The “Cultural Campus” adjacent to downtown Elmhurst features both public and private libraries—Elmhurst Public Library (established 1912) in Wilder Park and A.C. Buehler Library at Elmhurst College—situated along Prospect Avenue nearly kitty-corner to each other.
Both libraries are members of the Metropolitan Library System (MLS), which gives MLS card-carrying patrons privileges at academic, public, school, and special libraries in Chicago and in the suburban communities of Cook, DuPage and Will counties.
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Marilyn Boria, Director
Elmhurst Public Library
125 South Prospect Avenue
630-279-9696 * f - 630-516-1364
Night Owl Reference Service: 630-279-8696 (closing to midnight)
24-hour Renewal by Phone: 630-279-6030
Hours: Weekdays, 9 am-9 pm; Saturday, 9 am-5 pm; Sunday, 1-5 pm
The Elmhurst Public Library ranks among the top five public libraries nationwide and No. 1 in Illinois within its category, according to the 2008 Hennen’s American Public Library Rating (HAPLR™) Index—the fourth year in a row that EPL ranked top 10 nationally. Circulation, staffing, materials, reference service and funding levels are among the 15 criteria factored into the Index.
EPL offers more than 300,000 books, audiobooks, CDs and DVDs, and hundreds of magazine and newspaper subscriptions, and professional librarians are ready to answer questions in person, by phone or by e-mail at reference@elmhurst.org.
Amenities include public meeting rooms, group and silent study rooms, computer training lab, 80-plus public computers, wireless internet access, free story times/programs for children and adults, drive up window and coffee bar.
The library’s catalog, databases and other services are available to EPL cardholders from the library website, including reserving and renewing books online, and services for residents with special needs include book delivery to qualified homebound citizens.
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Board of Trustees
The Elmhurst Public Library is over seen by a nine-member Board of Trustees elected by the public.
Rose Walsh,
President
P: 630-279-7485
Frank G. Vanek,
Vice President
P: 630-832-6091
Linda Wheaton, Secretary
P: 630-834-1061
Marsha M. Baker
P: 630-833-5654
Ingrid Becton
P: 630-834-4385
David J. Dyer
P: 630-279-8811
Philip L. Hupfer
P: 630-832-5741
William E. Ryan
P: 630-833-8876
Susan P. Sadowski
P: 630-832-2913
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Friends of the Library
125 South Prospect Avenue
P: 630-941-8361
Jackie Crnkovich, President
Since 1941, the Friends of the Elmhurst Public Library has enriched the library’s resources and supported library programs—including the new “Elmhurst READS” Program—with proceeds from membership dues and fundraising events.
The Friends’ purpose is to maintain an association of persons interested in the library; to increase the library’s facilities and services; to secure materials beyond the scope of the library’s operating budget to enrich the cultural opportunities available to residents.
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