News

Right now, we are accepting returns on a limited basis due to the high volume of materials that are currently checked out. Here is what you need to know:

It's official: the 2020 Summer Reading Club for adults, teens, and children has officially begun!

This year, our theme is Reading is Your Passport to Adventure, which is appropriate because the Summer Reading Club is doing a little traveling and  moving to a brand new online format. We'll be using Beanstack, an online tool that allows you to track your reading progress. You can use Beanstack online or download the app through the App Store for your mobile or tablet device.

Curbside Pickup is sponsored by the Friends of the Lake Bluff Public Library.

What is Curbside Pickup and how doesit work?
In short: you put items on hold, we’ll contact you to schedule an appointment, and you’ll pick up your items at a designated pickup point outside the Library. More detailed instructions can be found on our Curbside Pickup page.

I have items checked out from before you closed—can I return them?
We are accepting returns on a limited basis. Take a look at our returns announcement for more information.

This isn’t exactly the way we envisioned making this announcement when our Board approved this exciting policy change a few months ago, but effective June 15, the Lake Bluff Public Library will be implementing autorenewal. This means that going forward, the system will automatically renew any eligible items before they become overdue. If an item can’t be renewed—if there’s a hold, if you’ve renewed it 3 times already, or if it’s a special loan like a Trending Title or ILL—the system will send you an alert. We hope that this change will make using the Library even easier and more convenient for you! 

For these last couple of weeks, our staff has been hard at work developing plans of action to bring key Library services online. At this point, we anticipate that all Library programming will be held virtually through at least the month of August. This includes the Summer Reading Clubs for adults, teens, and children.

The Lake Bluff Public Library’s physical facilities have been closed to the public since March 13, 2020 in partnership with the Village of Lake Bluff’s response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. While we have laid the groundwork for offering modified in-person service and access to physical materials, the many unknowns in the ongoing situation mean that there is no specific timetable for their implementation. This crisis has posed significant challenges to the Library in terms of providing access to materials, programs, and services, and Library staff members have been working from home to make sure that we are still available and operational as a resource to the community.

Services available to the community include:

This website redesign has been in progress for many years and we are so excited to finally show it to you. Some of the highlights of our new site include: