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The Chicago Public Library is trying to keep the world from checking out all its ebooks. ... Once I presented myself at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France’s Richelieu Reading Room.
Shamus Toomey, Editor in Chief and co-founder of Block Club Chicago, joins Bob Sirott to share the latest Chicago ...
Photo credit: Chicago Public Library’s Thomas Hughes Children’s Library inside the Harold Washington Library Center, (c) City of Chicago. Perched on the second floor of the iconic Harold Washington ...
The reading room, which seats 180, will be fully accessible to University of Chicago library patrons starting May 16. The preliminary process of moving printed materials into the library’s underground ...
Recently opening on the library’s first floor, the Carole E. and Alfred Stroh Reading Room is a dedicated quiet space for reading and studying offering flexible seating, making it an option for ...
Since its humble beginnings as a reading room inside a repurposed water tower tank in 1873, the Chicago Public Library system has sprouted 81 branches. Throughout its history, ...
Seeking to offer River North residents a way to more easily pick up books they’ve ordered, a Chicago Public Library reading room is now open in the Water Works building on North Michigan Avenue ...
CHICAGO (CBS)-- The Chicago Public Library is breaking records this year with its citywide Summer Reading Program. As WBBM Newsradio Political Editor Craig Dellimore reports, instead of playing or ...
CHICAGO (CBS) -- It's a great day to head to the library! Tuesday is National Book Lovers Day, and good news: Chicago Public Library's Summer Reading challenge is still going on. Here's an example ...
These are the most-borrowed e-books from the Chicago Public Library so far during the stay-at-home order. LIST: What Chicagoans are reading while staying at home - Chicago Sun-Times ...