From March 1-22, the Library will be collecting donations for the West Deerfield Township Food Pantry of non-perishable foodstuffs, household cleaning items, and personal hygiene products. Donations can be dropped off in the shopping cart, courtesy of Whole Foods Market, in the Library’s lobby. Please check the expiration date, and donate non-expired foods, only! The… Read More
Libby/Overdrive: Changes to digital holds
Picking up digital holds is changing! Starting Monday, March 2, when a title you have on hold through the Libby app or the Digital Library of Illinois website becomes available, you’ll get a notification and will have three days (72 hours) to claim the title. Digital holds will no longer automatically get checked out when… Read More
New Genealogy and History Resources: Fold3 and Newspapers.com
Are you knee-deep in genealogy? Do you have a passion for history and rabbit trails? If you answered yes to either of these, then Deerfield Library is ready to assist you with two new databases! Fold3 Our new database Fold3 is designed with the genealogist in mind. This database is focused primarily on military genealogy.… Read More
Author Rosellen Brown on the Podcast – Part 1
On this month’s episode of the Deerfield Public Library Podcast, we are very happy to share a conversation with acclaimed author Rosellen Brown. Rosellen Brown has written some of the most complex, human, and real characters that I’ve read, in novels like Tender Mercies, Civil Wars, Before and After and the poetry books Cora Fry… Read More
NEW! Teen/Adult Book Discussion on Little Women
Greta Gerwig’s Oscar-nominated film adaptation of Little Women has inspired lots of dialogue about Louisa May Alcott’s famed story. Now is your chance to join in on these conversations at the Library! On Wednesday, February 26 from 7-8 p.m. the Library will host its first-ever Teen/Adult book discussion. The program will include engrossing questions about… Read More
Guess The Oscars 2020
Right after the Grammy Awards, we have the Academy Awards. Time for our annual Guess The Oscars contest! Choose who you think will win the Oscar in 10 categories. A winner will be chosen from the entries with the most number of correct answers. First prize is a deluxe Roku Streaming Player. Entries will be… Read More
Chicago based poet Sam Herschel Wein on the DPL Podcast
In this month’s episode of the Deerfield Public Library Podcast, we’re excited to share a conversation with the Chicago-based poet Sam Herschel Wein. Sam is the author of the chapbooks Fruit Mansion (2017) and, in collaboration with the poet Chen Chen, Gesundheit! (2019). He is also an enthusiastic ambassador for the vibrant scene of online… Read More
Staff Picks: “1919: The Year That Changed America”
1919 was a big year for the United States of America. The country experienced several earth-shattering events in only twelve months time: The Great Molasses Flood. The Black Sox Scandal. The First Red Scare. Labor Movement Strikes. Suffrage. Red Summer. Prohibition. Each of these events would have been monumental in isolation. In reality, they intersected… Read More
Guess the Grammys Contest 2020
The award show season is upon us once again. Please join us for one of our most popular contests of the year, our annual Guess the Grammy’s contest. Choose who you think will win the Grammy Award in 11 different categories. A winner will be chosen from the entries with the most number of correct… Read More
Oh the Things You Can Check out From the Library!
Our Library of Things collection has grown quite a bit in the last year and we’re looking forward to bringing our patrons even more items in 2020. What is a Library of Things? These are non-traditional items available at the Library that aren’t books, CDs, or movies. Our collection started with Rokus and Wireless Hotspots… Read More
