The Fall edition of the Hillside Public Library’s Off the Shelf newsletter is hot off the press. Get the Fall newsletter here or pick up a copy at the front desk to find the latest information on all of our exciting fall programs and events including: Paying for College Without Going Broke, Decluttering with Craigslist, a Holiday Glove & Mitten Drive, children’s storytime and movies, Friday the 13th, Gene Ha, Tulip Planting, computer classes, and much, much more.

Fulfill your New Year’s resolutions with the help of the new Popup Picks collection at BiblioBoard:

Do you want to get fit or eat healthier? Looking to plan your next vacation or “staycation?” How about learning to manage stress at work? The latest Popup Picks e-book collections can help you achieve all of these goals and more!

This collection is available through March 2017 and includes: 

•         Don’t Sit. Be Fit!
•         Healthy Family, Happy Family
•         Living Your Best Life
•         Taking the Lead in 2017
•         Travel & Staycations

Popup Picks is produced every three months as a quarterly online mobile publication by librarians from around the state. It includes hand-curated, award-winning sci-fi, young adult, travel, humor, self-help, graphic novels and other ebooks and personal picks from leading expert librarian curators. This service for Illinois residents also gets up close and personal with author interviews, personal mementos and backstories on your favorite authors and books.

The Winter edition of the Hillside Public Library’s Off the Shelf newsletter is now online. Get the Winter newsletter here, or pick up a copy in the lobby, to find the latest information on all of our exciting wintertime programs and events including: the NEW “Books on Tap” book club, the Adult Winter Reading Program, youth winter break programs, reading to dogs, YA Craft Corner, online safety with the Hillside PD, computer classes, and much, much more.

Read incredible books from and about Illinois with Popup Picks!

Popup Picks is produced every three months as a quarterly online mobile publication by librarians from around the state. It includes hand-curated, award-winning sci-fi, young adult, travel, humor, self-help, graphic novels and other ebooks and personal picks from leading expert librarian curators. This service for Illinois residents also gets up close and personal with author interviews, personal mementos and backstories on your favorite authors and books.

Popup Picks is brought to you courtesy of Reaching Across Illinois Library System.

Introducing Biblioboard: a collection of fiction, nonfiction, historical source documents, photos, and more, free to any Illinois resident.

The BiblioBoard Core collection contains over 14,000 full-text eBooks that cover a range of topics from Abraham Lincoln and the Alamo to ballet, baking, chocolate, Mozart, Jack London and Victorian Fashion. BiblioBoard also features a collection from Recovering the Classics (a crowdsourced collection of original covers for classics of world literature), as well as collections from the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford.  Because there are no limits on simultaneous use, you’ll never be put on a hold list or have to wait for titles.

If you create a BiblioBoard account you can bookmark your place, add notes to items you read, generate citations, download content for offline reading, and access the collections outside of Illinois.

Apps are available for iOS and Android for reading on the go!

The Fall edition of the Hillside Public Library’s Off the Shelf newsletter is now online. Get the Fall newsletter here, or pick up a copy in the lobby, to find the latest information on all of our exciting fall programs and events including: Scrapbooking, game shows, greeting cards for hospitalized children, computer classes, flu shots, Abe Lincoln meet & greet, NEW young adult clubs, Spooky children’s programs, pirates, and much, much more.

The Spring edition of the Hillside Public Library’s Off the Shelf newsletter is now online. Get the Spring newsletter here, or pick up a copy in the lobby, to find the latest information on all of our exciting springtime programs and events including: the NEW Cook the Book book club, Red Cross First Aid and CPR Certification Course, Women’s Cemetery Safari, Poetry Open Mic, a plethora of youth spring break programs, and much, much more.

The Hillside Public Library’s Off the Shelf Winter Newsletter is now online. Click on the “Winter Newsletter” in the sidebar to get the latest information on all of our exciting winter programs and events including the Friends of the Library Book, Bake, and Craft Sale, Afternoon Tea at Downton Abbey, and the Saturday Family Movie!

The Hillside Public Library is proud to introduce a new charging station for patron use. With this, you will no longer will you have to search around for an outlet to charge your phone of other mobile device. The station is located up at the circulation desk near the entrance to the library. However, the library is not responsible for your devices, so remember to keep an eye on them while they are charging.

The new materials for November 2015 have just been posted. Don’t forget to check out the catalog today for more details.