at 320 Park Avenue. Plans for the library’s current location were announced in 1940, with construction costs estimated to be around $90,000. Prior to this new construction, the Glencoe Library operated out of the former Hawthorne School at 654 Greenleaf Avenue; by 1938, library board members felt that the library should have its own dedicated building, and began developing plans for the new structure. The library was designed to “simulate a suburban home,” according to contemporaneous news reports, with meeting rooms, a local history room, and space for 35,000 books built into the original plans for the envisioned Colonial or Georgian style structure. The library opened its Park Avenue location to the public in 1941. In the 1960s, a 20 year plan was launched to enlarge the library facilities in order to double the library's capacity for materials storage. In recent years, the library has taken on multiple renovation and repair projects, including the enlargement of staff work areas, the replacement of windows, the installation of a new HVAC system, and various other interior projects to improve facilities. Collection and Services Glencoe Library is a member of the Reaching Across Illinois Library System network as well as the Cooperative Computer Services (CCS) consortium. This allows for reciprocal borrowing for members of other CCS libraries, in addition to the interlibrary loan services Glencoe offers for materials held outside of the consortium. In February 2022, the library reported its own holdings at 73,528 physical items and over 1,323,000 digital items. Glencoe library’s collection is made up of adult, youth, and teen materials including books, DVDs and Blu-Rays, CDs, audiobooks, Roku streaming devices, magazines and newspapers, the Takiff fine arts collection, and a variety of digital resources including e-content and database subscriptions. GPL went fine-free in 2021. As of 2012, 90% of Glencoe residents held library cards, according to census data. The library offers an events calendar featuring regular story-times and children’s events; book and film discussions; guest lectures by academics and community groups; seasonal reading challenges; Book News (virtual and in-person book reviews by staff); crafting and art classes; and more. In addition, patrons are able to reserve community rooms in the library, get one-on-one technology assistance through the Book-A-Librarian program, and make use of the library’s two 3-D printers. In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the library closed briefly in 2020. It reopened with curbside and contactless pickup, as well as