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Book & Plant Sidewalk Sale

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  • Saturday, May 14 | 9:00 a.m. — 1:00 p.m. 

Calling all book & plant lovers and bargain hunters! Join us for a special outdoor, socially-distanced, Library book sale. We will also have a limited selection of flowers and vegetable plants and houseplants available for purchase. Browse through fiction and non-fiction titles, children’s and teen books, and more. Everyone is invited!

Weather permitting, this event will take place outdoors in front of the Library. In the event of inclement weather, the sale will be moved indoors

Summer Reading 2022

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Join Bensenville Library’s summer reading program, Read Beyond the Beaten Path! Summer reading has something for everyone — from babies to adults! Read and partake in Library activities all summer long and win prizes! Register at the Library or through our online program site, benlib.beanstack.org!

KIDS: Complete all of the reading challenges and activities online or pick up a reading log at the Library! Once you complete them all, turn in your log to receive your Summer Reading t-shirt, a ticket for the raffle prize drawing, and a free book of your choice. All prizes available while supplies last!

 

ADULTS: Read and log 6 books to complete the program and earn this year’s prize: a “Camp iRead” insulated tote for your next adventure! For every book you read, you will earn a raffle ticket for our grand prize drawing! (Max. 10 total entries per person.) We’re raffling off three Kindle Fires!

 

The last day to complete Summer Reading is July 29, 2022.

Museum Adventure Pass

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Visit the Library and check out a museum with the Museum Adventure Pass program! You can use your Bensenville Community Public Library card to check out a pass to great Chicago area museums!

Museums that participate in the program include:

  • Air Classic Inc Museum of Aviation
  • American Writers Museum
  • Aurora Regional Fire Museum
  • Bess Bower Dunn Museum of Lake County
  • Bronzeville Children’s Museum
  • Brookfield Zoo (Chicago Zoological Society)
  • Cantigny Park
  • Cernan Earth and Space Center at Triton College
  • Chicago Botanic Garden
  • Children’s Museum in Oak Lawn
  • Elgin History Museum
  • Elgin Public Museum
  • Ellwood House Museum
  • Geneva Lake Museum
  • Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center
  • Illinois Railway Museum
  • KidsWork Children’s Museum
  • Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art
  • Mitchell Museum of the American Indian
  • Naper Settlement
  • Oriental Institute Museum
  • Pleasant Home Foundation
  • St. Charles Heritage Museum
  • Volo Museum

Stop by the Library and check out a museum pass today! For more information, visit the Museum Adventure Pass website.

See what passes are currently available!

Computer Services

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Wi-Fi
The entire Library is a Wi-Fi hotspot. All are welcome to bring their laptops into the Library, find a comfortable spot, and use the internet at no charge and with no restrictions.

Public Access Computers
The Library provides public access computers for all. Each computer has full and unrestricted internet access (see our internet agreement form) as well as the Microsoft Office Suite. There is no charge to use a public access computer, but we ask that you sign in with the computer monitor on-duty. (NOTE: Patrons under the age of 18 must present their school ID.) All computers print to a color and black and white printer; prints cost $.25 for color and $.10 for black and white. A computer monitor is on duty at all times to help with problems and to explain procedures.

Simple Scan Station
Do you have photos or documents that need to be saved digitally? The Library has a Simple Scan Station available in the computer lab.  This station allows users to scan photos and documents as a PDF or word document to their emails, to a flash drive, or directly to a color or black/white printer. Scanning is free; printing costs will only apply if you send the documents to our printers.