The CCS library network is growing! We're excited to welcome Vernon Area Public Library to our consortium. From Thursday, August 28 at 9pm through Tuesday, September 2, our online services will be limited as thousands of items are added to the catalog.

We are excited to embark on a new Collection Revitalization project in 2025-26 to improve your access to the collections you love most. 

The Northern Suburban Special Recreation Association has honored Wilmette Public Library with their Advocate of the Year award.

In 2007, the United Nations General Assembly designated April 2 as World Autism Awareness Day as a means to affirm and promote the realization of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for autistic people.

The CCS library network is growing! We're excited to welcome Mount Prospect and Waukegan public libraries to our consortium. From Friday, September 27 at 9pm through Tuesday, October 1, our online services will be limited as these expansive library collections are added to the catalog.

Join our Library Crawl this April in celebration of National Library Week. Starting April 1, pick up a Library Crawl bookmark at either Glencoe Public Library, Wilmette Public Library, or Winnetka-Northfield Public Library District.

Our public computers have moved to the Reference Area of the library! You'll be able to access all of the same services that were available in the Technology Center, including internet and word processing, printing, faxing, and scanning.

October 15-21 is Friends of Libraries Week, and we're excited to celebrate the Friends of the Wilmette Public Library! The Friends are an organization that support the library through advocacy and fundraising, supporting and promoting library services and events.

Warren-Newport Library District is joining the CCS library network! From Friday, September 1 through Monday, September 4, our online services will be limited as more than 300,000 items are added to the catalog.

Enter the library’s new art show, Off the Beaten Path!

The spring and summer public art show opens Sunday, May 7, 2-3pm.

Theme: Off the Beaten Path

We’re excited to debut our new outdoor locker service this January. These lockers will allow you to retrieve your holds at any time, regardless of whether the library is open!

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For the fourth consecutive year, Wilmette Public Library has been awarded Five Stars in Library Journal’s annual evaluation of public libraries.