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When you come to the library, you know that you can always depend on our staff to provide excellent book and movie suggestions.

Lately, I’ve been struggling with the glut of information, news, and media I’m interacting with on a daily basis.

October 21-25 is National Media Literacy Week.

Community input is a core element of how library staff develop and deliver services for all ages. 

Banned Books Week has been uniting book lovers around the country since 1982 in a weeklong event celebrating our freedom to read.

What do librarians and gardeners have in common? They both know the importance of weeding! In the yard, removing weeds helps keep gardens healthy and tidy.

Ah, self-help. Walk through any bookstore or library and chances are you’ve seen a self-help book–maybe one even caused you to pause for a moment. And who can blame you? The allure of self-help is hard to deny. 

Walking through the library, you may have missed Hilda Rubin Pierce’s painting Chicago River. It’s in the hallway next to the Cosmos Room. We’re highlighting this beautiful work now in honor of Jewish American Heritage Month.

"In order to accept someone for who they are, you have to be aware of what’s going on." 
-- Ondrea Marisa Robinson

Food insecurity continues to be a concern for many households. In fact, in 2023 the Niles Township Food Pantry served more than 70,000 of our neighbors. Nationwide, one in six Americans seek help with food each year.

If you’ve attended library events, chances are you’ve been in one of our event spaces, such as the Cosmos Room, Radmacher Room, Petty Auditorium, or Carolyn A. Anthony Business and Community Center.

Motion pictures began to emerge in Paris in the final years of the 19th century. This transformative medium revolutionized storytelling.

*This blog post was originally published as "Happy World Hijab Day".

Defining historical fiction seems like it should be straightforward–a novel that takes place in the past–but different people interpret it surprisingly differently.

Swans is probably the most recognizable piece of art in the library, and as a 1,000-pound sculpture in the middle of the building, it’s difficult to miss.