About Adult Services
Looking for a great book, information on how to start a business, or community information? Begin here! Our team of Adult Services Librarians can assist you with our wide range of research tools, guide you through our collection, and help you find adult programs like concerts and technology classes. No matter what you’re hoping to learn, begin here!
If you have a question about our services for adults, you can get in touch by:
- Submitting a question from our Contact Us page
- Calling the Reference desk at 309-732-7341
- Using the "Chat" button on our website
Adult Events
Calling all yarn enthusiasts - we would love for you to join our Adult Knitting Circle!
Drop-in Computer Skills & Job Search Assistance w/ Goodwill of the Heartland
Looking for assistance with computer skills and searching for jobs?
To kick off National Library Week, we're opening the book on what it takes to run a public library! Join us on four Mondays for the first-ever RIPL Library Citizen's Academy, and become a library expert.
Celebrate National Library week with this creative bookend craft! Design your own light up bookend to take home, and give your bookshelves a literal glow-up.
This afternoon book club meets at the Southwest Branch on the 4th Wednesday* of each month during the spring and fall seasons (club will not meet in January, over the summer, or in December).
Drop-in Computer Skills & Job Search Assistance w/ Goodwill of the Heartland
Looking for assistance with computer skills and searching for jobs?
We're opening the book on what it takes to run a public library! Join us on four Mondays for the first-ever RIPL Library Citizen's Academy, and become a library expert.
Freedom to Read 'em Book Club -- The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
How to Buy a Car -- and Other Stuff: Consumer Reports at Your Library
Consumer Reports is an independent, non-profit organization founded in 1936 dedicated to providing unbiased product testing, investigative journalism, and consumer advocacy.
New York Times
JobNow
Resume and interview skills, templates, live help, resume feedback. Adult Learning Center - practice tests for civil service, GED, citizenship; skill improvement, technical training.
Novelist Plus
The readers tool. Find titles in series, authors, audiobook narrators, or books that are like your favorites. Fiction & nonfiction.