Normal Public Library

GET YOUR FREE RIDE STICKER & RIDE CONNECT TRANSIT FREE ALL SEPTEMBER!

In celebration of Library Card Sign-Up Month, throughout September, tap your library card with the NEW Ride Sticker from Normal Public Library (NPL) or Bloomington Public Library (BPL) to ride Connect Transit FREE!

A Ride Sticker is required to ride free during this promotion.
This promotion also includes:
--- Connect Mobility – Transportation for individuals whose disabilities prevent them from using fixed-route buses.
--- Connect FLEX – The on-demand, shared-ride service serving southwest Bloomington.

How It Works:
--- Visit either library to get your FREE Ride Sticker.
--- Each time you ride in September, simply tap your library card with the Ride Sticker to board for free starting September 1.

Please note this promotion is limited to cardholders of the Normal Public Library and the Bloomington Public Library, Illinois.

🪩✨🎧 summer may be coming to a close, but we didn’t let that stop us from dancing away at our end-of-summer silent disco.

Normal Public Library will be closed Friday, July 3 and Saturday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. We will reopen Sunday, July 5 at 1 pm.

You never know what treasures you will find at the library...

Yesterday, one of our librarians rescued a stray kitten from the landscaping! She has been taken out of the heat and to Animal Control for veterinary care.

This beautiful spitfire of a kitten should be up for adoption in about 10 days at McLean County Animal Services.

All in a day's work!

Public printing and copying will be unavailable tomorrow, Tuesday 6/30, as we upgrade our machines. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause!

Update: As of 2pm, we are back online!

Our public computers are unavailable this morning as we work through a software issue. We will update this page once they are available. We apologize for the inconvenience!

Join us!

OUR JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION IS TODAY (6.19.26) FROM 10-1!
The first 200 children to complete and turn in their Juneteenth passport will receive a free book and a treat made possible by the Illinois Prairie Community Foundation, Bobzbay Books, and Miss Kim's Konfections.

There will also be a storytelling performance by local storyteller, Pamela Purnell, and on a first-come-first-served basis, the Zoo Lady will offer facepainting to 50 children. There will also be crafts, games, and community resource information tables.

Juneteenth, the holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States, was officially recognized as a federal holiday in 2021, and is celebrated on June 19.

Questions about this program can be emailed to Ms. Alysha at [email protected].

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--- This event is made possible by the Sapphire Sky Wind Fund at the Illinois Prairie Community Foundation. The IPCF is a grant-making public charity dedicated to improving the lives of people in its four-county service area (McLean, DeWitt, Livingston, and Logan counties). IPCF brings together the financial resources of individuals, families, and businesses to support effective nonprofits in the community.

--- Additional onsite community partners include Normal Public Library, Ecology Action Center, 40 & Up Jump, McLean County Museum of History, Project XV Museum, Illinois Art Station, Home Sweet Home Ministries, Illinois Humanities Envisioning Justice BN Hub, and more.