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About Us

Cortland Community Library is a fun and safe space for all residents to come and enjoy our services. We are not your typical quiet library, we are an engaging community center where everyone is a neighbor. Whether you love being glued to a book or glued to a screen we have content for everyone's enjoyment!

Our Staff

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Heather Black

Christine Donnelly

Christine Donnelly

Director

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Christine Donnelly

Christine Donnelly

Christine Donnelly

Library Technician

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Barb Coward

Christine Donnelly

Barb Coward

 Former Director, Retired

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Dawn McAllister

Dawn McAllister

Dawn McAllister

 Library Technician 

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Shelly Hoshaw

Dawn McAllister

Dawn McAllister

 Library Technician 

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Terry Kammes

Dawn McAllister

Terry Kammes

 Library Technician 

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Danielle Wilcox

Danielle Wilcox

Danielle Wilcox

 Library Technician 

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Terri Pardridge

Danielle Wilcox

Danielle Wilcox

Story Time

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Sophia Bryant

Danielle Wilcox

Sophia Bryant

Library Technician

Our History

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Cortland Community Library first opened on July 3, 1984 in a little blue building along Somonauk Road where Casey's gas pumps are now located. When Casey's came to town, the library was allowed to move into Town Hall, where it stayed for almost eight years. The old fire barn was purchased in 1993, and the library moved to its current location at 63 S. Somonauk Road.

In 1989 a referendum was passed, establishing the library as a governmental taxing body. The library was staffed by volunteers until May 1996, when the first librarian was hired and the library was able to meet the entrance standards of the Northern Illinois Library System.

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