News & Announcements from Libraries

Magnolia Library Closes After More Than 90 Years of Service After serving the Village of Magnolia and surrounding communities since 1932, the Magnolia Library has permanently closed its doors. For more than nine decades, the Magnolia Library provided residents with access to books, educational...

Our project “My Library Is...Connecting Communities and Cultures” was developed to meet the needs of our community by creating a World Languages Collection focusing on Spanish and Arabic titles. The creation of the World Languages Collection impacts students and community members, library work...

What if the books kids checked out at the public library today ended up on their school library shelves next year? That is the whole heart of Share the Shelf: School & Public Library Book Initiative, a project funded by a RAILS My Library Is... grant. The idea was simple: bring a curated collection...

In 2025, Gerber/Hart Library and Archives officially dedicated its newest space: The Raffety/Tran Community Room, a multi-purpose gathering place to help meet the needs of the LGBTQ+ communities it serves. The Community Room has been designed to accommodate meetings, classes, receptions and small...

Des Plaines Public Library has a key belief “that all library users are entitled to the highest level of service.” For us, the highest level of service would not be complete without offerings for users of all abilities. Advancing Accessibility Through the Library of Things While our Library of...

With a collection age of 2008, the South Park School nonfiction collection was out-of-date and not relevant to the interests of twenty-first century elementary students. Almost one third of the books in the collection had not circulated at all in the past five years, or had only circulated once. The...

The Putnam County Public Library District is pleased to announce the opening of Flag in the Map: Charting Rainbow Flag Stories, a powerful international photography exhibition now on display in the Community Room at the Granville Branch through August 31st during regular library hours. The...

The EPL Board has updated and extended its Request for Proposals and is now accepting bids from qualified search firms to lead the Executive Director search. View the updated RFP and submission details HERE.

“Hi!” A young woman, probably in her twenties, approached the Adult Services desk with an eager smile. “This might sound like a weird question, but could you help me find a newspaper from about fifteen years ago? There’s a photo of me sledding that ran in the Bartlett Examiner. I even have the exact...

The Oak Park Public Library has won an American Library Association award for the fall 2025 issue of its magazine, Storyline . The library's print magazine issue won a PR Xchange award in the External Communications category. More than 236 entries in print and electronic formats were submitted from...

Roselle Public Library announces that Roselle parents of children aged birth to five can now register for the Imagination Library, an early childhood literacy program that mails free, high-quality books to your home every month, up until the child's fifth birthday. There is no cost to residents to...

The Fox River Valley Public Library District’s Public Relations team earned second-place honors in the 2026 National Association of Government Communicators Blue Pencil & Gold Screen Awards. The library was recognized in the Campaign Under $100,000 category for its Fox Box youth reading program and...