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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 ...
The library also opened branches in Hoffman Estates (in 1992) and Hanover Park (in 1993). Another referendum for a larger central library passed in 1995, and construction on the current building in Schaumburg Town Square began in 1997. The central library moved into the building in 1998. [1] In 2012, the library opened its Teen Place.
The Harold Washington Library Center is the central library for the Chicago Public Library System. It is located just south of the Loop 'L', at 400 South State Street in Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is a full-service library and is ADA compliant. As with all libraries in the Chicago Public Library system, it has free Wi-Fi ...
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is located in Springfield, Illinois, in the historic downtown section, near many other Lincoln cultural sites. The presidential library opened on October 14, 2004, and the museum opened on April 19, 2005. Until 1970, Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. was designated as the "Lincoln Museum".
In May 1977, the name of the library district was changed to Grande Prairie Public Library District to better reflect the heritage of both communities. In September 1979, residents of Hazel Crest and Country Club Hills approved a $1.1 million bond for the construction of a new 16,700-square-foot (1,550 m 2 ) library building.
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.