Anne Kramer, Bryan Webster and Judy Webster stand at the Information Desk, which they had named in memory of their father and husband, Jack Webster. (Photo provided by Glen Ellyn Public Library)

Have an extra $5 million to spend this holiday season? For that amount, you can name the Glen Ellyn Public Library after a loved one.

With gift-giving season in full swing, The Glen Ellyn Public Library Foundation is promoting its naming opportunities. In exchange for a financial contribution, residents can name a portion of the library or, for the right price, the entire building after themselves or a loved one.

“The foundation just revamped the program this fall to include more opportunities at a wider range of price points,” said the library’s marketing coordinator, Heidi Gustad.

For $500, a bench outside the building can be dedicated to an individual. An end panel of a bookshelf can be dedicated for $2,500, and for $1 million the library’s main reading room will be affixed with the plaque of the name of a person honored. The $5 million donation will get the whole building as a loved one’s namesake, though it may require approval of the library board, said foundation treasurer Merill Rajeck.

The donations benefit the library’s foundation, a non-profit group that supports the library by purchasing items like iPads and MacBooks, funding renovations to library facilities and launching new outreach programs to draw more patrons, according to a brochure from the foundation.

So far, three families have taken advantage of “naming” opportunities, Gustad said. The main information desk now honors Jack Webster, a former library board member, while Ray Cliff, a former foundation member, donated money to name two reading booths after his grandchildren. Finally, a self-checkout kiosk was named after former library board member Rogerta Julien, who left a portion of her estate to the library after her death, said Rajeck.

Still, library officials hope more people from all over the community, not just former library officials, will be interested in the prospect of a personalized study or meeting room.

“Anybody can do it,” Rajeck said. “It sort of fits in well as a memorial.”

Judy Webster said seeing the plaque for her late husband, Jack, on the information desk during her weekly visits to the building brings a smile to her face.

“I love seeing it there,” she said. “I can’t think of a more fitting tribute.”

Cliff said his 10-year-old grandson is tickled to have his own personal space to read at the library.

“When he goes … that’s where he’s going to sit to read. The one with his name on it,” Cliff said.

For more information on the foundation’s naming options, visit the Glen Ellyn Public Library’s website, gepl.org.