The Harvard Diggins Library...

The Harvard Diggins Library began serving the Harvard community in 1909. Delos F. Diggins, who spent his childhood in Harvard, provided a generous bequest to the City of Harvard for the purpose of building a library. That building, named the Delos F. Diggins Library, became the first free standing public library in McHenry County. The library served the community successfully from that building until a new library was built in 2001. In deference to the lasting legacy of Delos Diggins, the library was renamed the Harvard Diggins Library. Today it continues as a gathering place for the community, providing opportunities for education and cultural enrichment for Harvard and the surrounding area and is a member of the Northern Illinois Cooperative of libraries and the Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS)

Our mission: The Harvard Diggins Library will serve as a cultural, educational, and informational resource for the Harvard community. The Library will provide a collection of materials in a variety of formats that reflect the diversity of the community, serve as an entry point to local and global information through available technology, promote the use of library materials for educational, professional, and personal enrichment, and provide trained staff able to support all functions of the library.

Our numbers: Population served 9,477; Total operating budget FY 17/18 - $435,425; Total number of employees 4 full time, 6 part time.

Our facility:The Harvard Diggins Library encompasses 19,000 square feet of space for browsing, relaxing, meeting, and study. The core of the facility houses the collection but designated space is available for children and teens. The children’s area features a penny rug (ask a librarian to tell you the rug’s story), a Lego table, a train table, and games and puzzles for children to enjoy. Crafts for youngsters are often held in a separate youth activity room. The current teen or young adult area will be transformed in winter 2017 into a dynamic colorful space for teens to mingle, study and read. The library has two study rooms for individual or small group use. They are open on a first come, first served basis or may be reserved for a dedicated block of time. There is no charge to use the study rooms. The board room is most often reserved for library use but may be reserved for small group use if the study rooms are not available. The Burbank room is the library’s largest meeting space with capacity to hold 50 people. A small kitchen and computer with overhead projector are available for use within the room. While the Burbank room plays host to the majority of library programs, it may be used by groups and organizations for a fee. See the meeting room policy (below) for more information about the library’s meeting rooms.

Meeting Room Policy:

Getting a library card: Library cards are free to city residents, and allow borrowing of materials from most public libraries in Illinois. Non-residents may purchase a card for an annual fee if they wish to borrow materials, but a library card is not necessary for use of books and other materials within the building and the use of our wi-fi is free. If you have any questions, please contact the library at 815-943-4671 or at harpgeneral@harvard-diggins.org.

Library hours (effective June 3, 2013):

  • Monday - 9:00 am - 8:00 pm
  • Tuesday - 9:00 am - 8:00 pm
  • Wednesday - 9:00 am - 8:00 pm
  • Thursday - 9:00 am - 8:00 pm
  • Friday - 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
  • Saturday - 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
  • Sunday - CLOSED
  • This Year's Holiday Schedule

Contact information:
Address: Harvard Diggins Library, 900 East McKinley Street, Harvard, Illinois 60033
Telephone: 815-943-4671
Fax: 815-943-2312
Director: Karen Sutera karens@harvard-diggins.org
Reference E-mail: harpgeneral@harvard-diggins.org
Website E-mail: websupp@harvard-diggins.org

City Library Board: The City Library Board, the governing body of the Harvard Diggins Library, meets the 3rd Thursday of each month except August and December. All meetings take place in the board room at the Harvard Diggins Library at 7:00 p.m. The City Library Board members are: President Ann Almgren, Vice President John Pohlman, Secretary Linda Strueber, Alderman Ron Burlingame, Members-at-Large Erin Schmit, Kelly Wood, Trent Bruha, and Jo Ann Seyller.

City Library Board contact: libraryboard@harvard-diggins.org

The Board meeting schedule for 2018 is: January 18, February 15, March 15, April 19, May 17, June 21, July 19, August 16, September 20, October 18, and November 15. Minutes of previous board meetings are available here.

Agenda for the next meeting, August 16, 2018, is posted here.
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