Bloomington Library will open Thursday, May 16, at 5pm and will remain open through the weekend.
The library will be CLOSED Monday-Thursday, May 20-23.
The Bookmobile will make its stops during these closures. The Bookmobile schedule is available at bit.ly/bookmobileschedule.
This closure will allow us to continue to unbox 107,000 books (which were moved to storage when our construction project began) and to shelve 262,000 books. Some collections and areas of the library will not be available until the library reopens on Friday, May 24.
During open hours leading up to the closure, call 309.590.6120 or text 309.446.8398 with questions.
This program pairs trained and certified therapy dogs with children in Grades K-5 who want to practice reading aloud.
There will be 4 time slots available for kids to meet and read to a pup:
THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO A FAMILY EMERGENCY.
Award-winning author Jesmyn Ward will discuss how her literary vision and personal experiences address urgent questions about racism and social injustice.