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Lake County Public Library
Lake County Public Library Receives $100,000 Donation
A donation of $100,000 was given to the Lake County Public Library Foundation in memory of siblings Nancy, Mary, and Nicholas Yakovatz on January 9, 2013. Nancy, Mary, and Nick were raised in the Indiana Harbor section of East Chicago and spent their...
Employees of Lake County Public Library Donate Children’s Pajamas to St. Jude House
Employees of the Lake County Public Library donated over 100 new children's pajamas for the St. Jude House in Crown Point on December 11, 2012. The pajama drive ran through the month of November with participation from all eleven locations of the...
Lake County Public Library Offers Text Message Alerts
The Lake County Public Library is now offering patrons the opportunity to stay up-to-date on their accounts through text messages. Through this service, Lake County Public Library patrons will be able to receive updates on held items that are ready...
Lake County Public Library Foundation Recognizes Readers
The Lake County Public Library Foundation recognized first-place winners of the annual read-a-thon at Avalon Manor in Merrillville on May 16, 2012. First-place winners pose with their trophies: John Moon, C.J. Hmurovic, Amelia Marshall, Iris Peck,...
Lake County Public Library Breaks Ground New Library Branch in Griffith
The Lake County Public Library held a groundbreaking for the new library branch in Griffith on Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 4 p.m. The new location will be on the corner of Colfax Street and 45h Avenue in Griffith. Michael Davis, President of the...
Lake County Public Library Offers Item Renewal Phone Service
Lake County Public Library, 1919 West 81st Ave. (US 30), Merrillville, is offering a new phone service called Telephony whereby patrons can call to log in and hear their library card account summary. With their library card number and password handy,...
Lake County Public Library’s Director Retires and is Honored as Distinguished Hoosier
Lake County Public Library bid farewell to the Director, Larry Acheff, who retired at the end of 2011. Mr. Acheff joined the Lake County Public Library staff in 1985 as the Assistant Director and has been Director since 1999. During his time, he has...
Lake County Public Library Welcomes New Director
The Lake County Public Library Board of Trustees has appointed Ana Grandfield as Director for the library district effective January 1, 2012. Mrs. Grandfield has served as the Assistant Director for the Lake County Public Library since 2000 and has...
Lake County Public Library Transitions to New Library Catalog
The Lake County Public Library will introduce a new library catalog on January 6, 2012. During the transition, the library will not be able to place new hold requests on items from December 31-January 5. Patron accounts and the library’s catalog...