Poplar Creek Public Library District

Poplar Creek Public Library District
Poplar Creek Public Library District
	42°0′31.1″N 88°10′28.2″W / 42.008639°N 88.174500°W
Location	1405 S Park Ave, Streamwood, Illinois
Type	Public library
Established	March 18, 1967
Service area	Streamwood, Hanover Park, Elgin, Schaumburg, Bartlett
Branches	1
Collection
Size	172,843
Access and use
Circulation	268,306
Population served	66,306
Other information
Director	Debra Stombres
Website	pclib.org

Poplar Creek Public Library District is a public library in Illinois, which serves residents of Streamwood, Hanover Park, Elgin, Schaumburg, and Bartlett. Created by a 1966 referendum in Streamwood, it currently has one main Streamwood facility and one Hanover Park branch. It serves 66,000 residents, though many of its towns are served only in-part by Poplar Creek, with other residents being patrons of the Schaumburg Township District Library, Gail Borden Public Library District, or the Bartlett Public Library District.

Poplar Creek Library became a United States Federal and State document depository in 1980. Its collection contains approximately 160,000 books and 19,000 other items. It is a member of the DuPage Library System.

In 2009, an expansion and renovation of the facility was designed by Lonn Frye and AJ Rosales of Frye Gillan Molinaro Architects.^[1] This expanded facility has been the recipient of a 2009 GE Edison Award of Merit,^[2] a 2010 AIA Chicago Design Excellence Award for Interior Architecture,^[3] and it was also awarded the title of #1 New Landmark Library in May 2011 by Library Journal Magazine.^[4]

The Sonya Crawshaw Branch Library in Hanover Park was completely renovated and expanded in 2013. Itasca, Illinois based Williams Architects was the architect for the project.