Welcome!

At the St. Joseph Township- Swearingen Memorial Library, you will find big city library services provided with a small town friendliness.

The library has a weekly email newsletter!  If you would like to sign up for our newsletter, go to the "Wowbrary" link on the left and follow the instructions.  The newsletters come out every Saturday.  It announces new materials added during the week as well as upcoming events happening at the library.

We would like to thank the following 2019 Summer Reading Program sponsors:  AMC Champaign 13, AmerenIllinois, The Bullard Family, Busey Bank, Chili's, Country Financial-Dan Duitsman, Dairy Queen, The Del Siegmund Family, The Evans Family, Franklin Wealth Advisors LLC, Freese Funeral Home, Gifford State Bank-St. Joseph Facility, The Harper Family,  Iota Sigma Chapter of Psi Iota Xi, The Littlefield Group of Keller Williams, Longview Bank, The McKinney Family, Meatheads, Merchants First Payment Consultants, Monicals Pizza, Putt Zone, The Roark Family, Royal Bookkeeping Services LLC, St. Joseph Animal Hospital LLC, St. Joseph Apothecary, Seed Max LLC, Simply Plumbing, Subway, The Wheelhouse Restaurant and Wyldewood Cellars Illinois.