September is Library Card Sign-Up Month! Check out these books that feature libraries or have characters who work in libraries. Bonus: movies with a library scene! What You Wish For by Katherine Center: School librarian, Samantha, loves her job and brings passion to everything she does. New principal, Duncan, lives for rules and regulations, but Continue reading “https://www.chillicothepubliclibrary.org/wp-content/themes/gridd”
Meet the Youth Department Brea Fearon (left), Youth Services Librarian, joined the Chillicothe Public Library District (CPLD) team in Fall 2023. Brea grew up in Peoria and spent several years working as an elementary teacher at a Montessori school before moving to Urbana to pursue a Master’s degree in Library and Information Science from the Continue reading “https://www.chillicothepubliclibrary.org/wp-content/themes/gridd”
Artificial Intelligence is everywhere these days, but is AI an indispensable tool or a threat to life as we know it? In January, Chillicothe Public Library will explore a few angles of this multifaceted topic. On Tuesday, January 9 at 1:00 pm, Dr. Tony Grichnik of Blue Roof Labs and Bradley University will present “The Continue reading “https://www.chillicothepubliclibrary.org/wp-content/themes/gridd”
Language literacy at Chillicothe Public Library goes beyond English. Learning a new language introducescountless new ways of seeing the world and interacting with other people—plus, it’s good for yourbrain!—and the library loves to be a part of making those connections through our materials collectionand programming. Browsing the library shelves, you may have come across formal Continue reading “https://www.chillicothepubliclibrary.org/wp-content/themes/gridd”
Looking for something to do with kids over the summer? We’ve got you covered! Our recurring youth programs will continue into the summer. Haven’t been before? Summer is the perfect time to start! Here’s what we offer on a regular basis: While we have our standard, recurring library programs happening, we will also have special Continue reading “https://www.chillicothepubliclibrary.org/wp-content/themes/gridd”
