Happening March 20 - March 27 3rd through 5th graders: You are invited to DPL’s first-ever all-online book club for kids! We’ll be exploring Frazzled by Booki Vivat. It’s an engaging and heartfelt realistic fiction story with plenty of visual elements folded in (think Raina Telgemeier’s… Read More
Update on COVID-19
Below are the most accurate, up-to-date resources for information about COVID-19. Lake County Health Department Illinois Public Health Department CDC World Health Organization If you have traveled to affected geographic areas in the past two weeks or may have been exposed to someone who may have COVID-19, please call your healthcare provider so they can… Read More
2020 Census: Make Sure You Count!
The 2020 Census has arrived, and your participation is extremely important. Census data directly affect how federal funds (out of a national total of $675 billion) are allocated to communities for the next 10 years. Allocation issues include the following much more: Schools and Libraries Roads and Highways Public Health Medicaid Public Transportation Neighborhood Improvements… Read More
Author Rosellen Brown on the Podcast – Part 2
On this month’s episode of the Deerfield Public Library Podcast, we are very happy to share the second part of our conversation with acclaimed author Rosellen Brown. I spoke to Rosellen earlier this year in her home in Hyde Park, on the occasion of the recent publication of her novel The Lake on Fire (Sarabande… Read More
Fill our Food Drive Shopping Cart
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
