Cook Memorial Public Library District has grown from humble beginnings as a shelf of books in the local drugstore in 1909 to a library district with two full-service buildings in Libertyville and Vernon Hills, plus a digital collection, Bookmobile and Outreach staff that provide library service to a population of 60,000.  We are proud of our history and invite you to explore more in the links listed below.

Cook Memorial history by Gabriella Pantle. Published in ILA Reporter, February, 2012

And experience our interactive website  for an entertaining, nostalgic look back at Cook Library from 1894 to 2008.