News from Libraries

  • River Grove Public Library District Announces New Director

    Scott Grotto has been appointed as the new Director of the River Grove Pubic Library District. Scott comes to River Grove PLD from Aurora Public Library District where he has served as the West Branch Library Manager since 2019. The River Grove staff and board are excited to welcome Scott to the...

  • ATLAS Membership Drive

    ATLAS is excited to present another year of continuing education and professional development. We create exciting educational opportunities across the spectrum of public libraries. Our Middle Managers Round Table meets every other month with a focus on issues and best practices of library middle...

  • Oak Park library trains more staff to serve Spanish-speaking patrons

    To meet our community’s growing needs, the Oak Park Public Library partnered with Triton College this spring to offer an eight-week conversational Spanish course for 12 library staff members at the Main Library. The course was designed to help staff provide more responsive customer service and build...

  • Glen Ellyn Public Library to Host Exhibition on Human Migration

    Glen Ellyn Public Library has been selected as the only library in Illinois to host the traveling exhibition, World on the Move: 250,000 Years of Human Migration . The exhibit, developed by the American Anthropological Association and the Smithsonian’s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, will...

  • Bradford Public Library District Celebrates 100 Years

    Bradford Public Library District Celebrates 100 Years In October of 1900 fifteen Bradford women met to form a social club. One of their goals was to broaden their reading experience. The ladies each bought a book from Plummer’s Drug Store which was located at the west end of Main Street. After they...

  • My Library Is... Bilingual

    From the My Library Is ... Blog: My school is bilingual. And my library was too . . . sort of. Thanks to the RAILS My Library Is… Grant money, I can now say with confidence that the library is a bilingual space that serves all of our students. Read the full post on the My Library Is ... website.

  • Princeville Mural @ LME Library

    As part of our Libraries Transforming Communities (LTC): Accessible Small and Rural Communities grant, the Lillie M. Evans Library has added a mural to our community garden area. The mural highlights Princeville and our history as well as our library gardens. We’ve included peonies, pumpkins, the...

  • Going Green at Blue Island Public Library

    Blue Island Public Library is delighted to announce that it has been chosen as to participate in the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District’s Green Infrastructure Program. Through this partnership, a new green roof will be constructed on the library in 2025. The green roof will assist in absorbing...