GEPL News

Looking for a meaningful holiday gift? The Glen Ellyn Library Foundation invites you to honor someone special, celebrate an occasion, or leave a lasting legacy with a personalized engraved brick. Your brick includes up to three lines of custom text an optional gift acknowledgement placement as part of the library’s landscape For just $250, your… Read More about Pave the Way This Holiday Season!

What drew you to work in libraries? My mom was an elementary art teacher and I wanted to be one too, but it involved too much cleaning. After college I worked at the Kohl Children's Museum and spent a lot of time at the Evanston Public Library. That's when the lightbulb went on and I… Read More about Q&A with new Youth Director Maria Shackles!

Carnegie Libraries hold a special place in American history and in the hearts of generations of Americans. Andrew Carnegie helped build 1,681 libraries across the United States, including the first true public library for Glen Ellyn on the northeast corner of Park and Crescent. The building opened in the fall of 1914 with accommodations for… Read More about Library to receive a gift from Carnegie Corporation of New York!

Baker & Taylor, the organization that provides the Boundless app is closing. In the coming weeks, the eRead Illinois collection will be migrated from Boundless to The Palace Project app. Key Dates Effective Immediately: Users are no longer able to place new holds on the Boundless app. Effective Immediately: Existing holds and checkout history in… Read More about Boundless app discontinued after Monday, November 17

Construction continues in the Youth Department, library lobby, and North and South Meeting Rooms. The carpet in the lobby will be replaced this week, but all services should be accessible! The Youth desk is temporarily relocated near the entrance to the Youth Department. Access to some areas of the Youth Department may be limited, and… Read More about 1st Floor Refresh Update

The library, including The Cafe and The Workshop, will close at 2 pm on Friday, October 17. At 6 pm, the newly Haunted Library will host family-friendly frights on the first floor and scary scenes recommended for age 13 and older on the 2nd floor! Please note, on Friday, October 17 The drive-up window will… Read More about Halloween fun at the library on Friday, October 17!

October through April Sticker Club is a fun way for kids in grades k-5 to earn stickers when they read! Sign up at the Youth Desk to receive a Sticker Pouch and a Sticker Club Log. Keep track of the days you read and earn a sticker for every seven days logged!… Read More about Sticker Club at the Library is Back!

If you’re looking for more literacy activities while the Youth department undergoes construction this fall, take a walk, ride, or scoot down the Prairie Path to Prairie Path Park and check out our StoryWalk! Ann Ferguson, a librarian in Vermont, developed the first StoryWalk as a way to encourage literacy and physical activity in her… Read More about Read a New Book at the StoryWalk!

Help the library encourage literacy and a love of reading in Glen Ellyn with a free curated collection of books in a plastic container for visitors to enjoy when they visit your business! Once delivered, books belong to the business owner. Businesses may choose to allow visitors to take books home. Request your Book Bin… Read More about Book Bins for Businesses

Everyone is welcome at the library, and now visitors can see a heartfelt greeting in 15 languages at the front entry! The languages were chosen based on languages commonly spoken by families in the Glen Ellyn school districts. The welcome wall is gratefully funded by the Glen Ellyn Library Foundation. Thank you for helping the… Read More about Thank you, Glen Ellyn Library Foundation!

Access to some areas of the Youth Department may be limited, and some items will be shifted and relocated. If there is something that you can’t find, please ask at a service desk! Access to the North and South Meeting Rooms limited to staff. Improvements will include adding study rooms in the Youth Department creating… Read More about 1st Floor Refresh Construction Continues through November

The library is so grateful to the Glen Ellyn community for its support! The mission of Glen Ellyn Public Library is to serve the community as a vibrant center for accurate information, robust learning, and personal discovery, and public funding has helped to make Glen Ellyn Public Library one of the preeminent libraries in the… Read More about Glen Ellyn Library Foundation: Support the Library and Its Mission