What is the history of the Carol Stream Public Library?
In September 1962, the Carol Stream Public Library began in a room in the Village Hall located at 397 Blackhawk Drive. Books, magazines, furniture and shelves were all donated by residents. The present library building opened to the public in January 1978. The Library’s online circulation system and card catalog were initiated in 1983. Space expansion and reconfiguration projects were carried out in 1989/90, in 1995, and again in summer 2002, bringing the Library to its present full-capacity layout. The Library installed a local area network (LAN) in 1993 which has made it possible to offer a range of computer services to the public that continues to grow as technology changes.
