The River Forest Public Library is located at 735 Lathrop in River Forest, Illinois. The library serves the local community and is also part of the Metropolitan Library System, which connects libraries in the south and west suburbs of Chicago through a shared catalog and other services. The current library building was designed by renowned prairie school architect William Eugene Drummond and was constructed in 1928-1929. An addition was added to the existing structure during the early 1990s. The River Forest Public Library serves a community of about 11,000 and has approximately 9,000 cardholders and 70,000 items.