Winnetka-Northfield Public Library District News

Banned Books Week Programs

Don't miss our Banned Books Week programs starting this Saturday, September 27 and running through next Wednesday, October 1.

September 27, 2-3pm at the Main Library

All the King's Men book discussion, ages 16+. Caribou will provide coffee for the event.

September 28, 3:30pm at the Main Library

Angela Maycock of the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom will speak about the freedom to read. Caribou will provide coffee for the event.

October 1, 7-8pm at the Winnetka Youth Organization

Teen round table discussion on selected challenged titles. Ann Finstad will facilitate, with the help of Winnetka Youth Organization staff members. The Winnetka Youth Organization will provide refreshments.

- (Posted on Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 3:39 PM)

LexisNexis Library Express

The Winnetka-Northfield Public Library is the first public library in the country to offer LexisNexis Library Express, a new resource from LexisNexis which is now available at home to Library patrons. Included in Library Express is the full-text of more than 350 U.S. and International newspapers as far back as 25 years, more than 300 magazines and journals, broadcast transcripts, and non-English news sources. Also available are business resources such as market research, industry reports, SEC filings, and company dossiers with a wide range of data on more than 35 million companies. Although not available from home, LexisNexis Library Express also has a large array of legal information including law review articles, supreme court, circuit court, and district court decisions, federal regulations, and codes for all 50 states which can be accessed from the Main Library or Northfield Branch. - (Posted on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at 3:17 PM)

Shakespeare in September : Hamlet's Two Fathers

Join us in inviting guest speaker David Bevington from the University of Chicago as he presents this lunchtime Shakespeare program at Corner Cooks on Tuesday, September 23 at noon. Professor Bevington, one of the world's foremost Shakespearean scholars, has written or edited more than 30 volumes on Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Lunch and lecture at Corner Cooks. Tickets are $27 including gratuity. Call Corner Cooks at (847) 441-0134 for more information.

- (Posted on Monday, September 8, 2008 at 3:24 PM)

Banned Books Month

September is banned books month and we have partnered with community organizations and businesses to provide these events and programs to heighten awareness of banned books.

September 1 - October 1

20% off on selected titles at the Book Stall
$1 off on coffee drinks at Caribou for people wearing "I Read Banned Books" button

September 27, 2-3pm at the Main Library

All the King's Men book discussion, ages 16+. Caribou will provide coffee for the event.

September 28, 3:30pm at the Main Library

Angela Maycock of the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom will speak about the freedom to read. Caribou will provide coffee for the event.

October 1, 7-8pm at the Winnetka Youth Organization

- (Posted on Monday, August 25, 2008 at 9:00 AM)

Our Website has a New Look

We happy and excited to present our newly designed Website, the product of many months of planning, collaboration, and hard work.

We hope that you will find our new site to be as informative and useful as we have designed it to be. Check out our site's new features and let us know what you think!

- (Posted on Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 2:47 PM)

New Resource - Academic OneFile

The Library now subscribes to a new 24-Hour Resource - Academic OneFile. Using Academic OneFile you can find articles and reviews from the world's leading journals and reference sources. - (Posted on Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at 4:56 PM)