Poplar Creek Public Library District

Poplar Creek Public Library District
42°0′31.1″N 88°10′28.2″W
Location	1405 S Park Ave, Streamwood, Illinois
Type	Public library
Established	March 18, 1967
Service area	Streamwood, Hanover Park, Elgin, Schaumburg, Bartlett
Branches	1
Collection
Size	172,843
Access and use
Circulation	268,306
Population served	66,306
Other information
Director	Debra Stombres
Website	pclib.org

Poplar Creek Public Library District is a public library in Illinois, which serves residents of Streamwood, Hanover Park, Elgin, Schaumburg, and Bartlett. Created by a 1966 referendum in Streamwood, it currently has one main Streamwood facility and one Hanover Park branch. It serves 66,000 residents, though many of its towns are served only in-part by Poplar Creek, with other residents being patrons of the Schaumburg Township District Library, Gail Borden Public Library District, or the Bartlett Public Library District.

Poplar Creek Library became a United States Federal and State document depository in 1980. Its collection contains approximately 160,000 books and 19,000 other items. It is a member of the DuPage Library System.

In 2009, an expansion and renovation of the facility was designed by Lonn Frye and AJ Rosales of Frye Gillan Molinaro Architects.^[1] This expanded facility has been the recipient of a 2009 GE Edison Award of Merit,^[2] a 2010 AIA Chicago Design Excellence Award for Interior Architecture,^[3] and it was also awarded the title of #1 New Landmark Library in May 2011 by Library Journal Magazine.^[4]

The Sonya Crawshaw Branch Library in Hanover Park was completely renovated and expanded in 2013. Itasca, Illinois based Williams Architects was the architect for the project.

Notes

1. Frye Gillan Molinaro - official website
2. 2009 Award of Merit Winners Archived 2011-09-29 at the Wayback Machine - GE official website
3. 2010 Interior Architecture Awards Archived 2011-08-11 at the Wayback Machine - AIA Chicago official website
4. 2011 New Landmark Libraries Archived 2011-05-15 at the Wayback Machine - Library Journal official website

References

• "Poplar Creek Public Library District". Find-It! Illinois. Accessed 2 March 2005.
• "Libraries, Streamwood, Illinois (IL)". Village of Streamwood, 30 September 2004.
• "Libraries, Hanover Park, Illinois (IL)". Village of Hanover Park, 28 February 2005.
• "Streamwood Libraries and Schools". Streamwood Chamber of Commerce. Accessed 2 March 2005.

External links

• Poplar Creek Public Library, its official website
• Young Adult Book Blog

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