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Library cards are issued free of charge to families who live in Elmwood Township.  We issue family cards.  To sign up for a library card, please bring an ID with a picture and your current address as well as another form of ID with your name and current address.  We will ask you to fill out a form with the names and birth dates of those who live in your home.  If you live in Rosefield Twp. the township pays for your family to have a card.  There are a few areas that don't qualify for a free card as families don't live in one of these townships (even though their children attend Elmwood District 322). Our district is not set up to be the same as the school district due to the will that supports the library.  If you child attends Elmwood District 322, but you don't live in Elmwood or Rosefield Twp., please let us know when you stop by to sign up for your card and we will share the non resident fee. 

The library has three patron computers that may be used. The computers are able to print.  Printing is $.20 for black & white copies & $.50 for color copies.  The price for copies for school is half price.  WiFi service is also available in the library. At this time we only have one computer available. Please call for an appointment.  

The library has a copy/fax machine which patrons may use.  The cost to copy is $.10/page.  The cost to fax is $1.00 per page.  

We offer Inter Library Loan for any material that the library does not have or if our copy is checked out.  If you are looking for something, let us know & we will order it for you.  You may also place an item on hold at home.  You will need your library card number & password.  Please ask a librarian for these numbers.  

If you are in need of delivery service, please call the library & speak with Michelle.  Delivery service is provided to patrons of the Morrison & Mary Wiley Library who are unable to get to the library due to a disability or situation which prevents visiting in person.

The library offers a conference room for public use.  If you are interested in using the room, please talk with Michelle. The use of the conference room will not be allowed at this time. 

The library has room for patron displays, so if you have a special collection you would like to display, please talk with Michelle. We will not be accepting displays at this time. 

You may register to vote at the library. We will not be offering this service at this time. We encourage everyone to apply to vote by mail at: https://www.illinoisvotes2020.com/.

Please check out our two Little Free Libraries.  One is located in Central Park near the bench on the NW corner of the park.  The other is near the front door of the elementary school (books are not kept in this library during the summer).  Please stop by to take a book, leave a book!!  We have turned our Free Little Library in Central Park in to a Free Little Sharing Library. That means that instead of being filled with books, it will be filled with food, personal hygiene or household items. Anyone who needs something, please feel free to help yourself. Anyone who would like to donate, please feel free to do so. We hope this will help during these difficult times. We are in this together!   
    

Little Free Libraries a “take a book, return a book” gathering place where neighbors share their favorite literature and stories.  In its most basic form, a Little Free Library is a box full of books where anyone may stop by and pick up a book (or two) and bring back another book to share.  You can, too! The library will soon have two Little Free Libraries around town. The first Free Little Library was in Hudson WI in 2010.  By 2014 there were around 15,000 around the world!  Elmwood has become part of this great movement to promote literacy and encourage community.  We are so proud to bring this great idea to Elmwood!  
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​The Morrison & Mary Wiley Library is not supported by tax money.  A library card is free to Elmwood Township residents due to the generosity of the Morrison & Mary Wiley family.  Rosefield Township pays for their residents to have a library card at our library.  To register for a card, please bring a photo ID & one other form of identification with your home address (Ameren bill, water bill, etc.).  The library issues family cards, so parents must register for the card.  Please call 742-2431 with any questions.        

The library has the following magazines for patrons to check out: 

Birds & Bloom             Martha Stewart Living                                     
Country                      ​Midwest Living                
Country Living             People                     
Country Woman           The Pioneer Woman                                  
Cricket                        Prevention       
Family Circle                Real Simple                 
Fine Gardening             Reminisce                      
Good Housekeeping      Taste of Home                  
Good Old Days             This Old House              
HGTV                          US Weekly                      
Jack & Jill                     Woman’s Day ​ 
                                                  

               


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