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Executive Summary of the CIP through July 2020

Posted July 30, 2020. The Library Board and Library administration began working on the Library Capital Improvement Project in 2016. May 2017 marked the one-year anniversary of a new operational strategy for the Library, reflecting a more open and welcoming library created by loosening of lending rules and increasing invitations to come to the building for additional programming and community gatherings. The Library Board was interested both in learning the Lake Forest community’s opinion of this new operational strategy and better understanding how the Library building created challenges to its effectiveness.

What to read next after "American Overdose"

Two public health emergencies The opioid epidemic was declared a public health emergency in 2017. Between 2017 and 2018, prescription-related opioid overdose deaths dropped 13.5 percent according to the CDC. Since then, the isolation, shutdowns, social distancing, and joblessness resulting from t...

Making a Creative Collage in Pixlr

July 27, 2020 By Kristin Ashley
Media Lab Assistant As a creative person, I’ve been enjoying using the Pixlr app for a few years now. I use it for editing and customizing my images, but my favorite thing to do with this app is to get creativ...

Hints of Herbs: in the Kitchen with Kate

Summer is a great time to explore new ways of using the fresh produce so readily available. Adding herbs is an easy way to perk up a salad, a main course or a starter. Fresh herbs are available at your local Farmer's Market (Lake Bluff on Friday morning), in your local grocery store and at your...

Applied Design Thinking

By Patrick Villanueva, Media Lab Assistant From experience, you could say I know a thing or two about the whole creative process. That is another way to describe design thinking. Design thinking is more than something art-related, and that's important to understand. It's a un...

How and why to read more diversely

What does "reading diversely" mean? Reading Diversely means making an intentional decision to include works from BIPOC (black, indigenous, people of color) and LGBTQ authors as a part of your normal reading throughout the year, in addition to occasionally picking a book from outside your com...

New Release Juvenile Fiction - July

Hooray for Lolo by Niki Daly/Here Comes Lolo. New very easy chapter book series by award winning author. Set in contemporary South Africa, the events in Lolo's world revolve around school, home, and her community—like most children in early elementary school. Raising Lumie by Jo...

10 Anti-racist Podcasts

Whether you already have read or are interested in reading How to be an Anti-Racist, and perhaps also White Fragility or Me and White Supremacy, we have a list of 10 podcasts below to help you continue learning about social justice issues and about race in America. How to lis...

Lake Forest Library Lite

Welcome to Lake Forest Library Lite: many of the Library services and resources you love, with quick and speedy service for limited numbers of patrons throughout the day. Although the Library is not yet going back to "business as usual," you can still have an enjoyable visit. Simply follow the NEW P...

Taking Great Photos with Your iPhone

By Kristin Ashley With the warm weather finally here, I’m taking more photos outside–and I’ll bet you are, too. With the improvement in cameras in the newer smartphones, you no longer need a cumbersome DSLR to get great iPhone photos. In fact, you don’t even need a computer to share, store and ed...

Lake Forest Library plans Phase 4 reopening July 20

July 2, 2020 – LAKE FOREST Ill – Lake Forest Library is excited to announce a planned reopening of the building for express service and limited computer use beginning Monday, July 20. We're calling this phase Lake Forest Library Lite: many of the Library services and resources you love, with quick and speedy service for limited numbers of patrons throughout the day.

Lake Forest Library offers new Curbside Collect service starting June 3

May 21, 2020 – LAKE FOREST Ill – Lake Forest Library staff are pleased to again offer access to physical materials through our new Curbside Collect service. Library patrons can place holds on items at any time. Pickups start June 3 and run Monday–Saturday, 2:00–6:00 pm, at the back dock behind the Library (360 E Deerpath Rd, Lake Forest). Library staff will call patrons to let them know their requested items are ready to be picked up.

Outdoor Public Art in Lake Forest

We will showcase five pieces of public outdoor art in Lake Forest. Ex Libris by Michael B. Croydon The sculpture entitled Ex Libris, designed by Michael B. Croydon and fabricated by Daniel T. Blue, was commissioned by the Deer Path Art League for the Library’s Centennial. The title of th...

Bullet Journaling in 15 minutes

By Michelle Doshi What is Bullet Journaling? A bullet journal is an analog system for planning your life. It is a planner that you customize yourself to suit your needs and goals, and a system for organizing your thoughts, tasks, meetings, events, goals, and more, to help you keep up and to ke...

NEW RELEASE JUVENILE FICTION - JUNE

PAGES & CO SERIES by Anna James For those of you who love to get lost in a good book. An enchanting story about the magic of books and the power of imagination The first book is The Book Wanderers and just released is The Lost Fairy Tales . RAGWEED & POPPY by Avi...