Northbrook Public Library

Our Summer Reading Challenge starts Monday, June 1! Stop by our lobby from June 1 – 7 for these fun Kick-Off Week activities:

🌱 Pick up a seed packet (while supplies last).
🫙 Guess the number of items in our estimation jar for a chance to win the jar and a $100 Reds Garden Center gift card.
🎻 Enter a drawing for a family pass to a Northbrook Symphony kids’ concert.

Learn all about our Summer Reading Challenge at www.northbrook.info/summer-reading

Last Friday, our Executive Director Kate Hall appeared on WBEZ Chicago's "Say More with Mary Dixon and Patrick Smith" to explain why popular eBooks and audiobooks can take months to become available at your library and how the Digital Library Protection Act, which restricts publishers from imposing unfair digital licensing terms for Illinois libraries, will help. Listen here: https://www.wbez.org/say-more-with-mary-dixon-patrick-smith/2026/05/19/e-books-and-audiobooks-are-costing-libraries-an-arm-and-a-leg

The Digital Library Protection Act (HB 5236) recently passed the Illinois House by a vote of 99-0. Now, it’s up to the Senate. If you love reading and listening to titles on Hoopla and Libby, consider taking a couple of minutes to call your state senator and ask them to support the Digital Library Protection Act (HB 5236).

E-books and audiobooks are costing libraries an arm and a leg E-books and audiobooks account for nearly half of the budget at some libraries, but that could change under legislation being considered in Illinois.