The Chicago Public Library began in an old remaining water tower after the Great Chicago Fire and has since grown to 81 locations across Chicago. Aired: 01/11/23 Rating: NR ...

This November, the Chicago Public Library Foundation Awards returns for its 23rd year, in celebration of the Chicago Public Library’s 150-year legacy of serving Chicagoans through community ...

This year the Chicago Public Library system is celebrating 150 years of service to Chicagoans, and a lot has changed in the last century and a half. With a library card, Chicago residents can ...

Mike Stephen discusses the impact and significance of the Chicago Public Library over the last 150 years with library commissioner Chris Brown and then discovers the Secret History of local blues ...

Colson Whitehead, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author, received the Carl Sandburg Literary Award at the Chicago Public Library Foundation Awards celebration on Oct. 24. The event, co-chaired ...

All Chicago Public Library branches and many other libraries across Illinois were closed Thursday afternoon after ... according to Joliet police. Their second branch, 150 North Ottawa St., was ...

Starting May 1, the Chicago Public Library (CPL) is rolling out some major policy shifts—and you’re going to want to bookmark this. First up: eCards are officially being retired.

The Chicago Public Library is trying to keep the world from checking out all its ebooks. Suburbanites will have to show grit to preserve access to services.