Library News

Andrew Carnegie believed that "public libraries are palaces for the people," and he backed up his convictions by financing the construction of over 2,500 public libraries worldwide.  

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Trustees of the Illinois Prairie District Public Library hereby publishes notice of the sale by sealed bid of the real property owned by the Library located on Holland Road, Metamora, Illinois

eRead Illinois Is Moving to a New App

The eRead Illinois collection of e-books and e-audiobooks will soon move to a new home!

 We recently shared that Baker & Taylor — the wholesale provider of e-books and audiobooks for the Boundless platform — announced it will cease operations and close by the end of the year.  While we are still waiting

Baker & Taylor, the parent company of the Boundless platform, announced on Monday, October 6, 2025, that it will be going out of business at the end of the year.  Currently, the Boundless platform remains intact, but new content can no lo

Illinois Prairie District Public Library is excited to announce that Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is now available to families across Woodford County!

🎮📚LEVEL UP COMPLETE! 📚🎮

IPDPL readers crushed this year’s Summer Reading Program — 907 participants logged more than 8,000 books and over 1,000,000 minutes of reading! 🤩👏 

IPDPL has had print copies of BookPage magazine available to patrons for many years, but we now offer the same great content in a digital format to read online!

Starting June 5, 2025, Illinois Prairie is launching SWAG – Seniors With Attitude Group at the Metamora branch.

Starting May 1, IPDPL cardholders using hoopla will see some service changes.  Due to a combination of factors, the library is reducing the number of hoopla checkouts to three (3) items per library card per month

Illinois Prairie is launching a new adult book club on May 1st.  The Silent Book Club will meet on the first Thursday of each month from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm at Eli's Coffee Shop in Metamora.

In October 2023, our community lost an avid supporter and library fan.  Louise "Lucy" Koehler loved her community and spent countless hours in its service.

Illinois Prairie District Public Library is pleased to announce LinkedIn Learning as a new e-learning resource available to patrons!