Is your backpack too heavy at the end of the day? Would it be nice if you could leave your school books behind and still be able to get your homework done? Now you can! The High School has provided the Sycamore Public Library with one copy of each class textbook. During regular library hours anyone may come in and use these books to read the assigned chapter or answer the assigned questions. The books are for in library use only, but you are welcome to copy needed pages if you prefer to work at home.

Sycamore residents who are unable to get to the library on their own may arrange to have materials delivered to and picked up from their home. This service is available on a short term or permanent basis. For more information and to find out if you are eligible, please contact Debbie Norris or Jeannie Barry at 895-2500.

If you are sick of reading the same old thing or you finished a favorite series and don't know what to read next, the staff at the Sycamore Public Library are available to help with reading suggestions. Stop in and talk to the Staff at the Adult Services desk. The staff will spend some time getting to know your reading likes and dislikes and then will help you find some new books to read. To arrange an appointment for reader's advisory service, contact Debbie Norris at 895-2500.

The Sycamore Public Library offers free hands-on computers classes on the most popular software applications, like Microsoft Word and Internet Explorer.  Watch the Adult Services page for class announcements.

Every summer, the Sycamore Public Library is proud to offer the One Community Reading Together program.  The library staff chooses one book for the entire Sycamore community to read, share and discuss.  Besides offering many copies of the book, the Library has book discussions and programming related to the book.  In recent years, we have done 
2002 - Great Plains by Ian Frazier
2003 - The Rich Part of Life by Jim Kokoris
2004 - The Solitaire Mystery by Jostein Gaarder
2005 - The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
2006 - The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
2007 - Marley and Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan
2008 - The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
2009 - A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck
2010 - Pay It Foward by Catherine Ryan Hyde and
           29 Gifts: How a Month of Giving can Change Your Life by Cami Walker
2011 - Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

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