Tell me if you've been here before. You pull out your phone with every intention to just check an email, send a quick text, or find out what that notification was, only to find yourself 20 minutes later scrolling through your Instagram feed until it says you're all caught up. Or maybe you've even caught…
Chances are you've never heard of Samuel Insull, but his fingerprints are all over Libertyville. Stick around this town long enough and you will surely use a building or service with a history that can be drawn back to Mr. Insull. He was like a living Monopoly Man with his hands in utilities, railroads, schools,…
For a chilling Halloween edition of The Past is Present, Local History Librarian Jenny Barry digs into a mysterious Libertyville legend: the 1885 murder of August Rosine. You may never look at the Cook House the same way again. Listen to last year's Halloween episode on The Gate. http://traffic.libsyn.com/cooklib/Ep_48_The_Past_is_Present_Murder_at_the_Cook_House.mp3…
Occasionally, we like to check in and see what our patrons are learning about with their free access to Lynda.com. For the month of May, we noticed an emphasis on photography and graphic design. Must be gearing up for those vacation pics and summer video projects! These were the top 10 courses viewed in May.…
Is there any figure more iconic of America, in both the physical and philosophical sense, than Abraham Lincoln? Is there even a contest to be had? His presidency is the stuff of classic historical drama. A single man charged with keeping an adolescent nation intact as it violently tears itself apart over ideals it can't…
Mark and Ayobami, aka Tripp Hazzard and IO (La Daemon) met up in Studio A at Cook Park over their winter break to put the finishing touches on tracks they'd been collaborating on remotely. Cook Library's Digital Studios can be a convenient meeting place for putting together those creative projects that started months ago and…
Every month we like to share what people from Cook Library are learning using free access to Lynda.com with their library card! Here's the the top 10 courses viewed in November! WordPress Essential Training Word 2010 Power Shortcuts Google Analytics Essential Training Java Advanced Training WordPress Ecommerce: WooCommerce Photoshop CC Essential Training (2015) Instructional Design…
Just in time for Halloween, local history librarian Jenny Barry uncovers some of the mysteries behind The Gate - a homegrown urban legend 30 years in the making. Read Behind The Gate, where Jenny dives even deeper into her research and includes the presentation she gave to the Libertyville/Mundelein Historical Society. http://traffic.libsyn.com/cooklib/Ep._23__Halloween_Special_Investigating_the_spooky_legend_of_The_Gate_-_10_26_16_3.19_PM.mp3…
Every month we like to share what folks are learning using their library card to access Lynda.com. These were 10 most viewed courses last month. Foundations of Programing: Fundamentals Remarketing with AdWords and Analytics NoSQL for SQL Professionals Excel 2013 Essential Training Installing SQL Server 2012 Photography 101 Nondestructive Exposure and Color Correction with Photoshop…
Jenny, our local history librarian, describes what it's like preserving a history as rich as Libertyville's and tells a few good stories along the way. For more local history goodies check out our Past Is Present blog posts and the local history page on our website. http://traffic.libsyn.com/cooklib/Ep._22__The_Past_Is_Present_1.mp3…
