Spotlight
For about a year now, through Hoopla, the Des Plaines library has offered patrons digital access to more than 300,000 movies, TV shows, music albums, and audiobooks. Now Hoopla has comic books and ebooks too.
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How-to
A dream came true last fall. All our ebooks from Overdrive MyMediaMall became integrated into our catalog.
Kids & Parents
In high school I had blue streaked hair, a big mouth (it earned me a suspension from this library), and a serious love of punk music. I spent most of my weekends at local shows or in a friend’s garage listening to NOFX and Catch 22.
Library Renovation
DPPL's Fast Forward project is moving, well, forward and fast! Here's the latest on The Forum, the new 4th floor adult digital learning center.
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Spotlight
When I was a kid my father would take me on drives in our car. We lived in the suburbs and he would takeme through the seediest places in Chicago, Uptown, Downtown, ghettos on the west and south sides of Chicago. He'd tell me stories about growing up in the city and show me places where notorious crimes took place.
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