MISSION STATEMENT

Crystal Lake Public Library: Helping people, of all ages and backgrounds, learn, enjoy, and better their lives.

SERVICE RESPONSES

Current Topics and Titles
The Crystal Lake Public Library will help fulfill community residents' appetite for information about popular cultural and social trends and their desire for satisfying recreational experiences.

General Information
The Crystal Lake Public Library will help meet the need for information and answers to questions on a broad array of topics related to work, school, and personal life.

Lifelong Learning
The Crystal Lake Public Library will address the desire for self-directed personal growth and development opportunities, including students who are enrolled in a formal program of education or who are home schooled.

Information Literacy 
The Crystal Lake Public Library will address a need for skills related to finding, evaluating, and using information effectively.

Commons
The Crystal Lake Public Library will address a need of people to meet and interact with others in their community and to participate in public discourse about community issues.