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Baby can’t wait
By Carolyn Newberry Schwartz Executive Director, Collaboration for Early Childhood "Baby can’t wait” is a phrase you hear often at the Collaboration for Early Childhood. A compelling body ...
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Dedicating more to Oak Park’s history
As it widens access to early Ernest Hemingway artifacts, the library is now devoting even more resources to its Special Collections. For the first time ...
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Hemingway artifacts now online
'Stunning images, handwritten commentary' Unprecedented, online access is now available to rare Ernest Hemingway family artifacts from the late 1800s and early 1900s through the ...
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Manager for Community Resources hired
Robert A. Simmons has accepted the library’s new full-time position of Manager for Community Resources. His first day in this new library role will be Monday, ...
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Opening the vault
Now online are the first 84 of at least 300 digitized artifacts from the library, The Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park (EHFOP), and the ...
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What’s happening
- Library-led book groups & local book club support: Join your neighbors and friends for lively book discussions.
- Illinois Libraries Present: Upcoming virtual author events.
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