Jacksonville, ILVisit the Library and Archives I have such happy memories visiting this library. Wonderful smells, beautiful architecture, and ornate shelving. I marveled at the second story’s glass flooring that helped keep the area alight. Hot summer visits to the children’s section in the basement were a cool relief in the 1960s before most had…
Belvidere, ILVisit the Library and Archives This wonderful library was my childhood hangout. I spent many happy hours here and developed a lifelong love of reading. A few years ago, I returned to college to earn my master’s degree in library and information science and am now honored to be the executive director of this…
Polo, ILVisit the Library and Archives Credit: Andy McMurray/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0 I’m the new president of the library district board. I’m so proud of our little rural library, which serves a library district of about 2,700 people. Our original building opened to the public in 1871. The Carnegie gift arrived in 1904, which resulted…