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Library Services

Libraries and other facilities that offer a range of activities and services which are designed to meet the information and learning needs of patrons and to facilitate their enjoyment of library resources. Included are reference services, programs which introduce and encourage reading, services which enable people who cannot access the facility to utilize library resources and special collections which provide access to a broad spectrum of general and specialized book and nonbook material as well as reading material in alternative formats.

Bourbonnais Public Library District
Location: Bourbonnais, IL
Website: www.bourbonnais.lib.il.us
Phone: 815.933.1727
Provides library services for area residents.
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Bradley Public Library District
Location: Bradley, IL
Website: www.bradleylibrary.org
Phone: 815.932.6245
Provides library services for area residents.
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Catholic Guild for the Blind
Location: Chicago, IL
Website: www.guildfortheblind.org
Phone: 312.236.8569
Serves children and adults who are blind or visually impaired, including those with new vision loss.
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Cissna Park Community Library
Location: Cissna Park, IL
Website: www.cissnapark.k12.il.us
Phone: 815.457.2452
Addresses the educational, recreational, and informational needs of the residents of the library district.
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Edward Chipman Library, Momence
Location: Momence, IL
Website: edwardchipman.lib.il.us/
Phone: 815.472.2581
Public library providing a variety of programs.
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Fossil Ridge Public Library District
Location: Braidwood, IL
Website: www.fossilridge.org
Phone: 815.458.2187
Library district to residents of Reed, Custer, Essex, and Salina Townships.
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Gilman-Danforth District Library
Location: Gilman, IL
Website: http://www.ltls.org/gin.html
Phone: 815.265.7522
Public Library Services.
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Grant Park Library
Location: Grant Park, IL
Phone: 815.465.6047
Library Services.
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Illinois Early Intervention Clearinghouse
Location: Champaign, IL
Website: http://eiclearinghouse.org
Phone: 217.333.1836
Makes state-of-the-art library and information resources related to early childhood intervention available to the citizens of Illinois.
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Iroquois County Genealogical Society
Location: Watseka, IL
Website: www.rootsweb.com/~ilicgs/index.htm
Phone: 815.432.3730
A charitable not-for-profit museum and genealogical society benefitting Iroquois County residents and others.
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Kankakee Public Library
Location: Kankakee, IL
Website: www.kankakee.lib.il.us
Phone: 815.939.4564
Developed and maintains an outstanding collection of books, other materials, and electronic resources reflecting Kankakee's diversity.
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Limestone Township Library
Location: Kankakee, IL
Website: www.limestonelibrary.org
Phone: 815.939.1696
Provides summer reading program, story times, youth puppet troupe, Project Soar materials for childcare providers, youth advisory club, Internet availability, copy/fax, check out books, audios, videos, magazines, and CD-ROMS.
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Loda Township Library
Location: Loda, IL
Website: www.ltls.org/lon.html
Phone: 217.386.2783
Public library.
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Manteno Public Library District
Location: Manteno, IL
Website: www.manteno.lib.il.us
Phone: 815.468.3323
Lending of library materials: books, periodicals, videos, recorded books, reference searches. Children's programs: summer reading programs, pre-school storytime. Public internet access.
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Milford District Library
Location: Milford, IL
Website: http://www.ltls.org/min.html
Phone: 815.889.4722
Provides library services.
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Olivet Nazarene University
Location: Bourbonnais, IL
Website: www.olivet.edu
Phone: 815.939.5011
A fully accredited liberal arts university offering bachelor's and master's degrees.
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Onarga Public Library
Location: Onarga, IL
Website: http://www.ltls.org/onn.html
Phone: 815.268.7626
Serves children and adults in the communities of Onarga and Thawville and surrounding rural areas.
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Pembroke Township Library
Location: St. Anne, IL
Phone: 815.944.8609
Library Services.
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Piper City Public Library
Location: Piper City, IL
Website: http://www.ltls.org/pcn.html
Phone: 815.686.9234
A member of the Lincoln Trail Libraries System offering free public library services.
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Sheldon Public Library District
Location: Sheldon, IL
Website: http://www.ltls.org/shn.html
Phone: 815.429.3521
Library Services.
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Watseka Public Library
Location: Watseka, IL
Website: www.watsekalibrary.org
Phone: 815.432.4544
Neighborhood resource for practical information, a variety of programs for the whole family, and a host of helpful library services.
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