News & Announcements from Libraries

The La Grange Park Public Library will be closed beginning Monday, April 8, to pack up our temporary location and move into the renovated library building at 555 N. La Grange Road. We anticipate this move will take approximately four weeks and the library should reopen on Monday, May 6. Library...

The Gail Borden Public Library District celebrated its momentous 150th anniversary with a huge community birthday party on March 19, 2024. It was heartwarming to welcome so many people to this celebration. The Library was honored by a city proclamation by Elgin Mayor David Kaptain and a State...

Please join us on March 27, 2024, at 11 am CT for our next B'LONG Meeting! For those who do not know about B'LONG, we are the Bookmobile and Library Outreach Networking Group, a group of outreach specialists, librarians, managers, and support staff dedicated to bringing outreach services to meet the...

The Northern Illinois University Libraries' new exhibit, Alebrijes: Creatures of a Dream World, is featured in an episode for the WNIJ Under Rocks podcast at https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2024-03-21/alebrijes-out-…. A digital...

Laura McGrath, deputy director at Skokie Public Library, is standing for election as a Director-at-Large for the PLA Board of Directors. Learn more about her great work in libraries: https://skokielibrary.info/staff/60/laura-mcgrath/.

ATLAS is gearing up for another continuing education event: Storytime, Outreach. Oh My! How do we create community for our littlest patrons? How do we connect with our daycares? What can I do to better connect to the diverse communities we serve? Join experts Rosie Camargo, Cultural Literacy...

Registration is open for the 22nd Annual Information Literacy Summit! Please join us at the College of DuPage on Friday, April 19, 2024 for this year's Summit, including: A keynote address featuring Dr. Troy Swanson, Library Department Chair at Moraine Valley Community College and author of the new...

Find out where your library card can take you! As the weather gets warmer, you may be looking for things to do outside the home. We all love tending to our yards, and gardens, and being outside after a cold winter, but if it’s too rainy to spend time out there, visit your library! Starting 7 April...

We are pleased to announce the five proposals that have each been awarded a RAILS Continuing Education Event Grant: BIPOC Library Workers networking group: “Navigating White Spaces as a BIPOC Library Worker,” presented by Tracie D. Hall College of DuPage Library and DePaul University Library...

Palatine Library Board of Trustees is excited to appoint Melissa Gardner as the Executive Director of the Library, effective July 8, 2024. Gardner has worked in libraries for over 20 years and has served as assistant director of the Library for the past nine years. During this time, she was part of...

ATLAS is gearing up for our first continuing education event of the calendar year: Friends, Foundations, & Fundraising . Have you ever considered starting a Friends group? How do I start a Library Foundation? Need advice on how to start or increase your Library’s fundraising efforts? Let ATLAS help...

The next Programming for Seniors in Public Libraries group meeting Friday, March 1 from 10-11:00 on Zoom; registration and Zoom link on L2. This group is for librarians and library staff who plan/run programming for seniors/older adults in public libraries. Programming for older adults can be...