The Arlington Heights Memorial Library is proud to celebrate the Friends of the Arlington Heights Memorial Library as part of the 16th annual celebration of National Friends of Libraries Week, October 17-23.

The Friends of the Arlington Heights Memorial Library is a nonprofit organization that understands the critical importance of well-funded libraries and advocates to ensure the Arlington Heights Memorial Library has access to the programs, materials and equipment needed to provide quality services to the community. The Friends sponsor yearly sales and maintain a book boutique (located on the first floor) offering used books and magazines for sale throughout

Beginning Monday, October 18, the library will be transitioning to new hours of operation. The library will stay open later on weekdays, and will have later hours on Sunday:

Monday-Friday: 9 a.m.-9 p.m.
Saturday: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sunday: noon-6 p.m.

Click here to learn more about library hours. Questions? Call 847-392-0100 or email questions@ahml.info.

The Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH) has issued COVID-19 Mitigation Order 2021-10 which requires individuals to wear a face mask in public indoor settings, regardless of vaccination status, effective Monday, August 23, 2021.

Any individual age two or older and able to medically tolerate a mask is required to wear a mask when indoors in a public place. The full order can be read here. 

In compliance with this order, masks are required for everyone visiting library buildings, effective Monday, August 23. If you cannot wear a mask for medical reasons, contact us for accommodations at accessibility@ahml.info or call 847-392-0100

The library is now offering license plate renewal stickers for sale at the Circulation Desk. Read below for more information and if you have any questions, please call at 847-392-0100 or chat the library at ahml.info.What is the cost to renew a license plate?
Generally the cost is $151 per sticker, but the sticker cost depends on the license plate. For instance, there are added fees for personalized plates and vanity plates. In addition, there are service fees associated with each sticker purchase:

• $7.50 service fee for each sticker
• $5.00 service fee for each sticker if paying by credit

On the library's Online Learning page, ahml.info/onlinelearning, you'll find a wide variety of resources including:More Newspapers!
We’ve added the following newspaper resources:

• New York Times + Food + Games/Crosswords: Full access to websites and apps NY Times news, Food and Games. Includes stories, infographics and multimedia. At-home users redeem an access code via our site each day for 24 hours access. Historical articles still available through the “New York Times (via Proquest)” link.

• Daily Herald—full-image: From Newsbank. View daily full-page/full-image issues of the Daily Herald. Historical articles still available through both Newsbank’s and Proquest’s text-only products

Disability Pride Month is celebrated in July, the month in which the Americans with Disabilities Act was first signed into law in 1990. Through these book selections, we invite you to celebrate and elevate people with disabilities, call for disability justice, and challenge ableism through reading.

Book List: Celebrating Disability Pride (Adults)

Book List: Disability Visibility for Teens

Book List: Diverse Needs Chapter Books for Kids

Book List: Diverse Needs Picture Books for Kids

The Americans with Disabilities Act was signed by President George H.W. Bush on July 26, 1990, a landmark law that prohibited discrimination against people with disabilities. In that same year, Boston

June 19, 1865 is the day when the last enslaved people in the United States were told they were free in  Galveston, Texas - two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. June 19 is now known as Juneteenth, a holiday that commemorates the end of slavery and celebrates African American freedom, culture and achievements. Juneteenth is celebrated annually throughout the United States and in observance, we've put together a list of fiction and nonfiction books and movies:

• Juneteenth - Books
• Juneteenth - Movies

Learn more about Juneteenth:

• What Is Juneteenth? - HISTORY

All summer long, we are taking our favorite stories and activities to your favorite parks and places around town. Discover the beauty of the world around us with our Back to Nature BINGO, join us for a Movie in the Park or enjoy stories and songs at our weekly Storytimes in the Park. Plus our StoryWalk® series continues with a new story each month for you to enjoy as you take a stroll around beautiful Lake Arlington.

Let's Go on a StoryWalk®

Join us at Lake Arlington, 2201 N. Windsor Drive. Go for a walk and read a children's story, posted page by page on easy-to-follow signs, as you enjoy the great outdoors. Presented in

June is Pride Month and we've recently put together several curated lists of books and films to celebrate and better understand current events and the history of LGBTQ+ rights in America. We've put together lists for kids, tweens, teens and adults to enjoy.

These lists include books like Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman, Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong and Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson, and films like Love, Simon, Moonlight and Rafiki.Pride Month - LittlesPride Month - KidsPride Month -