LIBRARY CLOSURE - May 20-23

Bloomington Library will be CLOSED Monday-Thursday, May 20-23.

The Bookmobile will make its stops during these closures. The Bookmobile schedule is available at bit.ly/bookmobileschedule.

  • Monday’s English Conversation Group will meet at STAR Literacy (201 E. Grove St.)
  • Tuesday’s Fiction Book Club will meet online via Zoom. Visit bit.ly/fiction521 to register for this program and receive the Zoom link.

This closure will allow us to continue to unbox 107,000 books (which were moved to storage when our construction project began) and to shelve 262,000 books. Some collections and areas of the library will not be available until the library reopens on Friday, May 24.

During open hours leading up to the closure, call 309.590.6120 or text 309.446.8398 with questions.

Donate

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Thank you for your interest in making a donation to Bloomington Public Library.

Unrestricted monetary contributions from individuals, families, businesses, and community organizations help the library maintain and expand collections, services, and programs.

  • Donate Online - 
    • Make a donation to Bloomington Public Library using your credit or debit card.
  • Donate via check
    (donating via check eliminates service fees)
    • Make your check out to Bloomington Public Library
    • Bring the check to the Circulation Desk or mail it to:

      Bloomington Public Library
      205 E. Olive St.
      Bloomington, IL 61701

Celebrate a birth, graduation, new position, significant achievement, retirement or other special occasion. Thank a teacher or coach for a great year. Honor the memory of a loved one or commemorate a special event with a gift to the library.

While the Library is happy to discuss commemorative gift options, the most common commemorative gifts are made in the form of monetary contributions which are earmarked to purchase items for the Library's collection.

Bookplates with the name of the person being honored and the name of the person giving the gift can be placed in materials purchased with these donations.

If your gift is in honor of or in memory of an individual, the Library can send an acknowledgement of your gift to the individual or to the family of the individual.

  • Donate Online - Make a donation to the Bloomington Public Library Foundation using your credit or debit card.  
  • Donate via check
    (donating via check eliminates service fees)
    • Make your check out to Bloomington Public Library Foundation
    • Bring the check to the Circulation Desk or mail it to:

      • Bloomington Public Library Foundation
      205 E. Olive St.
      Bloomington, IL 61701

Staff at the Check Out Desk will accept small donations (i.e., a box or bag of items) to be sold in the library’s Book Shop. Those with larger donations are asked to visit bloomingtonlibrary.org/book-shop and complete the online form to coordinate drop off with the library’s Book Shop Coordinator.