Spring Newsletter 2024

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Public Restrooms

A friendly reminder that the the public restrooms close 15 minutes before closing.

Library Policies Update

Effective Tuesday, January 3, 2023, the following services will not be available 15 minutes before closing.  (Monday-Thursday at 7:45 p.m. and Friday and Saturday at 4:45 p.m.)

  • Hotspot checkout.
  • Troubleshooting of Hotspots.
  • Faxing.
  • New library card registrations and library card updates will not be made. 
  • No photocopying. 
  • No scanning.

College 101 Folders

At Home Movie Kits

At Home Movie kits are now available for curbside pickup only. For more information and/or to check on availability of the kits, please call the library at (708) 449-7510.

Adult Afternoon Book Discussion

Book: Violeta by Isabel Allende
Meeting Date & Time: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 at 2 p.m.

Violeta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first girl in a family with five boisterous sons. From the start, her life is marked by extraordinary events, for the ripples of the Great War are still being felt, even as the Spanish flu arrives on the shores of her South American homeland almost at the moment of her birth.

Through her father’s prescience, the family will come through that crisis unscathed, only to face a new one as the Great Depression transforms the genteel city life she has known. Her family loses everything and is forced to retreat to a wild and beautiful but remote part of the country. There, she will come of age, and her first suitor will come calling.

She tells her story in the form of a letter to someone she loves above all others, recounting times of devastating heartbreak and passionate affairs, poverty and wealth, terrible loss and immense joy. Her life is shaped by some of the most important events of history: the fight for women’s rights, the rise and fall of tyrants, and ultimately not one, but two pandemics.

Through the eyes of a woman whose unforgettable passion, determination, and sense of humor carry her through a lifetime of upheaval, Isabel Allende once more brings us an epic that is both fiercely inspiring and deeply emotional. – Amazon

Violeta is available now for checkout at the Circulation Desk in regular print, large print and audiobook. For more information and to register, please call the library at (708) 449-7510.

Learn about our upcoming books selections. Click on the link below to see what we will be reading next.

Upcoming Adult Book Discussion Books

Teens, share your personal story & win a prize!

Teen Health & Wellness has been updated to include  coronavirus information; these updates will continue as the situation unfolds. 
To stay connected during COVID-19,  Teen Health & Wellness is inviting teens to share their voices through their Personal Story Project . This tool allows teens to share and publish their experiences, and to find strength and hope in one another’s stories. Sharing challenges that have been confronted and overcome is more than empowering; it’s a way to say, ” You are not alone



Forgot your library card number?

  • Did you forget your library card number? Learn how you can have it sent to your email and get other questions answered by visiting: https://swanlibraries.net/

UPDATE: Watch movies on Kanopy

As a Hillside Library patron, you are given 10 credits per month to use toward movie streaming. Kanopy has made a list available of movies that are credit-free. This means that if you watch movies on this list, your credits will not be charged. Click on the link for a complete list of credit-free movies.
https://www.kanopy.com/category/48060

UPDATED as of March 26, 2020: The Kanopy Kids collection is currently credit-free until April 15th. Credits will not be charged when accessing this collection.