The 1st Library Crawl was started in 2019 by the Bethalto Public Library District to encourage library patrons to find out about a major benefit of having a library card – the millions of items in public libraries throughout Illinois that they are able to access.
That first year, 28 libraries from the Metro East area near St. Louis participated. Now the Library Crawl has grown to include 158 libraries from all over central and southern Illinois.
For the librarians, the best part of this event is meeting the bibliophiles/book nerds/library lovers who come to visit during the Library Crawl. We know you’ll enjoy each and every destination!
Total number of participants: 158 (Final)
Allerton Public Library District
Altamont Public Library
Argenta-Oreana Public Library District – Argenta Public Library
Argenta-Oreana Public Library District – Oreana Public Library
Arthur Public Library District
Ashley Public Library District
Athens Municipal Library
Atwood-Hammond Public Library District
Auburn Public Library District
Belleville Public Library – Main Library
Belleville Public Library – West Branch Library
Bement Public Library
Benton Public Library District
Bethalto Public Library District
Blue Mound Memorial Library
Blue Ridge Township Public Library
Breese Public Library
Brighton Memorial Library District
Bryan-Bennett Library
Cahokia Public Library District
Camargo Township District Library
Carbondale Public Library
Carlinville Public Library
Carrier Mills-Stonefort Public Library
Case-Halstead Library
Casey Township Library
Caseyville Public Library District
Catlin Public Library District
Central Citizens’ Library District
Centralia Regional Library District
Charleston Carnegie Public Library
Chatham Area Public Library District
Chester Public Library
Chrisman Public Library
Cissna Park Community Library
Columbia Public Library
Coulterville District Library
Crab Orchard Public Library
Danville Public Library
Daugherty Public Library District
Decatur Public Library
Divernon Township Library
Dongola Public Library District
Doyle Public Library
Du Quoin Public Library
East Alton Public Library District
Edwardsville Public Library
Effingham Public Library
Elizabeth Titus Memorial Library
Elwood Library District
Evans Public Library District
Fairfield Public Library
Fairview Heights Public Library
Flora Public Library
Forsyth Public Library
Frank Bertetti Benld Public Library
Freeburg Area Library
Georgetown Public Library
Germantown Public Library District
Gillespie Public Library
Gilman-Danforth Library District
Glen Carbon Centennial Library
Golconda Public Library
Goose Creek District Library
Grand Prairie of the West PLD (in Virden)
Greenfield Public Library
Greenville Public Library
Groff Memorial Public Library
Harrisburg Public Library District
Hartford Public Library District
The Hayner Public Library District – Alton Square Mall Library
The Hayner Public Library District – Downtown Library
The Hayner Public Library District – Genealogy & Local History Library
Homer Community Library
Hoopeston Public Library
Jerseyville Public Library
Kinmundy public library
Lebanon Public Library
Lincoln Library, The Public Library of Springfield
Lincoln Public Library District
Litchfield Public Library Districf
Louis Latzer Memorial Public Library
Lovington Public Library District
Madison Public Library
Marion Carnegie Library
Marissa Area Public Library District
Maroa Public Library District
Marshall Public Library
Maryville Community Library
Mascoutah Public Library
Mccoy Memorial Library
Metropolis Public Library
Milford District Library
Millstadt Library District
Mississippi Valley Library District – Collinsville Center
Mississippi Valley Library District- Fairmont City Center
Morrison-Talbott Library
Mt. Olive Public Library
Mt. Pulaski Public Library District
Mt. Zion District Library
Moyer District Library
Nashville Public Library
New Athens District Library
New Baden Public Library
Newman Regional Library District
Newton Public Library District
Nokomis Public Library
Oakwood Public Library District
O’Fallon Public Library
Ogden Rose Public Library
Olney Public Library
Palestine Public Library
Paris Carnegie Public Library
Paxton Carnegie Library
Petersburg Public Library
Philo Public Library District
Rantoul Public Library
Red Bud Public Library
Robinson Public Library District – Hutsonville Public Library
Robinson Public Library District – Oblong Public Library
Robinson Public Library District
Robinson Public Library District – Susie Wesley Memorial Library
Rochester Public Library District
Roodhouse Public Library
Rosiclare Memorial Public Library
Roxana Public Library District
St. Joseph Township-Swearingen Memorial Library
Shawneetown Public Library
Shelbyville Public Library
Sheldon Public Library District
Sherman Public Library District
Sidell District Library
Six Mile Regional Library District – Delmar Location
Six Mile Regional Library District – Johnson Road Location
Smithton Public Library District
South Macon Public Library
Sparta Public Library
Staunton Public Library
Steeleville Area Public Library District
Stinson Memorial Public Library
Stinson Memorial Public Library – Cobden Branch Library
Stonington Township Library
Taylorville Public Library
Tolono Public Library District
Trenton Public Library
Tri-City Public Library District
Tri-Township Public Library
Vance Township Library
Vespasian Warner Public Library District
Wayne City Kissner Public Library
Weldon Public Library District
West Frankfort Public Library
Westville Public Library District
White Hall Township Library
Williamsville Public Library and Museum
Windsor Storm Memorial Public Library
Wood River Public Library
Worden Public Library District
In 1951, the Columbia Women’s Club felt Columbia, Illinois needed a public library. They gave up their normal meeting space in the room above City Hall and began furnishing it as a demonstration library. After a few attempts, the Columbia Library was established as a tax payer funded library on May 1, 1959.
Columbia Public Library seeks to enrich the lives of their community by supporting literacy, learning, and personal growth.
Columbia Library has a diverse collection of materials for patrons to checkout,
Checkout books, magazines, newspapers, and movies on your smart devices.
We have more than books! Checkout some fun games, educational kits, exercise programs, hotspots, and more!
If you cannot find the item you want from a library in our SHARE catalog, we can request the item from another library around the world!
Columbia Library has printing, copy, fax, lamination, and notary services available to the general public.
