Vernon Area Public Library

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Vernon Area Public Library
Exterior Vernon Area Public Library District.jpg
Exterior view of the library
Established1974
Location Lincolnshire, Illinois
Coordinates 42°11′55″N87°56′12″W / 42.198681°N 87.936725°W / 42.198681; -87.936725 Coordinates: 42°11′55″N87°56′12″W / 42.198681°N 87.936725°W / 42.198681; -87.936725
Collection
Size200,000 [1]
Access and use
Circulation984,750 (2016) [2]
Population served41,055 (2010)
Members31,452 (2016) [2]
Website www.vapld.info
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Vernon Area Public Library

Vernon Area Public Library is a public library in Lake County, Illinois, United States, serving the communities of Lincolnshire and unincorporated Prairie View, most of Long Grove, and smaller portions of Buffalo Grove, Riverwoods and Vernon Hills. It operates a single library in Lincolnshire.

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The Vernon Area Public Library offers access to nearly 200,000 physical items, [1] along with programming and instruction for all ages. The library also delivers materials to senior centers in the area. [3]

The Vernon Area Public Library was counted among America's Star Libraries for 2010, [4] 2011, [5] and 2013 [6] as named by Library Journal .

History

The Vernon Area Public library began in 1974 in a classroom in the Adlai Stevenson High School and later moved to a temporary building in the high school parking lot. The first permanent library building was constructed at 4 Indian Creek Road in Lincolnshire. On March 20, 1990, voters approved a referendum for the sale of $6.9 million in bonds to support the construction of a new library to be built adjacent to the existing library building. On September 15, 1993, the Vernon Area Public Library opened to the public at 300 Olde Half Day Road in Lincolnshire. The 50,000 sq. ft. building is designed to meet the needs of a growing library district. The library has a 16,000 sq. ft. Adult Services department, 12,000 sq. ft. Youth Services department, and shelves nearly 200,000 items. Public spaces include a meeting room, cafe with beverage and snack vending machines, quiet reading room, study rooms, computers (PCs and Macs), media lab, and computer classroom. [3]

Collection and Services

Subscription databases

Vernon Area Public Library cardholders may use their library card to access information from reliable online resources through the library website, including: [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Annual Report 2013-14". Vernon Area Public Library. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Year in Review". issuu. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  3. 1 2 Vernon Area Public Library. "Library History". Electronic Resources. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  4. Lyons, Ray; Keith Curry Lance (October 2010). "America's star libraries: the LJ Index of Public Library Service 2010". Library Journal. 135 (16). Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  5. Lyons, Ray; Keith Curry Lance (November 2011). "America's star libraries, 2011: Top-Rated Libraries". Library Journal. 136 (18). Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  6. Lyons, Ray; Keith Curry Lance (November 2013). "America's Star Libraries, 2013: Top-Rated Libraries". Library Journal. 137 (18). Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  7. Vernon Area Public Library. "Research Databases Alphabetical List". Electronic Resources. Retrieved 23 September 2012.