Recognizing the need for a larger space for Library and community events, the Library Board decided to add an Activity Room on the south east side of the Library. The addition and renovation project was paid for with library funds and a mortgage. At just under 2,000 square feet, the [...]

Recognizing the need for additional collection space, the Library Board began exploring options for adding on to the Library building in the spring of 2000.   To help fund the expansion project, the Library applied for a $250,000 Illinois State Library Construction Grant. After an intense 6 month application process, which [...]

Residents of the Village of Brimfield and surrounding 75 miles, approved a referendum to expand the Brimfield Public Library District’s boundaries to match the Brimfield CUSD 309 boundaries. The Library’s service population increased from 787 to 3,343.

Until September of 1994, the Brimfield Public Library was a Municipal Library under the jurisdiction of the Village of Brimfield.  In June of 1994, the Library Board began the process of becoming a District Library.

In 1993 the Library added a 30 by 30 foot square room on the south west corner of the Library. The room functioned as additional collection and programming space until it was transformed into a maker space during the 2015 Addition and Renovation Project.

Recognizing the need for a new, larger library, the Library Board approved the purchase of two adjoining lots located on the southwest corner of Rt. 150 and Galena Street. Members of the Brimfield Men’s Club, area farmers, and other community members volunteered their time, labor, and equipment and worked together [...]

Membership in the Illinois Valley Library System allowed Brimfield Public Library patrons to borrow items from other system libraries.

Citizens were encouraged to donate books for soldiers to read during their recreation hours. Books were collected at the library, as well as door to door, and then sent to one of six Illinois camps: Scott Field, Camp Grant, Ft. Sheridan, Chanute Field, Savanna Ordinance, and the Rock Island Arsenal.

The Library Board voted to increase Library operational hours to two days per week: Saturdays and Wednesdays from 12:00 noon to 2:00 pm.

Prior to the 1935 vote, the Brimfield Public Library was funded by subscriptions and fundraising efforts such as card parties. In April 1935, residents approved a tax of $.0005 on all taxable property in the Village of Brimfield to provide a fund for the maintenance of the Brimfield Public Library. [...]