El Paso District Library in El Paso, Illinois

08/04/2026

Family that completed the entire library crawl together and had funny adventures along the way!

08/04/2026

Book by Greg Koos, the presenter that is coming on Thursday, August August 6 at 6 pm to talk about 'Freedom, Land & Community: A History of McLean County Illinois 1730-1900'.

08/03/2026

Sisters who completed the entire route of the Library Crawl! Good work, ladies!
They are the daughters of Marilyn Swanson, who volunteered at the library for many years and made the scrapbooks of library history that are still upstairs in the history room.

07/30/2026

Help Wanted at the El Paso District Library

Now taking applications for part-time evening and weekend clerk position.

Ask at the desk for an application and job description.

We will accept applications through August 17th.

Send a message to learn more

07/29/2026

250th Display for August: 'The Veteran in a New Field, 1865' by Winslow Homer - books talking about American veterans in many wars. (Sorry about the glare on the picture.)

07/27/2026

Guess some flowers like hot, sultry weather!

07/23/2026

We had so much fun with actor Terry Lynch portraying George Washington! At one point, George called up General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben and Alexander Hamilton to help him in the cause!

07/23/2026

The flowers on the front desk show the teams and the winning totals for the Summer Reading Team Challenge. Members of the red team will receive a book bag. We will let you know when the book bags are ready to pick up.

07/23/2026

Don't forget to ask us for your DQ certificate if you finished the summer reading program. Don't rely on us to remember!