Posted February 26, 2020
Written by Kalea Phillips, Youth Services *Gasp*, “Video Games In a Library? Unheard of!” Not anymore! Libraries are now gaining more popularity with video games, whether it is with programs or events. The main demographic these programs cater to are teens and young adults. If you are a parent, you might have some questions on […]
Posted February 21, 2020
Written by Alicia Brown, Marketing and Graphic Designer Celebrate Black History Month this February with a graphic novel. We have graphic novels in our Adult section about African American History and works of fiction with African American character leads. Here is a list of 9 books selected for you to read this month. The Life […]
Posted January 15, 2020
By Colleen Vander Hye – Adult Services Librarian Have you ever thought about tracing your family history? Family members will likely have some of the answers to get that family tree started, but after that, where do you go to find out more? The Matteson Area Public library has online resources that Matteson Library card […]
Posted January 8, 2020
Written by Alicia Brown, Marketing and Graphic Designer This year a lot of people are adding happiness to their new years resolutions. There is a 100 day challenge that every day you submit a picture of what made you happy for 100 days! There is the hashtag #100happydays that you use on your photos. Click […]
Posted January 2, 2020
By Alicia Brown – Marketing and Graphic Designer In case you are wondering what Millennial Fun is, it is a program we started to reach our Millennial audience and bring them into the library for fun events that they would be interested in. Adults at the Millennial age, adults of any age may attend the […]
Posted December 27, 2019
By Tiffany Henderson – Community Engagement Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa OH MY! Tis the Season…. of “getting” is what sometimes the holidays tend to be about with all of the commercials and ads of the newest items on the market. People often refer to the holiday season “as the most wonderful time of the year”, it […]
Posted November 21, 2019
By Alicia Brown, Marketing and Graphic Designer Welcome to our new website and blog! The purpose of updating our website was to not only fit in with modern website design, but to also make our website more user friendly. We want to make it as easy as possible to find whatever you are looking for […]
Posted November 13, 2019
By Maria Fonseca, Digital Information Services Librarian The Matteson Area Public Library has a large collection of streaming services available for our patrons. Some of these services you can access from home, while others can only be viewed by checking out one of our library Roku devices. The services currently available exclusively on our Rokus […]
Posted November 6, 2019
Written by Lisa Korajczyk, Assistant Director & Public Services Coordinator Here are the facts: November 11th was chosen to remember “the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month” of 1918 to signal the end of World War I. There is NO apostrophe! This day is for ALL veterans to be honored both alive […]
Posted October 30, 2019
Written by Lisa Korajczyk, Assistant Director & Public Services Coordinator Did you know that the Matteson Area Public Library has two different adult book discussion clubs? We have one that meets the 4th Monday morning of the month and another that meets the 3rd Monday night of the month. The groups are independent of each other, […]