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Library Closures:
The Library will be closed on Tuesday, December 1, due to construction restricting the use of plumbing.

The Library will be closed early at 3:00 pm on Wednesday, November 25, and all day Thursday, November 26, to celebrate Thanksgiving.

Library Updates: Return to Curbside and Virtual Services Only (Updated 10/27/20)
With the renovation underway, the Library is offering virtual and curbside pickup services until the renovation is complete in Spring 2021. Our hours will remain unchanged. For additional information, visit our Library Updates page.

Library Renovation: Photos Updated 11/11/2020
The Library renovation has officially started! We will continue to document our renovation on our Renovation Update page, keeping you updated with current information, photos, and more. Check out our current architect's rendering for a more detailed look at the renovation.

Curbside Pickup:
For instruction on how to use our Curbside Pickup Service, click here.

Enter To WIN! How Many Pages?
Enter for a chance to win an Amazon Gift Card. Guess how many pages are in our stack of children's books. To help guess, view photos of the stack on the Library's Flickr page. Email ajbisanz@phpl.info with your guess now until November 30.

Your Library Online:
Even if you cannot make it to the Library physically, you can still check out eBooks, audio-books, movies, TV shows, music, and magazines digitally with our various online resources, all for free with your Prospect Heights Public Library card. Learn more about our resources and how to use them here. Also be sure to check out our online databases, which include resources on genealogy, health, newspaper archives, school help, and more, plus subscribe to our enewsletter for the latest news and information.

Printing at the Library From Home:
No printer at home? You can now upload print jobs from your home computer and submit them to the Prospect Heights Public Library's printer. There are two methods detailed through our instructional videos, either through our website or through the PrinterOn App. Once completed, you can pick them up via curbside pickup.

Register for a Library Card Online to Access Our Databases and Online Book Options:
Online library card registration for residents of the Prospect Heights Library District is available under the My Account tab on the left-hand side of the page of our website or by clicking here. We will be processing registrations while we are closed and once a patron gets a library card number they will have access to all of our online resources.

Passport Services:
While the Library is closed, we will still be offering passport application services offsite starting in November. Visit our Passport Services page for times, locations, and additional information.

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Current Events

Storytime Shorts
(Tuesday, November 24, 2020 - All Day)

Check in each Tuesday and Thursday to watch a themed storytime with Mrs. Julie. Click on the link below to access YouTube.

Sacagawea: Adventures with Lewis and Clark Recording
(Tuesday, November 24, 2020 - All Day)

You've heard of Lewis and Clark, the men who charted the uncharted. But how much do you know of their companion Sacagawea? This incredible Lemhi Shoshone tribeswoman was an indispensable part of the most significant journey in U.S. history. Performing as Sacagawea, Martina Mathisen will immerse you in her life, experiences, and journey into the Louisiana Purchase.

Thanksgiving Tips & Tricks! Cooking with Chef Dave
(Tuesday, November 24, 2020 - All Day)

It's time for an awesome Thanksgiving Tips & Tricks class with Chef Dave Esau of Dave's Specialty Foods in Mt. Prospect. Chef Dave will freak you out with how EASY it should be to prep your Thanksgiving dinner!

Teen Advisory Board @ Home
(Tuesday, November 24, 2020 - All Day)

Help us choose our TAB book picks for the year! Register with your email address to receive your book packet, select which books you think the Library should buy, and send back it back to Ms. Erica when you?re finished!. Completing the survey is worth one service hour! Grades 9-12.

Library Board Meeting- Virtual
(Tuesday, November 24, 2020 - 7:00 PM)

The Library Board holds monthly meetings. This meeting will be via zoom.
Call in using:

1 312 626 6799
Zoom access One

Sacagawea: Adventures with Lewis and Clark Recording
(Wednesday, November 25, 2020 - All Day)

You've heard of Lewis and Clark, the men who charted the uncharted. But how much do you know of their companion Sacagawea? This incredible Lemhi Shoshone tribeswoman was an indispensable part of the most significant journey in U.S. history. Performing as Sacagawea, Martina Mathisen will immerse you in her life, experiences, and journey into the Louisiana Purchase.

Take-Home Service Hour: Girls Love Mail
(Wednesday, November 25, 2020 - All Day)

Service hours available! Write letters to cheer up someone newly diagnosed with breast cancer. Girls Love Mail collects these letters of encouragement and distributes them at cancer centers. Pick up your supplies using Curbside Pickup. Call the Library at 847-259-3500 to schedule your appointment. Grades 9-12.

One packet is worth one hour of service. Write in the Notes section if you'd like multiple packets.

Encore Recording: Nature Speaks: Nature?s Best Hope
(Wednesday, November 25, 2020 - All Day)

Join Doug Tallamy, a professor in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, for a discussion on simple steps that each of us can- and must- take to reverse declining biodiversity. Chief among his research goals is to better understand the many ways insects interact with plants and how such interactions determine the diversity of animal communities. He explains why we, ourselves, are nature's best hope. Doug's new book 'Nature's Best Hope' released in February 2020, is a New York Times Best Seller.
Zoom access Two

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