Illinois Secretary of State and State Librarian Alexi Giannoulias is awarding more than $27 million in grants to libraries ...

Here’s how to access the digital resources for free, from educational materials to popular fiction books.

Illinois officials have announced more than $27 million in grants to strengthen library services statewide, with several ...

Illinois is launching a statewide digital library resource program. Illinois residents now have free access to trusted online ...

Giannoulias awards $27 million to Illinois libraries for books, technology, security, construction and literacy programs ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by the Illinois Answers Project. Last fall, when an anxious patron rushed into the Addison Public Library asking how to file a court document, Sara ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — After recent threats against libraries and their workers in Illinois and around the country, state lawmakers are putting in protections to ensure the spaces stay safe. Secretary of ...

Peggy Frank loves old research books, especially ones about history. But they aren’t always available through her local library collection in Naperville, where she’s lived for the past 45 years. But ...

Yolanda Perdomo is an award-winning journalist and a digital producer for CBS Chicago. Previously, Yolanda was a producer and reporter for WBEZ, WCPN, and WXXI. CHICAGO (CBS) -- Dolly Parton is ...

When Julie Milavec thinks back on the past 12 months, her sigh gets long and heavy, almost comically so. Not that there was anything funny about being director of the Downers Grove Public Library this ...

Illinois residents with or without a library card can now utilize a new statewide digital library service. Illinois Secretary of State officials announced Tuesday residents can now access a "vast ...