Vernon Area Public Library District

Vernon Area Public Library District is a public library in suburban Chicago. It is located in Lake County, Illinois, USA, and serves the communities of Lincolnshire and unincorporated Prairie View, most of Long Grove, and smaller portions of Buffalo Grove, Riverwoods and Vernon Hills. It operates a single library in Lincolnshire.

Vernon Area Public Library in Lincolnshire, Illinois

The population of the Vernon Area Public Library District was 41,055 as of the 2010 Census.

The Vernon Area Public Library District was counted among America's Star Libraries for 2010,[1] 2011,[2] and 2013[3] as named by Library Journal.

History

The library began in 1974 in a classroom in the Adlai Stevenson High School and later moved to a temporary building in the school's parking lot. The first permanent library building was constructed at 4 Indian Creek Road in Lincolnshire. On March 20, 1990, voters approved a referendum for the sale of $6.9 million in bonds to support the construction of a new library to be built adjacent to the existing library building. On September 15, 1993, the Vernon Area Public Library opened to the public at 300 Olde Half Day Road in Lincolnshire. The 50,000 sq. ft. building is designed to meet the needs of a growing library district. The library has a 16,000 sq. ft. Adult Services department, 12,000 sq. ft. Youth Services department, and shelves nearly 200,000 items.

Collection and Services

The Vernon Area Public Library offers access to nearly 200,000 physical items,[4] including books, audiobooks, magazines, videos, and music, along with programming and instruction for all ages. Digital collections include downloadable books, audiobooks, and magazines, as well as streaming music and movies for cardholders via services including Overdrive, cloudLibrary, Flipster, Hoopla, and Freegal.

Public spaces at the library include meeting rooms, cafe with beverage and snack vending machines, quiet reading room, study rooms, computers (PCs, Macs, laptops, tablets), media lab, copy center, and computer classroom. Comfortable seating, including study desks, is arranged throughout the library. Youth and teen areas include in-library activities and games to support learning. [5]

The library regularly delivers books and other materials to senior centers in the area as well as to in-district residents who are homebound. Educators at in-district schools may request materials to support classroom learning.

Vernon Area Library hosts hundreds of events each year, including early literacy story times for pre-readers, STEM and art workshops for school-age children, tech programs for teens, and a lunch-and-learn series for adults. A quarterly newsletter, Columns, lists all library programs occurring in each season.

Online Resources

Vernon Area Public Library cardholders may use their library card to access information from reliable online resources through the library website, including:[6]

References

  1. ↑ Lyons, Ray; Keith Curry Lance (October 2010). "America's star libraries: the LJ Index of Public Library Service 2010". Library Journal. 135.16. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  2. ↑ Lyons, Ray; Keith Curry Lance (November 2011). "America's star libraries, 2011: Top-Rated Libraries". Library Journal. 136.18. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  3. ↑ Lyons, Ray; Keith Curry Lance (November 2013). "America's Star Libraries, 2013: Top-Rated Libraries". Library Journal. 137.18. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "Annual Report 2013-14". Vernon Area Public Library. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  5. ↑ Vernon Area Public Library. "Library History". Electronic Resources. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  6. ↑ Vernon Area Public Library. "Research Databases Alphabetical List". Electronic Resources. Retrieved 19 August 2016.

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Coordinates: 42°11′55″N 87°56′11″W / 42.19861°N 87.93639°W / 42.19861; -87.93639

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