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Summer Reading Program Kick-off Day Saturday, June 9 9AM – 5PM

Details on Summer Reading: Adults (p.3), Teens (p.7), Children (p.8) We thought it would be interesting to share some age. Every day, we see people who are here enjoying a statistical highlights of 2017. Following the trend for magazine or using one of the study rooms as their public libraries nationwide, there is a very small offi ce. There are plenty of students who come to do decline in our total circulation. We know that our print homework, and loads of kids enjoying the vibrant Youth collection remains popular, and our e-resources Services space. We’ve taken notice, and continue to circulation continue to grow. offer more resources and programs as our budget allows. What I fi nd to be most interesting is the number of DPL, more than books! people who still choose to come to DPL. Libraries are Amy Falasz-Peterson, Library Director the one public institution that serve people of every

by the Numbers DPL FY2017

Library visitors Annual circulation 242,370 448,241

Physical collection Computer sessions 131,869 19,089 Digital collection WiFi sessions 197,345 121,545 Reference questions Print/Scan/ Programs 45,734 Fax pages 880 103,011 Program attendance 25,860 ? ? ? Study/Meeting Room uses 10,382

2 R Please register in advance at the Library, by phone at 847-945-3311 or at www.deerfi eldlibrary.org. Registration opens Wednesday, May 16. Adult Programs

Adult Summer Reading Program June 9 – August 5 When it comes to your brain, researchers have found there’s no better superfood than a book, and our adult summer reading program is a great way to get started. Participants who read fi ve adult library titles this summer (audiobooks defi nitely count!) will have a chance to win a Kindle E-reader. Stop by the Adult Services or Media desk (or at the sign-up table in the Lobby on Kick-off Day) to pick up a registration form and a sign-up prize. Quantities available while they last. Registration forms will be available starting on Summer Reading Program Kick-off Day, Saturday, June 9, 9:00AM – 5:00PM Book Discussions Copies of the books will be available at the self-service holds shelf a month before the Books With A Twist discussion. Drop-in. Exit West by Mohsin Hamid Thursday Book Discussions Monday, July 23, 7:30-8:30PM Program held at Panera, 1211 Half Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth Day Rd., Bannockburn. Copies are of the FBI by David Grann available on the holds shelf a month Thursday, June 14, 10:30-11:30AM prior. Drop-in. In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage In a country Indian nation in Oklahoma, after oil was discovered beneath their land. Then, one teetering on the by one, the Osage began to die under mysterious circumstances. The FBI took up the brink of civil war, case making it one of the organization’s fi rst major homicide investigations. two young people embark on a furtive love affair. When their city explodes, MEET THE AUTHOR! they begin to hear whispers about doors that can whisk people far away. Leaving their A Distant Heart by Sonali Dev homeland and their old lives behind, Thursday, July 12, 10:30-11:30AM they fi nd a door and step through. TheT fi rst baby to survive aftera several miscarriages, KimiK grows up in a mansion Classics Book Discussion surroundeds by love and Travels with Charley privilege.p But at eleven years by John Steinbeck old,o she develops a rare illness Thursday, July 26, 7:00-8:00PM thatt requires her to be confi ned Join our new quarterly discussion tot her home. Until one person series and read the books you were dtitdares venture into her world. Author Sonali Dev (supposed!) to read in school or a will join us for the July book discussion! Studio 16 Dollar, Photo credit: Vernice forgotten classic. This summer, we’ll discuss John Steinbeck’s travelogue documenting the writer’s road trip in his camper,