Downtime

From September 28-30, our online catalog, your account access, and some online services will be limited. 

Two more libraries, Mount Prospect and Waukegan, are joining our consortium of 28 other area libraries. For their collections to be added, our catalog will have limited functionality September 28-30. We suggest acquiring all of your weekend materials (physical and digital) by Friday, September 27. Libby and Kanopy users: you will be able to access titles you have already downloaded, however, you will not be able to download any new items between September 28-30. *Hoopla and Boundless users will not be affected by the downtime.

Services available during the downtime:

  • Checkout physical materials 
  • Checkout already available holds 
  • Return physical materials (although they will not be checked in until after September 30)

Services not available during the downtime: 

  • Materials check-in (you may return physical items, but they will not be checked in from your account until after September 30)
  • Placing holds 
  • Paying fines 
  • New library card sign-up
  • Updates to your account and/or preferences
  • Our CAPL app
  • Libby (Digital Library of IL)
  • Kanopy
  • Creativebug
  • Explore More Illinois