Trustees Rock!

Library trustees are wonderful people.  They give their time and expertise (unpaid!) to benefit the community.  Homer Township Library trustees made a commitment with me, many years ago, to add much needed space to our library.  After ten years of conservative budget oversight and monitoring the budget to save every dollar (along with $1.5 million in grant awards) we have expanded library space for you.  Hats off to our Library Trustees pictured below with me!

Grand Opening

The Grand Opening of the expanded and renovated Homer Township Public Library was a long-awaited dream.  We hope you love the space that was developed with our customers in mind.  There are areas to study, meet with friends, enjoy the sunroom view, read, visit, and use 24 new public computers.  Staff are ready to assist you!

 I believe there is an area here for you and am excited to have you visit and find your perfect spot @ your library.  We are very proud of the conservative budget oversight that allowed us to self-fund this expansion.  More than ever before @ Homer Library!

Milestone! 24,000 sf Library is OPEN

Your library is open!  Construction is finished!  Come visit us today!
(can you tell we are super excited?)

There is an amazing new space waiting for you - your Homer Township Public Library has self-funded a wonderful addition and remodel of existing space.  The new 24,000 sf library boasts automatic entry doors, bold colors, unique lighting, tons of natural light, 6 private study rooms, 24 public computers, a quiet reading room with fireplace and study tables, a family activity room and sunroom - both adjacent to the youth area, a copy center, more seating, additional parking, family restrooms, a teen room and specific junior area, and more!

We have created several community areas - enjoy a conversation in the table area looking out onto 151st Street.  Read a magazine or newspaper in the library's "living room".  Sit with your children in the diner booth areas. Appreciate the quiet in the Heroes quiet reading room. Enjoy working next to your child at the family computer area.  Watch the sports activity from the sunroom. Work with friends in a private study room or in the family activity room. We listened to our community and brought forward what residents asked for along with some special areas that we know you will love.

Outside covered benches and seating anchor a lovely garden bed.  More plantings and flower beds will continue to be placed around the building as the site work continues, along with a ring road and staff parking on the east side of the building.

More for you than ever before @ Homer Library!

Closed Sept. 30 - October 20 for the Final Move!

• It's the final move of 80,000 items and offices into the new space. 
• Youth services will move into its newly remodeled home and the addition will become all adult space. 
• Staff will move from the community room and side offices to rest in office areas in the remodeled space. 
• Safety issues require that we be closed for this move. 
• Like the layers of a cake each item has to be undertaken -- additional shelving and furniture will be delivered, constructed and placed; collections will be removed from shelves and packed; movers will unpack 80,000 items onto final shelf spaces; the final placement for library computers and phone lines, etc.

It's quite the process and while we know it temporarily closes the library we truly are so proud to bring this construction to completion!  Customers will love the opportunities to find a niche - we have created many community social areas for everyone to find their perfect spot or comfy zone, to be social or to study and read.   It is a busy and exciting time as the construction process ends and the final vision of the new space can be experienced.  The beautiful expanded and remodeled library features:

·         6 study rooms

·         Heroes Quiet Reading Room

·         Family Activity Room

·         Teen Room

·         Copy Center

·         24 public computers

·         Sun Room & more!

 This move and final placement of collections requires a 3-week closing period until we reopen on Monday, October 21^st.  A Grand Opening is being planned for later this fall.

Please direct questions to 708.301.7908 or visit our website for construction updates.

Addition open, construction continues...

We have completed the new addition!  Now construction work is nearing completion of the remodel of the existing space.  The move into this space is anticipated to be completed on October 21st.  Exciting things are happening @ your library!