Did You Know

• About 750 people visit the library every day
• The library has 144,000 books
• Almost 200,000 people visited the library last year
• About 2/3 of district residents have library cards
• The library receives over 200 magazine and newspaper subscriptions
• The east side of the building has an entrance, NO stairs, and 150 parking spaces (plus it’s safer--no streets to cross!)
• The library has special on-line resources that you can use from home (but you need a library card!)
• You and your neighbors borrowed over 320,000 items last year
• Your library card can be used at almost any public library in Illinois
• If you can’t find what you want on the shelves, we can order it for you
• About 90% of the library’s funding comes from real estate taxes