Welcome
At the St. Joseph Township- Swearingen Memorial Library, you will find big city library services provided with a small town friendliness. The library has a weekly email newsletter! If you would like to sign up for our newsletter, go to the “Wowbrary” link below and follow the instructions. The newsletters come out every Saturday. It announces new materials added during the week as well as upcoming events happening at the library.
Latest News
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Senior Citizens Bingo
We would like to invite Senior Citizens who enjoy Bingo to come and play at the library! This is a free event and we’ll have small prizes to give away. We’re usually the last Monday of the month but check the calendar on the front page of the website. The next Senior Citizens Bingo will […]
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Storytime for Children
Join us for a FREE drop-in story time open to all children! We offer the same program twice, Monday evening and Tuesday morning, every 2 weeks. Parents/caregivers are asked to stay with children under the age of 3. Please call us at the library if you have any questions: 217-469-2159. The First Story Time is […]
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ICash Event
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs’ staff will be at the Saint Joseph Township-Swearingen Memorial Library on Tuesday, October 14, 2025 to help reunite citizens with missing money property through the I-Cash program. In Champaign County, an estimated 353,026 people and/or businesses have unclaimed cash or property held by the treasurer’s office. The value exceeds $52,000,000.00. […]
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Illinois Humanities
No One Ever Sees Indians: Native Americans in Media Presented by: Ernest Whiteman, Illinois Humanities Roads Scholar “Are you watching closely?” This presentation is loosely structured as a three-part magic act. Ernest discusses the many representations of Native Americans in media, how far back these depictions go, and how these representations inform audiences’ perceptions of […]
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Illinois Libraries Present
Steve Burns – Tuesday, September 16, 2025 Marissa Bode – Tuesday, October 21, 2025 J. Kenji López-Alt – Tuesday, November 18, 2025 Jonathan Eig – Tuesday, January 13, 2026 R.L. Stine – Tuesday, February 24, 2026 Percival Everett – Thursday, March 19, 2026 Cristina Henríquez – Thursday, April 16, 2026 R.F. Kuang – Tuesday, May […]