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SWAN (System Wide Automated Network) is a multi-type library consortium that serves Illinois libraries. It was established in 1974. [1] It has a membership of 97 libraries in the Chicago area, and provides service to 1 million registered library users.
The Illinois State Library is currently housed in the purpose-built library rededicated as the Gwendolyn Brooks State Library in 2003. [8] The library which was designed by Chicago architectural firm Graham, Anderson, Probst and White. [6] Construction took five years to complete and cost just under 36 million dollars when it was complete in ...
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 ...
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In 1872, the Illinois State Legislature created a law giving city councils the power to tax citizens for public library funding, effectively creating the public library system in Illinois. [10] The Rock Island City Council was quick to implement the new tax, and the Rock Island Public Library opened its doors on November 25, 1872, with Miss ...
The library serves a population of 39,650 residents [1] and is located at 20 South Prospect Avenue, Park Ridge, Illinois 60068 in the Uptown neighborhood. The purpose of the Park Ridge Public Library is to advance human knowledge and understanding by providing access to information, literature, technology, and the arts relevant to the community ...
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The Vernon Area Public Library offers access to nearly 200,000 physical items, [1] along with programming and instruction for all ages. The library also delivers materials to senior centers in the area. [3] The Vernon Area Public Library was counted among America's Star Libraries for 2010, [4] 2011, [5] and 2013 [6] as named by Library Journal.