From the Daily Herald.
Cook Memorial now aiming for January opening. (10/8/2010)
Closed now for more than a year because of a $7 million construction project, the main Cook Memorial Public Library in Libertyville likely will remain shuttered until early January, officials said Friday.
Prior estimates had called for a November opening, but a summertime construction strike and basement-level flooding prompted the schedule change for the Cook Park site, said Stephen Kershner, Cook Memorial's new executive director.
Lombard library to double number of computers for adults. (10/8/2010)
Library officials set aside about $12,000 in their 2011-12 budget to buy 12 desktop computers and connect them to the Internet, Director Bob Harris said.
“They will be very appreciated. Our Internet terminals are almost always full, Linda Schehl, the library's head of adult services, said. “In this economy, I think our usage has gone up on so many fronts it's needed.
The library averages 4,300 Internet use sessions a month, or 145 a day, said Julie Adamski, the library's systems support specialist. She estimates adult Internet use makes up 75 percent of those sessions.
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