The February "Ben Board" in the Reference Services Department,quotes from Stacy Schiff's A Great Improvisation in highlighting Franklin's diplomatic triumph in negotiating the Treaty of Amity and Commerce with France in February of 1778.
The Niles-Maine District Library is located in the "All-America" City of Niles, Illinois and is a member of the RAILS (Reaching Across Illinois Library System), the successor of NSLS. The library serves more than 57,000 residents in Niles and parts of unincorporated Des Plaines and Glenview. In 2013 the library underwent a major interior renovation. Its success was celebrated in a Grand Opening Weekend on February 1 and 2, 2014