Evanston Public Library celebrated 150 years of community service over the weekend with tours, giveaways and a capstone event outlining plans to fully digitize the archive of "Evanston Review" copies.

Mike Stephen discusses the impact and significance of the Chicago Public Library over the last 150 years with library commissioner Chris Brown and then discovers the Secret History of local blues ...

This November, the Chicago Public Library Foundation Awards returns for its 23rd year, in celebration of the Chicago Public Library’s 150-year legacy of serving Chicagoans through community ...

News CHICAGO 150 YEARS OLD — OR IS IT? Subscribers are entitled to 10 gift sharing articles each month. These can be shared with friends and family who are not subscribers.

On Tuesday, Jan. 30, Elgin historian Jerry Turnquist will discuss the history of the Gail Borden Library, the first of many special activities and events to commemorate its 150th anniversary. The ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — This year is a celebratory one for the Grand Rapids Public Library as it marks a century and a half of service to the community. Since 1871, officials say the library has ...

Program to look back at Elgin library’s first 150 years A program on the history of the Gail Borden Public Library District, which is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year, will be held… ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago Public Library is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. The library opened in 1873 inside a water tank that survived the Great Chicago Fire.

The library district, which became public on Oct. 12, 1872, will host numerous events throughout October and into the final months of 2022.

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — The Decatur Public Library has been in service since 1875, which means it's been serving the Decatur for 150 years.

Chicago Public Library has hosted 11 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 1999 Forum. The year with the most events was 2003 with four events.

A total $11.5 million investment will transform West Garfield Park’s Legler Branch library into a regional library once again. Legler began as the city’s first regional library, a designation ...