The Urbana Free Library

Support the Library this Saturday at the Barnes and Noble Teen Book Festival; located at Marketview Shopping Center, 65 East Marketview Dr. in Champaign! Mention us and a percentage of your... read more >

Check out the latest vinyl at the library- place your holds today!Let It Bleed- the Rolling StonesThe Beatles-the BeatlesTommy- the WhoFear of music- Talking HeadsSandinista!-the ClashPearl- Janis... read more >

You might think the title of this blog would take you to the big machinery section of books.  And you would be partly right.  What makes this title stand out is that the drivers and... read more >

You may already know that the Champaign County Historical Archives has a large collection of local newspapers from 1852 to the present day. In addition to well-known popular publications like the... read more >

One of the things I love most about our community and our library is how diverse it is. Any given day you can hear a number of different languages spoken in the children's area and see kids from all... read more >

Can you identify the following aircraft that were flown at Chanute field? (Find the answer by clicking on each image)Number 1    Number 2Number 3Number 4Number 5The idea for this blog... read more >

All summer we've been celebrating reading, making, and creating with the "Reading by Design" summer reading program theme.  We've made turtles and stuffed felties, frogs and pin-hole cameras.... read more >

Last month FamilySearch announced it was discontinuing its microfilm loan program and set an order deadline of August 31, 2017. Due to system outages during the week of August 20, 2017 FamilySearch... read more >

Need to hang on to that important library item for a little while longer? Now you can -- starting now, renew library materials up to ten times, as long as nobody else has placed a request.Here are... read more >

If you haven’t yet finished logging in your summer reading progress in our Summer Reading Program, time is almost up! Be sure to finish up and stop in for your prize. The last day to log your reading... read more >