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The library’s collection had grown from 800 to 10,760 volumes. The library was dedicated on April 15, 1913. It was 30 years after Nehemiah Matson’s death. In 1920 the North End Library opened as a branch in the Chapter House building erected by the American Woman's League. The purpose of this addition was to provide more accessibility. In ...
In FY05, the library had 611,655 circulation items and 23,187 registered cardholders with a total of 361,614 library visits, who constitute 77% of the city's residents. According to the 2003 Citizen Survey of the City of Highland Park, however, 26,433 (88%) of the residents made use of library services. References
1. Aledo. Aledo. May 21, 1913. $10,000. 200 N. College Ave. In June 1974, the Mercer Carnegie Library was one of two buildings in Aledo named “Landmarks in Mercer County” by the Historic Sites Division of the Illinois Department of Conservation. Closed as a library in April 2019 upon opening of new location. 2.
The Reaching Across Illinois Library System is a regional library system consisting of approximately 1,250 public, academic, special, and school library members, representing more than 4,000 library facilities in Northern, West-central Illinois. The regional library system was created in 2011 when the Alliance Library System, DuPage Library ...
The Rock Island Public Library is located in Rock Island, Illinois. It serves the public from the Downtown Library, Southwest Branch, and the Watts-Midtown Branch, as well as a roving bookmobile (Library2Go) and a robust online presence. The Rock Island Public Library traces its beginnings to November 25, 1872, making it one the first public ...
John James Audubon's Birds of North America. The Field Museum's Double Elephant folio of Audubon's The Birds of America is one of only two known copies that were arranged in taxonomic order. Additionally, it contains all 13 composite plates. The Field's copy belonged to Audubon's family physician Dr. Benjamin Phillips.
The current Des Plaines Public Library is located at: 1501 Ellinwood Street. Des Plaines, IL 60016. Library hours are: 9 am to 9 pm—Monday through Friday, 9 am to 5 pm—Saturday, 1 to 5 pm—Sunday. The Des Plaines Library has approximately 35,000 cardholders and circulated 666,541 physical and e-materials in 2021. [6]