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Kankakee Public Library director outlines services and outreach after downsizing to three floors
Summary
Director Allison Beasley told the committee Aug. 4 that the library consolidated from four floors to three, retained core services, expanded outreach to senior and community sites, and runs long‑standing youth and adult programs including a nearly 20‑year state technology grant.
Allison Beasley, director of the Kankakee Public Library, told the Kankakee City Council Community Development Committee on Aug. 4, 2025, that the library consolidated from four floors to three in 2024 but has continued and expanded community programs and outreach.
Beasley said the change reduced operating costs while keeping circulation, youth, teen and adult services available and said the library is active in downtown events and outreach to senior residences and community organizations. "We also have a library of things, which is a collection of not books, but objects," Beasley said, citing…
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