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Solar Eclipse Glasses Pick Up
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Ready, Set, Library Crawl!
Join our Library Crawl this April in celebration of National Library Week. Starting April 1, pick up a Library Crawl bookmark at either Glencoe Public Library, Wilmette Public Library, or Winnetka-Northfield Public Library District.
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Our Computers are on the Move!
Our public computers have moved to the Reference Area of the library! You'll be able to access all of the same services that were available in the Technology Center, including internet and word processing, printing, faxing, and scanning.
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Celebrating Friends of the Library Week
October 15-21 is Friends of Libraries Week, and we're excited to celebrate the Friends of the Wilmette Public Library! The Friends are an organization that support the library through advocacy and fundraising, supporting and promoting library services and events.
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Online Services Limited Sept 1-4
Warren-Newport Library District is joining the CCS library network! From Friday, September 1 through Monday, September 4, our online services will be limited as more than 300,000 items are added to the catalog.
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Community Art Show: Off the Beaten Path
Enter the library’s new art show, Off the Beaten Path!
The spring and summer public art show opens Sunday, May 7, 2-3pm.
Theme: Off the Beaten Path
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Introducing Our New Outdoor Lockers
We’re excited to debut our new outdoor locker service this January. These lockers will allow you to retrieve your holds at any time, regardless of whether the library is open!
How it works:
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Wilmette Public Library Receives National Recognition as a Five-Star Library
For the fourth consecutive year, Wilmette Public Library has been awarded Five Stars in Library Journal’s annual evaluation of public libraries.
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Wilmette Public Library District Board of Trustees Pre-Filing Notice
Four seats on the seven-member Wilmette Public Library District Board of Trustees will be open for the Tuesday, April 4, 2023 consolidated election. All of the seats will be for a full four-year term expiring in April 2027.
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Renee Cox Appointed to Fill Wilmette Library Board of Trustees Vacancy
The Wilmette Public Library Board of Trustees appointed Renee Cox to fill a vacancy on the board at their Tuesday, October 18 meeting.
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Board of Trustees Vacancy Information
The Wilmette Public Library District Board of Trustees is currently accepting applications to fill a vacancy on the board. This vacancy opportunity is to fill an unexpired term through the next election in April 2023.
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Results of Our Community Survey
This spring, library leadership began a strategic planning process to help guide the library for the next three to five years. At the end of April, we surveyed the community to learn how you use the library and what you’d like to see from the library, and our community, in the future.
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Wilmette Named 5-Star Library for Third Consecutive Year
Wilmette Public Library has been recognized nationally as a Star Library in Library Journal’s annual statistical review of public library services.
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Welcome to our new website!
We are so excited to share our new website with the Wilmette community and beyond. We have been working on this new site for more than 6 months, and have tried to create a site that has both the information you need as well as exciting content you didn't know you were looking for.
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Welcome Return to Trustee Wolf, and Fond Farewell to Trustee Barshis
At the August 17 Regular Meeting of the Wilmette Public Library District Board of Trustees, the Board accepted the resignation of Trustee Jan Barshis, and voted unanimously to appoint former Trustee Stuart Wolf to fill the vacancy until the April 2023 election.