National Library Week 2022: Connect With Your Library

April 3-9, 2022

Libraries continue to serve as lifelines for millions during the pandemic and beyond, connecting people to technology, media, programs, ideas, classes, and most importantly, to each other.

This National Library Week, learn how Cook Memorial Library can connect you to technology, multimedia content, educational programs – and more!

Connect to TECHNOLOGY

• Access free WiFi inside our buildings
• Use our computers
• Tinker, create, and explore in The Workshop
• Digitize and create in the Digital Studios
• Scan photos and documents with our scanners
• Download the Cook Memorial Public Library podcast
• Check out a mobile hotspot, Roku, laptop, CD/DVD drive, and more from our digital equipment collection
• Never miss a hold or overdue notice again with text notifications
• Submit a 3D print job
• Reserve the green screen and lighting

Connect to MULTIMEDIA & RESOURCES

• Search the catalog
• Get personalized reading suggestions from the Bookies
• Catch the Bookmobile at local preschools, senior centers, and neighborhoods
• Make an appointment with the genealogy librarian
• Sign up for 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten
• Get homework help for teens and kids
• Watch a movie on hoopla or kanopy
• Read a digital magazine through PressReader, Flipster, or hoopla
• Listen to an eAudiobook
• Brush up or learn a new skill through LinkedIn Learning
• Learn a language with Mango Languages
• Be a voter
• Check out material in Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Polish, Russian, and Spanish
• Sign up to receive home delivery service or schedule a stop at your senior residence facility
• Schedule a notary appointment

Connect to PROGRAMS & IDEAS

• Peruse the monthly calendar of events
• Read current and pass issues of our Ins & Outs newsletter
• See what our fish are up to in the Children’s Library
• Ask a question through chat (lower right corner of our website)
• Make a suggestion online or at our suggestion box
• Attend in-person story times
• Come find the Hungry Caterpillar hiding in the Children’s Department

Connect to EACH OTHER

• Stop in and chat with our librarians 🙂
• Join our book clubs
• Sign up for a Pop-Up Playtime session
• Follow us on social media: Facebook | Goodreads | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube
• Book a study room or meeting room
• Support the library: join the Friends, donate a tree, purchase a book, or make a donation
• Fill out a Kid’s Pick card for your favorite book at the Children’s Desk
• Write a Patron Pick book review at the Reference Desk
• Join other cinephiles at Cinema Club
• Visit us at the Libertyville Farmers Market in Cook Park starting in June