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A New App for eBooks and Audiobooks – Meet Libby
Many people know and love Overdrive as an instant source of eBooks and downloadable audiobooks. Very soon, Overdrive will usher in a new, faster way to access its digital collection. Overdrive has created a new app that will eventually phase out the current Overdrive Media app. This new app is called Libby. Libby went live on June 20, 2017 and is available in the app store. Conveniently easy use, Libby will help you locate your Monroe County Library System (through the Woodlands Library Cooperative) during the...
Leave it to Beavers!
The Monroe County Library System and the River Raisin Institute have partnered together to display hand-crafted beaver sculptures at seven library branches through the month of June. The beavers were created by school children across Monroe County as part of the River Raisin Institute's Leave it to Beavers program. Local public, parochial, and private schools crafted the beavers from recycled materials to raise awareness about green living and climate literacy. Displaying the beavers at nearby library...
National Poetry Month Contest Winners
Poetry Contest Winners The Monroe County Library System is pleased to present the National Poetry Month Poetry Contest award winners! Congratulations to the award winning poets and thank you to everyone who participated. We look forward to seeing you next year! Adult Category Introducing Me to Myself By Ingrid Ortiz I write to find the pieces of myself that I have lost. I write to define the pieces of myself, I have not yet found. Between the lost and the found, my true self has been forgotten. Leaving aside a hollow...
Growing with the Community – New Hours at Six MCLS Branches
Starting May 1, 2017, new hours will go into effect at six branches of the Monroe County Library System. Hours at the Erie, Ida, Luna Pier, Navarre, Petersburg, and South Rockwood Branches have been updated in order to better serve their communities. The decision was made after a month long process of gathering statistics and surveying visitors to MCLS branches. Data collected from user surveys, along with guidance from the Community Librarians at each of the six branches, were key in the decision making process. You...
Adult Coloring Contest Winners
Congratulations to Jennifer Carmack for winning our Adult Coloring Contest! We've posted the winning picture, along with some other staff favorites, for you to enjoy. The winning submission by Jennifer Carmack: Additional Favorites:
Library Partners with Shelter to Feed Hungry Minds
The Monroe County Library System is partnering with Oaks Victory Village to offer Story Times before free community dinners. Beginning February 15, 2017 children can enjoy stories while waiting for dinner to be served at the Oaks Victory Village on East Second Street in Monroe. Nancy Bellaire, Director of the Monroe County Library System explains, “Our mission is to enrich the quality of life for all residents of the county. This is simply another avenue for us to provide library services and meet people where they...
Help Improve the Library
Help the Library serve you better! Please take a moment to download and complete a brief survey, then return it to your local branch. Your thoughts will factor into future planning and policies at the Monroe County Library System. Take the Survey Thank you for your participation!
MCLS Adult Coloring Contest
Enter by Tuesday, January 31, 2016 Contest Rules Participants must be 18 years or older. One entry per person. You can only use the provided coloring sheet. Please pick it up at the circulation desk. Return completed coloring sheets to your local branch before January 31, 2017. Make sure your name, age, and phone number are on the back of the coloring sheet. All entries must be original. Entries may be displayed in library and/or online. Winner will be announced by February 8, 2017. Winner will receive a coloring supply...
2016 Custer Week Events
Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 7:00 pm A Special Evening with T.J. Stiles Ellis Library & Reference Center The Ellis Library & Reference Center welcomes two-time Pulitzer Prize and National Book award winning author T.J. Stiles for a Custer Week presentation. Mr. Stiles received a Pulitzer Prize for his book Custer’s Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America. His new biography of General George Armstrong Custer radically changes our view of the man and his turbulent times....
Call for Writers
MCLS Calls for Writers and Illustrators for the 18th Annual Writers on the River Event Authors and illustrators of all genres are invited to declare interest in participating in the Monroe County Library System’s 18th Annual Writers on the River book and author fair. The free event, which will take place on Sunday, November 13, 2016 at the Ellis Library & Reference Center in Monroe, provides readers with a golden opportunity to meet a gathering of local and regional authors, discuss books, and purchase signed,...
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