The annex area of the Vernon Area Public Library in Lincolnshire where materials will be moved and and used as the temporary library during the renovation of the main library. | Michael Schmidt~Sun-Times Media

Pat Byrne of Wauconda, a circulation associate, works at the circulation desk of the main library which will be renovated. | Michael Schmidt~Sun-Times Media

Pat Byrne of Wauconda, a circulation associate, works at the circulation desk of the main library which will be renovated. | Michael Schmidt~Sun-Times Media

In the main library where youth services will be expanded (left), there will be a new quiet study room with a fireplace (right). | Michael Schmidt~Sun-Times Media

Patrick Javier of Buffalo Grove works in an area that will be renovated into private study rooms for two to four people. | Michael Schmidt~Sun-Times Media

This is the youth services area which will be expanded. | Michael Schmidt~Sun-Times Media

Susan Pinkowski of Deerfield a youth services librarian works in the check in room, which will be renovated into a cafe. | Michael Schmidt~Sun-Times Media

The exterior of the Vernon Area Public Library in which the footprint will not change. | Michael Schmidt~Sun-Times Media

A rendering of what the new "self-service cafe" (left) and the reserved-item pick-up shelves should look like in May, when the renovation of the Vernon Area Public Library is scheduled to conclude. | Courtesy Product Architecture + Design

A view of what the renovated layout of the Vernon Area Public Library should look like in May, when the main building is scheduled to reopen. (Courtesy Product Architecture + Design)

Site of Lincolnshire Library's annex building.