Due to the predicted storms, the library will close early at 3pm on Tuesday, April 16.
Library Closing at 3pm April 16
Illinois Income Tax Forms Available Now
The following Illinois Income Tax Forms are now available at Schmaling:
IL-1040 Form & Instructions
Schedule ICR Form & Instructions
Schedule IL-EIC Form & Instructions
Additional Illinois income tax forms are available online: https://tax.illinois.gov/forms/incometax.html
Please note that we will NOT be receiving any Federal forms. Federal income tax forms are available online: https://www.irs.gov/forms-instructions
Online forms and instructions may be printed at the library for our regular printing fee of $0.25 per page for black & white prints or $0.50 per page for color prints.
Adult Book Giving Tree!
It’s the season of giving and this holiday season, we’re asking you to consider sponsoring a book to add to the library’s collection through the Schmaling Holiday Giving Tree. Below you can see the Adult books available for sponsorship on the Giving Tree! When you sponsor a book, we will put a special nameplate in the book saying it was donated by you AND (probably the best thing about sponsoring a book through the Holiday Giving Tree) when that book comes in to the library, you will be the FIRST to read it! Contact the library today if you’d like to sponsor one of these fabulous upcoming books! Call 815-589-2045, send a Facebook message, email fulpublib@mchsi.com, or just stop in. Then drop off cash or check at the library, we’ll order the books, and call you when they’re available for your special first read!
Children’s Book Giving Tree!
This holiday season, we’re asking you to consider giving the gift of reading by sponsoring a book to add to the library’s collection through the Schmaling Holiday Giving Tree! Simply choose a book (or books!) to sponsor and let us know by stopping in to the library, calling 815-589-2045, emailing fulpublib@mchsi.com, or sending a message through Facebook. As long as no one else has already sponsored that book, when it comes in, we’ll put a special nameplate in the book saying it was donated by you AND you’ll get the first read on it! Just drop off the cash or check for your sponsorship at the library! And remember, all donations to the library are tax-deductible!
Library Closed Nov. 23-25 for Thanksgiving
Book Sale
Join us in beautiful downtown Fulton during this year’s Fall Fest on Saturday, October 7. Your friendly library staff, board, and volunteers will be set up with a fabulous book sale! Loads of used books will be available for a suggested donation of just 50 cents per book! So help us clean house a little and also raise money to keep the latest and greatest books filling our shelves!
Our First Dutch Days Wooden Shoe Race
This year, the library was fortunate enough to sponsor the Children’s Wooden Shoe Race at Dutch Days. We had 37 children in preschool through 5th grade participate in this fun event! We’d like to thank Trudy Feldt of the Dutch Days Costume Committee for lending us her vast collection of wooden shoes! And we’d like to thank LeAnn Smith for donating the yummy treats in the children’s goody bags and providing some more wooden shoes for the event! Thank you to Sarah Plumley and Rebecca Huizenga for providing us with photos of this super fun event! Double-click on any image to see the full photo.
Side Entrance and Book Drop Now Open!
The library’s side entrance and book drop are open again! The safety hazard has been removed!
2022 Large Print Holiday Giving Tree
‘Tis the season of giving and this year we’re asking you to consider giving the gift of reading to our community by sponsoring one or more books from our 2022 Holiday Giving Tree. When you sponsor a book from the Holiday Giving Tree, you ensure that book is added to the library’s collection AND you also get first read when the book arrives. These are the books chosen for the 2022 Large Print Holiday Giving Tree. While some of the books are older titles, many of them are new books that will be published in January and February 2023. If you would like to sponsor a book, please drop by the library, send us a message through Facebook, or email fulpublib@mchsi.com. If you send a message or email, please wait for confirmation that your title is still available for sponsorship before dropping off payment at the library.
2022 Young Adult Holiday Giving Tree
‘Tis the season of giving and this year we’re asking you to consider giving the gift of reading to our community by sponsoring one or more books from our 2022 Holiday Giving Tree. When you sponsor a book from the Holiday Giving Tree, you ensure that book is added to the library’s collection AND you also get first read when the book arrives. These are the books chosen for the 2022 Young Adult Holiday Giving Tree. While some of the books are older titles, many of them are new books that will be published in January and February 2023. If you would like to sponsor a book, please drop by the library, send us a message through Facebook, or email fulpublib@mchsi.com. If you send a message or email, please wait for confirmation that your title is still available for sponsorship before dropping off payment at the library.
2022 Children’s Holiday Giving Tree
‘Tis the season of giving and this year we’re asking you to consider giving the gift of reading to our community by sponsoring one or more books from our 2022 Holiday Giving Tree. When you sponsor a book from the Holiday Giving Tree, you ensure that book is added to the library’s collection AND you also get first read when the book arrives. These are the books chosen for the 2022 Children’s Holiday Giving Tree. While some of the books are older titles, many of them are new books that will be published in January and February 2023. If you would like to sponsor a book, please drop by the library, send us a message through Facebook, or email fulpublib@mchsi.com. If you send a message or email, please wait for confirmation that your title is still available for sponsorship before dropping off payment at the library.
2022 Adult Giving Tree
‘Tis the season of giving and this year we’re asking you to consider giving the gift of reading to our community by sponsoring one or more books from our 2022 Holiday Giving Tree. When you sponsor a book from the Holiday Giving Tree, you ensure that book is added to the library’s collection AND you also get first read when the book arrives. These are the books chosen for the 2022 Adult Holiday Giving Tree. While some of the books are older titles, many of them are new books that will be published in January and February 2023. If you would like to sponsor a book, please drop by the library, send us a message through Facebook, or email fulpublib@mchsi.com. If you send a message or email, please wait for confirmation that your title is still available for sponsorship before dropping off payment at the library.
Schmaling Endowment Fund
The Schmaling Memorial Public Library Endowment is an endowment fund housed with the Quad Cities Community Foundation. The library receives a yearly grant from this endowment that helps the library fund projects and pay for various needs.
In the past 10 years, endowment funds have been used for the following :
- Circulating materials (books, audiobooks, DVDs, etc)
- Microfilm scanner
- Elevator upgrades
- Window refinishing
- Improvements to the Children’s Room
- Technology
- And more!
By making a donation to the Schmaling Memorial Public Library Endowment, you gift a gift that truly keeps on giving to the library year after year. And now, you can give online through the Quad City Community Foundation’s secure giving portal. Click on the image above or visit the link below:
Biblioboard
Today’s online resource of the day is Biblioboard! This is a FREE ebook and other digital resource project that allows unlimited simultaneous access to anyone who is physically in the state of Illinois! NO LIBRARY CARD REQUIRED. There are currently 3 “libraries” you can use, Inkie.org, RAILS for Schools which includes some great resources for kids, and Biblioboard Open Access. Check it out: https://library.biblioboard.com/modules
Illinois Digital Archives
Today’s online resource is for people interested in Illinois history. Parents and teachers, this is also a great resource for history projects for your students. It’s the Illinois Digital Archives, a digital repository for archival collections related to Illinois history. Check it out!: http://idaillinois.org/
eread illinois
Today’s resource is: eRead Illinois! eRead Illinois is a shared collection of tens of thousands of e-books and e-audiobooks to which your Schmaling Library Card gives you access! You can visit our custom collection at https://fulg.axis360.baker-taylor.com/.