Leading change by removing barriers
By Frances Kraft As parents, teachers, and family members, we hope to foster in our children a love of reading from the earliest age. We encourage them ...
On June 1, we went fine free
Starting June 1, 2017, anyone who checks out materials at an Oak Park Public Library location will no longer be charged overdue fines on those ...
We are global learners and citizens
How do you start to have conversations about an object? It’s something the library’s new Multicultural Learning Librarian, Naomi Priddy, has been reflecting on as ...
Book Bike delivers small-business stories
Ride along with the Book Bike as we share the unique #OakParkStories of small businesses, starting this National Small Business Week, April 30-May 6. The ...
Landing the job
Last year, Trina Wade, a mother of four, was working part-time at a major financial institution, studying full-time toward a business degree, and hunting for ...
Oak Park items now live on DPLA
Hundreds of items from the Oak Park Public Library and community partner The Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park are now live at the Digital ...
A closer look at Wright’s legacy
A tour group with the Elmhurst History Museum dropped by the library's Special Collections last week to get a closer look at original architectural drawings ...
Opening access to more Oak Park treasures
Genealogists and local history buffs, take note: more photographic treasures telling Oak Park’s local story from the Civil War and beyond will soon be available ...
