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I think about books as food a lot. (Please feel free to assume that here I have written – and deleted – several tortured metaphors about literature as nourishment, and so on). Mostly I think it’s the variety that resonates with me: I love a buffet, a

There are a lot of books that tell you about things, letting you learn and observe the world at a distance. Field Guides are a little bit different. Most of them are designed to help you get into the world, to learn and observe through experience

From Circulation Assistant Ashley: Are books important? Does reading even matter? Friend, you are reading the blog of your local library, and I know you are the wrong audience for those questions because OF COURSE they are and OF COURSE it does! Get

This week’s article is from Sage, one of our brilliant circulation clerks, who may be too humble to let you know that he created a lot of the resources mentioned: Has this happened to you? Some days, I walk into the library or pull Libby up on my

How about we go on a winter walk?  I know, it’s cold. Spring and fall seem to get all the attention, with their changing leaves, chirping bugs, and plump pumpkins ready to be picked. Even summer has its allure, with strolls by the water and naps

This post is from Sharon in Circulation, who does a wonderful job each month helping to create and maintain our history display on the second floor of the library. If you have had an opportunity to wander around the Downtown District in O’Fallon, you

When Linda Mitchell moved across the state, her main criteria for her new town was that it had to have a good library.   “I’ve been a fan of libraries since I was a kid growing up in Chicago. To me, having a public library card was like having a free

To me, the coziest place in the world is a good bookstore — particularly one of the ones that has a maze of shelves and books piled around for what seems like miles, and ESPECIALLY if the shop has an air of mystery about it (and I get the feeling

The end of the year is upon us, and we’ve been looking back with fondness at the books, movies, and more that we’ve enjoyed from the library in 2023. Luckily, with more than 61,000 items in our collection – and more than 9 million across the IHLS

One of the most popular sections in our children’s area (aside from the train table, of course) is the graphic novel aisle. On busy weekends and in the after-school hours, we can barely move fast enough to keep up with the piles of graphic novels