a $12,000 grant, a Self-Represented Litigant Coordinator and an Illinois JusticeCorps Fellow

Illinois JusticeCorps Fellow, John O'Neill

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Four New Libraries Pop-up in Evanston

EPL is one of just five libraries in the country to offer this innovative service. Want to read a new book but can't make it to the library? No problem. No library card? You don't need one. With the EPL launch of pop-up libraries, you can check out a digital book in locations across Evanston with a...

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La Biblioteca le da la Bienvenida a la Nueva Bibliotecaria Latina / Library Welcomes New Latina Engagement Librarian

La Biblioteca Pública de Evanston se complace en dar la bienvenida a Mariana Bojorquez, la nueva bibliotecaria Latina. Bojorquez, quien se unió a la biblioteca en septiembre, coordinará y trabajará para establecer servicios informativos para la comunidad Latino en Evanston, tanto adentro como...

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