Mobile Library Branch to Start Sept. 8; Lincoln Library Releases 2024 Annual Report

Sep 3, 2025

Library officials told the council that a mobile branch will begin service Sept. 8 with stops in all 10 wards, that library card sign-up month and fine amnesty are underway, and that the library has submitted its required 2024 annual report under Illinois statute.

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Library officials told the Springfield City Council on Sept. 2 that the new mobile branch will begin service Sept. 8 and will stop in all 10 wards. "They're going to start September 8, they've got the schedule set for 2 weeks," Dr. Harrison, the library director, said, adding that the schedule will appear on the library’s website calendar and that staff can pivot stops if a location is not drawing visitors.

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