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As a safety precaution, Dolton Public Library District is closed to the internal facilities, although beginning Monday, July 13, 2020 the library will have Curbside Pickup available from 10:00 am to 12 noon and 3:00pm to 5:00pm (Monday through Saturcay). Place a hold on an item via your SWAN App or a call into the library ahead of time. Once you have been notified by the library that they have your item ready and on hold for you, then you can pick the item up via Curbside Pickup.

Curbside Pickup Hours:
Monday – Saturday 10am to 12noon and 3pm to 5pm
Please follow the signage and after arrival text the Curbside Number to alert the library: 708-840-0705

Book Return
The book return is open for returns Monday through Saturday 9am to 5:30pm

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation is evolving daily, and due to the State-Mandated order of all public and private schools to close, public libraries are also closing, to help mitigate risks and do their part to prevent the spread of this virus. Thinking of the public is first in situations like this, is the most important.

Please keep posted to our Library Website as to when we will re-open

Until further notice, all library programs and meetings have been cancelled. We apologize for this inconvenience. Wishing all to be healthy & safe.

• https://news.nnlm.gov/gmr/2020/02/covid-19-coronavirus-for-public-libraries/
• https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/summary.html
  
• https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

We are offering 2 new virual activities: Virtual Line Dancing and Virtual Zumba Gold Fitness

Zumba classes are every Friday at 5pm

Virtual Line Dancing is Thursdays at 6pm.

Please call 708.849.2385 to register and leave your full name and contact info. DPLD Library Card Required for Registration.

Go to the following website to apply: https://accessatt.solixcs.com/#/home

$10 per month FREE INSTALLATION Access from AT&T is a program to provide low-cost wireline home Internet service to qualifying households with at least 1 resident who participates in the U.S. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) with an address in AT&T’s 21-state service area at which AT&T offers wireline home Internet service.

• #TogetherWeCount Census 2020 Toolkit
• Forefront #ILCountMeIn2020 Resources
• Cook County 2020 Census Toolkit
• Census Bureau PSA Toolkit

We have been given free access to these during this shelter-at-home time period that can possibly assist children with some of their online school work.

You should first click the link and then can search what you are searching for by:

– Grade Group
– Genre
– Subject
– Format
– Title by Alphabet

Elementary Digital Bookshelf Prek-8

Secondary Digital Bookshelf 5-12

ABDO Zoom Research Database

The 2020 Census counts the population in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and five U.S. territories (Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Each home will receive an invitation to respond to a short questionnaire—online, by phone, or by mail. This will mark the first time that you will be able to respond to the census online.

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Aside from our new website, the library has undergone extensive remodeling and we have an entirely new look which was featured in this year’s architectural issue of The Library Journal (2019). Check out some of the photos below.

The Dolton Public Library is subject to the requirements of The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Anyone who plans to attend a program and needs special accommodations, or has a question regarding library accessibility, may phone the Business Office at (708) 849-2385 at least 7 working days prior to the event. If you need accommodations for a disability, phone the business office (708) 849-2385 at least 7 days prior to the event.Read More News Items

Effective, Tuesday, November 1st, 2016 for Dolton Library Patrons, Adult Library Cards will be the only cards that can check out any type of audio/video library items. Adults are considered 18 years of age and older and the adult must be the person conducting the checkout. Audio/Video library materials include DVDs, Tapes, Records, Electronic Games, etc. Also note that the limit is 4 (four) of these type of items that can be checked out in the SWAN Library Consortium at any one given time. The SWAN Library Consortium are all the South Suburban Libraries.

For information on Library Programs, please call (708-849-2385) If you have any questions concerning the library being closed for renovations, refer to our document here!er going a renovation and will be Closing October 1st, 2018 until the Spring of 2019.