Annual Report for 2010-11 Released

Are you curious how many items we circulated in the 2010-11 fiscal year? (The answer is 214,089). Or how many programs we offered? (295) Check our our Annual Report for all the details about what we've accomplished over the past year.

Mother's Day Card Shop

On Saturday, April 30, drop in between 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. and make a lovely card for mom, grandma, auntie, or a special friend. The library supplies paper, cut-outs, glue, markers, and other artistic tools. You supply the creativity and imagination at this do-it-yourself event. This event is open to families of all ages.

Earth Day Movie

This year’s Earth Day theme is A Billion Acts of Green, a campaign designed to encourage individuals to undertake small, green actions in advance of the 2012 Earth Summit. In support of this campaign the League of Women Voters of Glencoe and the Glencoe Public Library will sponsor a showing of the movie Dirt. The film will screen on Tuesday, April 26 at 7:00 at the Glencoe Public Library. Admission is free and it is open to everyone.

Library Closed Easter Sunday

This Sunday, April 24th, the library will be closed. We will reopen on Monday the 25th.

Foreign Language Storytimes

Bonjour! Une histoire est tres amusant en francais ou chinois. You can find out for yourself how much fun a story can be in other languages by attending a French or Chinese storytime. Presented by LanguageStars teachers and targeted to children between 3 to 6 years of age, our foreign language storytimes are sure to be something special! We will be offering a French language storytime on Saturday, April 16 at 10:30 a.m. and a Chinese language storytime on Saturday, May 21 at 10:30 a.m. No previous language skills are necessary. Thanks to the Friends of the Glencoe Public Library for sponsoring this program.