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Purchase tickets now for the Glen Ellyn Library Foundation 2023 gala event, The Silver Ball! The event will take place on Friday, April 28 at 6:30 pm at The Morton Arboretum in the Ginkgo Room and feature live music from Bluewater Kings Band. This event celebrates 25 years during which the Foundation has grown the… Read More about Tickets on Sale Now for The Silver Ball!

Apply through Friday, April 14 Local artists, showcase your Warhol-inspired art at the library during the Summer of 2023! Submit an Art Display Proposal… Read More about Pop Art Display—Call for Artists

At this spring’s A Human Library event, people will have the chance to “check out” people from all walks of life. Readers can also explore these exceptional accounts and biographies written from personal knowledge or special sources from authors that represent a wide range of unique experiences. Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted by Suleika… Read More about Adult Reading Recommendations: Moving Memoirs

Did you know that cardholders can read daily Chicago Tribune and The New York Times articles online? The Chicago Sun-Times is also available as a text only list of articles or as a PDF version of the printed newspaper. Read newspapers with your library card… Read More about Read daily Chicago Tribune and New York Times online

A summary of the 2023 Glen Ellyn Public Library Strategic Planning: Community Survey is now available. This summary, compiled by strategic planning consultant Amber Johnson, provides data regarding the 398 community survey responses and includes a general overview of comments. The next step in the library's strategic planning process is to conduct Strategic Planning Focus… Read More about Strategic Planning Community Survey findings now available

The Glen Ellyn Library Foundation 2023 gala event, The Silver Ball, will take place on Friday, April 28 at The Morton Arboretum in the Ginkgo Room and feature live music from Bluewater Kings Band. The event celebrates 25 years during which the Foundation has grown the funds in an endowment and used the interest earned to provide high-quality library… Read More about The Silver Ball

Glen Ellyn Public Library ranks among the top public libraries in the nation, according to Library Journal. The library was recently honored with a four-star rating from the national publication, which has been ranking libraries for 15 years. "The library has never been ranked in the past, so to debut at four stars, we must be… Read More about Glen Ellyn Public Library becomes a Star Library

On your next visit to the library, you may see Glen Ellyn Youth and Family Counseling Service (GEYFCS) Outreach Program Coordinator Jessica Gul at a table on the 2nd floor. Jessica can provide referrals for housing and employment services and schedule appointments for mental health services with a clinician at GEYFCS. Beginning Tuesday, February 7,… Read More about Mental health and referral services available at the library with GEYFCS staff

The traveling exhibition from the American Anthropological Association and the Smithsonian’s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage comes to Glen Ellyn Public Library for five weeks July 22 – August 30, 2024. Glen Ellyn Public Library has been selected as one of only fifteen libraries in the United States and the only library in Illinois… Read More about Library to Host Exhibition on Human Migration in 2024

The library is looking for volunteers to share their experiences of prejudice and/or discrimination based on race, religion, sexual preference, class, gender identity, disability, or another aspect of their lives. On Saturday, May 6 from Noon to 4 pm, the library will host A Human Library. Participants will be able to register for hour-long sessions… Read More about A Human Library: Volunteers Needed

How can the library better serve you? Glen Ellyn Public Library is creating a new strategic plan that will help us focus our efforts over the next three years. This short anonymous survey will help the library understand what programs, materials, and services you use - and what we may be missing. Please take 5-10… Read More about Tell us how the library can better serve you!

Happy New Year! Here are some Fun Library Facts from 2022: 483,520 Glen Ellyn Public Library items were checked out or renewed between January and November 2022 158,537 people visited Glen Ellyn Public Library between January and November 2022 The books from the series Cat Kid Comic Club by Dav Pilkey were the most checked-out… Read More about Best of 2022