The Youth Services Department provides a variety of features to library patrons and will assist anyone with special needs. The collection includes topics as varied as baby care, growth and development, childhood behavioral disorders, and parenting issues. It is located within the Youth Services Department next to the Juvenile Fiction shelves. A Macintosh and two IBM-compatible PCs are available to children with a Northbrook library card. Children must present their Northbrook library card to use the computers, and any child under eight years old must have adult assistance during the entire session.
Time slots are by appointment in one-hour sessions.
Appointments can be made by phone or in person. A variety of CD-ROM programs and games are available to be checked out for one week, for use on our patrons' home computer equipment. One Internet terminal is available to children in the Youth Services Department. The child must sign up to use the Internet terminal, and any child under eight years old must have adult assistance during the entire session. Time slots are available by appointment in one-hour sessions.