Warren-Newport Public Library District

The Warren-Newport Public Library is located at 224 N. O'Plaine Road, Gurnee, Illinois, 60031. The library serves a population of 60,000 within a convert|55|sqmi|km2|sing=on area that covers all or most of Warren Township, Lake County, Illinois Warren and Newport Townships in northeastern Illinois. The library is a member of the [http://www.nsls.info North Suburban Library System (NSLS).]

Overview

Lake County, Illinois communities that fall completely within the boundaries of the district are Gurnee, Illinois; Grandwood Park, Illinois; Park City, Illinois; and Wildwood, Illinois. Partially included in the district are the communities of Beach Park, Illinois; Grayslake, Illinois; Lake Villa, Illinois; Old Mill Creek, Illinois; Third Lake, Illinois; Wadsworth, Illinois; Waukegan, Illinois; and Milburn, Illinois. [http://www.wnpl.info/about.aspx] ,

The Warren-Newport Public Library District began in 1971 when the Gurnee Women's Club began to look for a meaningful service which their club could offer the area. Opening day for the library came on January 10, 1973. The library opened its doors for 45 hours per week with 3,000 volumes. The library moved into its current location in 1978, and in 1997 opened a $5.6 million, convert|31000|sqft|m2|sing=on addition. [http://www.gurnee.il.us/history/history_library.html]

In 2004, the library was one of the early adopters of passive RFID (radio frequency identification) technology for the automation of item check-in ("News Sun", September 28, 2004).

According to statistics gathered by the [http://lrc.lis.uiuc.edu/web/index.html Library Research Center] at the University of Illinois, the Warren-Newport Public Library is the second busiest library in Lake County, after the [http://www.cooklib.org Cook Memorial Library] in Libertyville. ("News Sun", October 3, 2006).

According to its [http://www.wnpl.info/about.aspx mission statement] , the Warren Newport Public Library "provides the community with access to information, kindles the imagination of chidren and adults, and supports lifelong learning." The Warren-Newport Public Library offers a collection of over 200,000 books, hundreds of magazines, and over 37,000 CDs, DVDs and audio tapes as well as programming for all ages designed to provide personal enrichment, education and entertainment. The library also delivers [http://www.wnpl.info/scripts/bookmobile.aspx bookmobile service] to 47 neighborhoods five days a week.

[http://www.wnpl.info/contactus.aspx Stephen Bero] is the library's current director.

External links

* [http://www.wnpl.info Warren-Newport Public Library District]
* [http://www.parkcityillinois.com/ City of Park City]
* [http://www.villageofbeachpark.com/ Village of Beach Park]
* [http://www.villageofgrayslake.com/info/treecity.html Village of Grayslake]
* [http://www.gurnee.il.us/ Village of Gurnee]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA3cOEVYg-Q YouTube informational video about Warren-Newport Public Library's RFID circulation system]

References

Masterson, J. "Automatic sorting machine makets library work easier." "News Sun" (Waukegan, IL), September 28, 2004.

Zahorik, R. "Warren-Newport eyes second library" "News Sun" (Waukegan, IL), October 3, 2006.