The library closed early Saturday, January 18th at 1:30 p.m due to inclement weather.

Also, the library is closed on Monday, January 20th for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. We re-open Tuesday, Jan. 21st at 10 a.m.

If you have any items to return during this time, please use our bookdrop. Stay warm!

Got a WLS library card? You can now watch thousands of films, including The Criterion Collection, for free with your library card! Simply visit https://wls.kanopystreaming.com/, sign-up for an account, and get watching. Hundreds of films are added to the collection each month.

Cardholders can watch up to 10 films per month. Play credits reset on the first of every month. Once you've started a film, you can re-watch it as many times as you want for the next 3 days without using additional credits.

You can watch Kanopy in your web browser, through the Kanopy mobile apps, and on your TV with Roku or Chromecast.

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