How to Get a Free Library Card:
1. You must live in the McConathy Public Library District.
2. You must be eighteen years of age or older.
3. You must present a current Illinois Drivers License with your current Sauk Village address.
4. You must present a current utility bill.

How to Get a Free Library Card for Your Child:
1. The parent or legal guardian must live in the McConathy Public Library District. (The legal guardian must provide court papers.)
2. The child must be at least six years of age or in kindergarten.
3. The parent or legal guardian must present a current Illinois Drivers License with their current Sauk Village address.
4. The parent or legal guardian must present a current utility bill.
5. The parent or legal guardian will sign for their child accepting full responsibility for all items checked out on the card, including items checked out on their child’s card for others.

To Purchase a Card:
1. There is a $65.00 fee to purchase a card if you do not live within our boundaries.
2. You must present a Driver’s License with your current address.
3. You must present a current utility bill with your current address.
4. The fee covers one year of library service with the Metropolitan Library System.

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In the early 1970’s, a group of avid readers in the Village of Sauk Village began a volunteer library in the basement of the Katz Corner School. The need for a library was evident by the number of people who took advantage of the many books available to them. Through the assistance of the Suburban Library System, a referendum was planned. In June of 1973, voters approved a referendum to provide library services to the residents. In 1974, the Sauk Village Library District began operation. Jack Hurwitz was the first library director. He was assisted by Mary Frances Pena.

The library moved from the basement of Katz Corner School to a house at 1909 Sauk Trail. Linda Gapsewitz became the new director. When the widening of Sauk Trail was announced, it became necessary to relocate from the house on Sauk Trail to the current location in Surreybrook Plaza. The library location once housed a Ben Franklin Dime Store. Village residents were very generous with their time and skills during the move. Richard Derosier, Jean Kous, Jean and Leonard Kiriazes, Mary Frances and Manual Pena, Lorinda and Sandra Soto, Stacey Walker, Martha Hernandez, Martha Pope, Adrianne and Ed Watrobka, Adele Werner, Marian and Ernest “Bud” Rauner, Edward Paesel, Monica Morales, Claudia Oski, Nancy, Heather and Tad McConathy, Sharon Marr, Joseph and Mel Lopez, Arlayne Amaro, William Rohaly, Michael and Nanette Wargo, Cookie and Bill Hansen, Shirley Traskell, Marion Sisnowski, the Village of Sauk Village Department of Public Works and many other residents, swept, painted built shelves, moved books and helped provide a new location.

In 1986, Library District Trustee and Village Clerk Nancy L. McConathy passed away. Nancy had been a volunteer when the library was housed in the basement of the Katz Corner School. Nancy had helped with the referendum to provide library services. Nancy was an avid reader and a firm believer in the importance of libraries. Nancy regularly sent cartons of books to people who did not have library services. The Sauk Village Public Library District changed its name to the Nancy L. McConathy Public Library District in her memory.

The Nancy L. McConathy Public Library District owns land at the corner of 217th Place and Jeffrey Avenue. The District looks forward to building at that location.

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