The Evanston Public Library (both the Main Library and Robert Crown Branch) will be closed this Thursday, April 25, for a Staff Development Day.
June 8, 2017
Libraries nationwide have been reassessing their collections through the lens of diversity and equity. As Julie Stivers and Sandra Hughes-Hassell wrote on the YALSA blog in 2015, ” focusing on diversity is not an extra facet of our job. It is central to what we do.” Evanston Public Library is no different but coming up […]
May 25, 2017
Once in a while we here at Evanston Public Library like to highlight the local authors and legends that make it onto our shelves. We particularly like it when we learn something new in the process. The other day I received a very interesting email from a Professor of History at Texas Southern University. She […]
May 10, 2017
Sunday is Mother’s Day and that can mean only one thing: Time to grab every irreverent book about moms off our shelf pronto. Sure, I could write up a list right now that’s comprised entirely of sweet goo, but my mom likes her literature with a little bite to it. I bet yours does too. […]
May 9, 2017
Actually, the eggs of the title here aren’t red or blue at all. But they do exist and we here at the library are thrilled. As I may have mentioned in the past, our beloved peregrine falcon Nona, so accustomed to roosting and laying on our building every spring, did not show up this year. […]
April 18, 2017
Confession time. Libraries have this nasty habit that they indulge in constantly without so much as a by-your-leave from the public. Now that I’ve mentioned it you’ll be noticing it all the time so proceed to read what I write with care. You ready? We like to bug people to read more. I know, I […]
April 5, 2017
Every year our library plays host to some of the fantastic authors participating in the Evanston Literary Festival. This year is no exception, and we got the inside scoop on some of the authors participating. With that in mind, I decided to whip up a list of the books by those authors currently available […]
March 27, 2017
As many of you already know, each and every year our library plays host to a pair of beautiful peregrine falcons. This year is no different and I’ve had the privilege of watching the two swoop, chatter, and generally make a racket outside my workplace’s window. However, all is not business-as-usual with the falcons this […]
March 8, 2017
We’ve all had those books that we forgot to return to the library at one time or another. Some of you may know all too well the plummeting sensation of clearing out your bookshelves, only to discover a library book sitting there, glaring at you from its dusty hidey hole. But what do you do […]
March 1, 2017
It’s the most wonderful time of the year – the time to read a slew of great mysteries! And lucky you, you don’t even have to seek them out. As it happens, the good and kind Edgar Awards are here to select the cream of the crop. Don’t feel like placing any holds on these […]
February 24, 2017
Don’t blink or you’ll miss it! The Northwestern run of the highly amusing and topical Urinetown is finishing up its run between February 10-26. That means you just have two more days to see it. Not sure you’ll be able to go? Well I have good news for you. You see the musical is highly […]
