Events to help you keep your New Year’s intentions, especially for older adults
By Rose Barnes, Health & Senior Services Librarian January is a month when many set intentions for the New Year and some may even take ...
New year, fresh start: Title suggestions, health & wellness programs
Happy New Year, Oak Park! Not big on resolutions? We understand! For some, the start of a new year is a time for wish-making and ...
Engaging & hands-on tech learning is here
By Eileen Saam, Children’s Services Librarian Thanks to grant funding from TechGirlz—a nonprofit program of Creating IT Futures that provides free, fun, interactive workshops—the library ...
Hooray! We’ve been named one of the nation’s best
Oak Park Public Library earns Five-Star Library status from Library Journal We’re thrilled to share that our library has once again been named a "Five-Star ...
How to watch movies with your library card
By Rose Barnes, Health & Senior Services Librarian As the nights get longer and the temperature starts to really drop, I love to stay home ...
Best of 2022: Adult fiction & nonfiction
Oak Park’s Best of 2022 returns! Our annual librarian-curated selection of titles features some of the titles most requested and checked out by Oak Parkers ...
Best of 2022: Kids & picture books
Oak Park’s Best of 2022 returns! Our annual librarian-curated selection of titles features some of the titles most requested and checked out by Oak Parkers ...
Best of 2022: Teen fiction
Oak Park’s Best of 2022 returns! Our annual librarian-curated selection of titles features some of the titles most requested and checked out by Oak Parkers ...