The bookmobile was on a roll at this year’s annual Fourth of July Parade, where we celebrated with a custom-built birthday cake float for the bookmobile’s 50th anniversary. Our parade entry also included library wristbands as giveaways. The parade float and the giveaways were made possible by the generous support of the Friends of the Library. 
Special thanks to all of the library staff and volunteers, library board members, the Foundation, the Friends of the Library and our Summer Volunteer Squad who helped represent the library during the parade and passed out wristbands to thousands of parade goers. A big

Arlington Heights Memorial Library Youth Services staff recently accepted an award recognizing the Hub and the Arlington Heights Memorial Library (AHML) as a Safe Space for Youth. Awarded by Kenneth Young Center and Communities for Positive Youth Development's Youth Advocates for Change (YAC) group, the recognition is especially meaningful since the nomination and award come directly from the teen customers the library serves every day. 

Last month, area high school students and members of YAC were asked to nominate an organization, club or business that they see as exceptionally affirming, encouraging and safe. Out of the ten safe spaces for youth selected after the

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.

Looking for inspiration and understanding through books and film? Our Readers Advisors have curated several lists of books and movies:

Juneteenth - Fiction
Juneteenth - Nonfiction
Juneteenth - Films

Pride Month originated with the 1969 Stonewall Riots and Uprising in New York City and recognizes the commitment to achieve equality, liberty and justice under law for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning (LGBTQ+) individuals.

We invite you to join us at the library for the following programs:Pride Parade Prep (for teens grades 7-12)
June 1-3 / Hub / Drop inPride Month Pop-up at the Farmers Market
Saturday, June 3, 9 a.m.-noon / N. Vail Ave. and W. Fremont St. / Drop inFavorite Things: Celebrating Pride Month
Monday, June 12, 7-7:45 p.m. / Cardinal Room

Join us for the library’s Second Annual Lit Stroll. This literary event brings readers together to meet and celebrate beloved Illinois authors. Each author will be featured at a downtown Arlington Heights venue on Saturday afternoon, June 24. Hear about their work, grab a drink, enjoy some free appetizers and mingle with other literary lovers as you stroll from location to location. The event will culminate in a book signing at Arlington Ale House with books available for sale courtesy of The Book Stall. Here is the lineup for Lit Stroll 2023:

1 p.m. Tracy Clark at Mago Grill & Cantina

Summer's coming and the library has children's resources for those days while you're on the go. Have a smartphone or tablet? Content in the library's eBook and audiobook and streaming services offers Kids' Mode to display age-appropriate content for younger kids, with resources that range from educational to exciting.Kanopy Kids
Enjoy 30 days of unlimited viewing of all content in Kanopy's kids' mode for just one viewing credit. Go to the "More" menu in the Kanopy app (or the "Kids" link on the Kanopy website) and start watching! Movies include Ernest & Celestine, Good Night Gorilla or Mr

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, which pays tribute to the generations of Asian and Pacific Islanders who have enriched America's history and are instrumental in its future success.

We've recently put together a curated reading list that highlights Asian American and Pacific Islander voices in literature. This list contains a variety of titles to check out including books like Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn, Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala, The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen and more. Explore the whole list at https://www.ahml.info/list/asian-american-and-pacific-islander-voices.

Local businesses can now use SizeUp Arlington Heights via the library to access industry-specific and hyperlocal information to help them make smarter decisions using Big Data analysis. The research is individually customized for each company. Local businesses can:  

1. Rank their business performance compared to industry competitors  

2. Discover potential customers, suppliers, and better understand their competitive landscape  

3. Optimize advertising to target ideal customer segments  

SizeUp Arlington Heights helps to level the competitive business playing field by providing small businesses with similar market research that typically only large corporations can afford to access. 

Small businesses create the majority of all net new private

Can’t find what you’re looking for? Suggest a purchase! Purchase suggestions are accepted from Arlington Heights Memorial Library cardholders through our website at ahml.info/form/purchase-suggestion.

The library regularly reviews these requests and adds newly released popular materials to the collection including items to our Library of Things collection. Is there a book you'd like to read or new technology or piece of household equipment that we don't have in our collection that you'd like to try out and borrow? Let us know about it; some of the best ideas and newest additions to our collection come from our cardholders. If we do not purchase your requested item