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The Sherman Public Library holds a collection of over 18,000 items, including books, magazines, DVDs, CDs, audiobooks, video games, and e-books.  As a member of the SHARE (Share Holdings and Resources Easily) consortium, our patrons can access more than 10 million items.  Membership in OCLC Connexion services extends our patrons’ access to materials in public, academic, and specialty libraries throughout the country.  The Library is open 62 hours a week for an approximate total of 3,224 public service hours a year.

Established in 1994

​In 1994 the Williamsville Public Library received a $38,000 Libraries for Tomorrow grant from the Illinois State Library to form a "demonstration" library district that would serve the Williamsville School District. The library opened for business in February of 1994 with three tables, three computers, eighty books, and high hopes. One of the stipulations of the grant was that after one year of demonstration services, the question of forming a permanent library district and funding it through a property tax assessment would be placed before the voters of the district.  
      When the referendum in April of 1995 failed, Sherman citizens formed a committee to explore the means by which a library would be created to serve only the Village of Sherman. Enough signatures were collected to place the creation of the new Sherman Public Library District on the November 1995, ballot.  The referendum passed by a large margin, and the Sherman Public Library District became official on November 20, 1995. 
     By 1999 it was apparent that the Library had outgrown its home. The Library applied for and received a $250,000 grant in matching funds from the Illinois State Library. A grant in the amount of $40,000 from Illinois First enabled the Library Board to purchase property on the northwest edge of the Village for a new library building. A ground-breaking ceremony was held in March of 2000, and construction began in August of that year. The Sherman Public Library opened for business in its new home on April 1, 2000. The square footage of the new building was just under 5,000 square feet.  
     In 2015, the Library underwent a large-scale expansion project that included the construction of two new wings, an expanded kitchen, a study room, and a larger meeting room. When the construction was complete in October 2015, the new square footage of the Library facility was 9,517.  
     July 1, 2016, marked the retirement of Anita Walters, who served as Library Director from 1994-2016. Under her tenure, the Library experienced massive growth and change keeping in sync with the community’s ever-changing needs.  The Library Board of Trustees hired a new Library Director, Rachel Kocis, in July of 2016.  In May of 2018 a large scale renovation project was completed. New furniture and shelving were updated throughout the library and a newly designed children's wing was introduced.    

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​Our Mission
​​Our mission is to provide educational, informational, cultural, and recreational resources and services to all ages of people who reside within the Sherman Public Library District.  The library will provide access to the universe of information, and especially to that information which is of immediate relevance and interest to the community it serves.  

Our Hours
Monday-Thursday 8 AM- 8 PM
Friday 8 A
M- 5 PM
Saturday 9 AM-2 PM 

Closed on Sunday

Our Meetings
FY 2021

Our Agendas
 ​2019                        ​2020
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January 16, 2019                            January 15, 2020
March 20, 2019                              February 19, 2020
April 10, 2019                                  May 20, 2020
May 15, 2019                                    June 17, 2020
June 19, 2019                                   July 15, 2020
July 17, 2019                                     August 12, 2020

August 21, 2019                               September 16, 2020
September 18, 2019                        October 21, 2020
October 16, 2019                             November 18, 2020
November 20, 2019                         December 16, 2020
​December 11, 2019


2021 
January 20, 2021
February 17, 2021

​Our Minutes
January 16, 2019                            January 15, 2020
March 20, 2019                              February 19, 2020
April 10, 2019                                 March No Meeting
May 15, 2019                                   April  No Meeting
​June 19, 2019                                  May 20, 2020                       July 17, 2019                                   June 17, 2020
August 21, 2019                              July 15, 2020
September 18, 2019                       August 12, 2020
October 16, 2019                            September 16 2020
November 20, 2019                       October 21, 2020
December 11, 2019                         November 18, 2020
 
2021
                                         December 16, 2020
  January 20, 2021

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