Illinois Secretary of State and State Librarian Alexi Giannoulias is awarding more than $27 million in grants to libraries across the state, his office announced in a news release Tuesday.

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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 ...

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Rare Book and Manuscript Library—which occupies a vault within the main library—closed February 25 to address a mold outbreak. No more than 5% of the 300 ...

As book bans in Republican-led states seem to be sweeping the country, Illinois is now a beacon of hope as it became the first U.S. state "to outlaw book bans after Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday signed ...

Illinois officials have announced more than $27 million in grants to strengthen library services statewide, with several Rockford-area libraries expected to benefit from the funding.

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 ...