Vernon Area Public Library District

Vernon Area Public Library District is a public library in Lake County, Illinois, USA, 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.

The population of the Vernon Area Public Library District was 41,055 as of the 2010 Census.

The Vernon Area Public Library District offers access to more than 276,000 items,^[1] along with programming and instruction for all ages. The library also delivers materials to nursing facilities in the area.^[2]

The Vernon Area Public Library District was counted among America's Star Libraries for 2010,^[3] 2011,^[4] and 2013^[5] 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. On March 20, 1990, voters approved a referendum for the sale of $6.9 million to support the construction of a new library to be built on a site next 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 for more than 250,000 items. ^[6]

Collection and Services

Subscription databases

Vernon Area Public Library cardholders may use their library card to access content in subscription databases and online catalogs including the following:^[7]

• America the Beautiful (Grolier)
• Back issues of the Chicago Tribune and The New York Times (via ProQuest)
• Books in Print (R.R. Bowker)
• Biography Resource Center (Gale)
• Business & Company Resource Center (Gale)
• Computer and technical reference manuals via Safari Select
• Lands and Peoples (Grolier)
• Music in the Sony Music catalog, via Freegal
• Literature Criticism (Gale)
• Literature Resource Center (Gale)
• Oxford English Dictionary
• Stock reports from Standard & Poor's

References

1. "Annual Report 2013-14". Vernon Area Public Library. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
2. Vernon Area Public Library. "Library History". Electronic Resources. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
3. 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.
4. Lyons, Ray; Keith Curry Lance (November 2011). "America's star libraries, 2011: Top-Rated Libraries". Library Journal. 136.18. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
5. Lyons, Ray; Keith Curry Lance (November 2013). "America's Star Libraries, 2013: Top-Rated Libraries". Library Journal. 137.18. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
6. Vernon Area Public Library. "Library History". Electronic Resources. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
7. Vernon Area Public Library. "Research Databases Alphabetical List". Electronic Resources. Retrieved 23 September 2012.

External links

• Vernon Area Public Library District

Coordinates: 42°11′55″N 87°56′11″W / 42.19861°N 87.93639°W