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We're proud to welcome Molly Scheibler as the Library's new deputy director.

Molly Scheibler comes with 14 years of library experience. Most recently, she served as youth services manager at Indian Trails Public Library District in Wheeling. Molly also serves as an adjunct faculty member at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's School of Information Studies, and is actively involved in Reach Across Illinois Library Systems, Illinois Library Association and American Library Association.

According to data from School District 54, nearly 60% of families in our community speak a language other than (or in addition to) English at home. To better serve these individuals, we’re proud to offer a new service at all our locations: LanguageLine.

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, so we asked our staff to share books by AAPI authors and movies by AAPI directors. Here's what they had to share.

In honor of National Pet Day on April 11, we asked staff for their favorite books and movies about pets. While there are plenty of kids' books and movies with puppies, kitties and other little cuddly companions, there are also suggestions for adults, too!

We're ready to be done with winter and are trying our hardest to will better weather by thinking spring! We asked staff to tell us their favorite books and movies about spring and here's what they said.

Book Club in a Bag gives you 10 copies of the same book, plus discussion questions to get your conversation rolling, all in an easy-to-carry tote bag. You can check the whole kit out for six weeks to be sure everyone in your book club has time to read the book before you get together.

In 2022, we were able to provide more than $29 million in value to our local business community by offering no-cost services, materials, equipment and more!

It's been 50 whole years since the release of The Princess Bride, believe it or not, so we're sharing some of our staff's other favorite cult classics.

Michele Hedlund of Schaumburg has been coming to Schaumburg Library for many years. She loves reading and particularly likes fantasy and romance books. Michele listens to audiobooks while working around the house and reads a bit just before bed, too.

So what’s so special about Michele and her reading habits, you ask? She does her reading with Libby – the eBook and eAudiobook app.

We recently caught up with Schaumburg High School sophomore Alandee to talk about how she likes to use Brainfuse, a free online tool for homework help, test prep and more.