Library News

Library back to full pre-pandemic hours on Monday, May 3

Friday, April 30, 2021

Beginning Monday, May 3, New Lenox Library will be operating at our full pre-pandemic schedule. Hurray!

  • Monday–Thursday, 10 am–8 pm
  • Friday, 10 am–6 pm
  • Saturday, 10 am–4 pm

Seating, study rooms and meeting rooms are now available. Social distancing and masks continue to be required.

The Library is also discussing Sunday hours to begin later this year.

Borrow magazines through Flipster, new app

Monday, March 22, 2021

The magazines you know and love, available digitally through your library. Accessible via a web browser or custom apps made specifically for Apple devices, Android devices, and the Kindle Fire tablet, with Flipster users can download magazines to read offline, anytime, anywhere.

Access Flipster on eBooks, Audiobooks & Digital Magazines.

Flipster replaces our former RBdigital and Overdrive digital magazine subscriptions.

February is a Hoopla Bonus Borrows month

Tuesday, February 02, 2021

February is the first Hoopla Bonus Borrows Month of 2021!

One month per quarter (February, May, August, and November), you can choose from hundreds of titles in our Bonus Borrows collection. Bonus Borrows do not count towards your 4 checkouts a month. 

In addition to these titles, you continue to have access to Hoopla's Instant collection of over 950,000 eBooks, audiobooks, movies, TV shows, music, comics, and more.

Hoopla available February 1

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Hoopla is coming February 1! Borrow movies, music, audiobooks, ebooks, comics and TV shows to enjoy on your computer, tablet, or phone – and even your TV! Titles can be streamed immediately, or downloaded to phones or tablets for offline enjoyment later. Hoopla has hundreds of thousands of titles to choose from, with more being added daily. Hoopla is like having your public library at your fingertips. Anytime. Anywhere.

View Hoopla's website and download the Hoopla app at eBooks, Audiobooks & Digital Magazines.