The Gail Borden Public Library serves 144,500 residents of Elgin in Kane County. It maintains 365,000 volumes and circulates 1.9 million items per year, including print books, audiobooks, picture books, finger-plays, DVDs, Blu-rays, music, games, hotspots, and Chromebooks. The library provides meeting rooms, public computers, print/copy/scan/fax services, passport services, exhibitions, and events like the Healthy Eating challenge and an Anime club. It also has a digital media lab that offers spaces, hardware tools, and software for patrons to engage in do-it-yourself activities such as video and music creation. The library locations are open seven days a week and also provide monthly home delivery services.