Mission
Our Purpose
We inspire curiosity, connection, collaboration, and creativity for all.
Vision
Our Future
The Frankfort Public Library District is the heart of our communities, by providing lifelong learning, discovery, and experience.
Every 3 to 5 years, the Library develops a new long-range strategic plan. This process allows us to assess current conditions and areas for growth. The plan is also used to set goals and benchmarks for continuous improvement and evaluation. The current 2023-2026 strategic plan was developed by a committee of Library Trustees and staff, utilizing feedback from the community.
Facts & Statistics
Population Served:
- 33,761
Size of the Library
- 29,400 square feet
Collection Size
- Physical = 102,039
| Collection | No. of Items |
|---|---|
| Adult Fiction Titles | 24,383 |
| Adult Nonfiction Titles | 26,749 |
| Adult Audio Titles | 2,338 |
| Adult Blu-Ray & DVD Titles | 6,664 |
| Adult Video Games | 126 |
| Youth Services Fiction Titles | 18,262 |
| Youth Services Non-Fiction Titles | 12,913 |
| Youth Services Audio Titles | 933 |
| Youth Services CD Titles | 49 |
| Youth Services Blu-Ray & DVD Titles | 2,102 |
| Videogames | 481 |
| Magazine & Newspaper Titles | 67 |
| eMedia Titles: audiobooks, ebooks, magazines, and movies/tv | 800,000+ |
FPLD Historical Timeline
Library is established at 9 W. Nebraska Street as a volunteer library by a group of mothers from Frankfort Parent Teachers Association. Library doors opened in March 1962.
Library becomes a tax-supported village library.
Library Board hires Ms. Arlene Santoro as the first Administrative Librarian.
Library moves to new location at 27 S. Ash Street.
Library becomes a district library.
Library annexes unincorporated communities of Lincoln Estates and Prestwick.
Library annexes Frankfort Square.
Library joins the Suburban Library System.
Referendum raises $825,000 for a new library building and bookmobile.
Bookmobile service to local school districts begins.
Library acquires deed to property at the southeast corner of Route 30 and Pfeiffer Road.
Groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the construction of a new library building on five acres of land at the southeast corner of Route 30 and Pfeiffer Road.
Library opens to the public at its present location, 21119 S. Pfeiffer Road.
Library is formally dedicated at its new location.
Administrative Librarian Ms. Arlene Santoro retires.
Library Board hires Ms. Lorrine Novak as the second Administrative Librarian.
The library acquires an additional two acres of land making library property total seven acres.
Library celebrates its 30th anniversary.
Administrative Librarian Ms. Lorrine Novak leaves the library.
Library Board hires Marian M. Glunz to serve as Interim Administrative Librarian.
Library Board hires Mr. Detlev Pansch as the third Administrative Librarian.
Library sponsors a cow named “Lucy the Lactator” as a participant in the city of Chicago program called “Cows on Parade.”
Grand opening to celebrate a new addition built at the west end of the library.
Administrative Librarian Mr. Detlev Pansch leaves the library.
Library begins to convert adult non-fiction collection to a Dewey-Free classification system.
Library Board hires Mr. Pierre Gregoire as the fourth Administrative Librarian.
Library completes conversion of the Dewey-Free classification system for all adult non-fiction materials.
Groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate a 9,400 square foot addition on the Library's west end.
Ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate a 9,400 square foot addition on the Library's west end. New space allocated for community meeting rooms, additional study rooms, computer area, learning lab and quiet study.
Administrative Librarian Mr. Pierre Gregoire retires.
Library Board appoints Assistant Director/Head of Adult Services, Melissa Rice, to serve as Interim Library Director.
Library Board hires Amanda Kowalcze as the fifth Library Director.