Mask Guidelines May 2022

Mask Guidelines May 2022

Updated Mask Guidelines – May 2022 Posted May 6, 2022 When Visiting Our Branches Mask use will be recommended should Monroe County’s COVID-19 Community Level reach High, as determined by the CDC. Click to see Monroe County’s current community level....
National Poetry Month Contest 2022

National Poetry Month Contest 2022

National Poetry Month Contest 2022 The Monroe County Library System is celebrating National Poetry month with a poetry contest! Submit an original poem by turning it in at your local branch, or via email to jennifer.saul@monroe.lib.mi.us. Please make sure you have...
Bedford Carpeting Project

Bedford Carpeting Project

Bedford Carpeting Project The Bedford Branch Library is currently undergoing renovations while new carpet in installed in the building. The branch will be open as much as possibly during the carpeting project, but various areas of the building may be inaccessible to...
Remembering Bill Reiser

Remembering Bill Reiser

Remembering Bill Reiser   The Monroe County Library System is saddened by the loss of our friend and colleague, Bill Reiser. Bill passed away on December 18, 2021, at the University of Michigan after experiencing multiple cardiac events. A longstanding giant in the...
Adult Summer Reading 2021

Adult Summer Reading 2021

Adult Summer Reading 2021 Why let kids have all the fun? This summer, discover a whale of a tale at your library and participate in an Adult Summer Reading program. Participating branches: Bedford Branch Library’s Summer Reading Club for Adults Running June 21...
National Poetry Month Contest 2022

National Poetry Month Contest Winners

National Poetry Month Contest Winners 2021 Congratulations to this year’s winners of the Monroe County Library System’s National Poetry month poetry contest! Adult Category By Ryan Skidmore The pleasures of my childhood were cheap.A body too young for all...
Library Temporarily Returns to Curbside

Library Temporarily Returns to Curbside

Library Temporarily Returns to Curbside Posted April 15, 2021 The Monroe County Library System will temporarily return to touch free curbside only services. The decision was made as a precautionary measure in light of the recent COVID-19 quarantine closing taking...
Ellis Temporarily Closed Due to COVID-19

Ellis Temporarily Closed Due to COVID-19

Ellis Temporarily Closed Posted April 15, 2021 Ellis Temporarily Closed Due to COVID-19 The Ellis Library & Reference Center closed Thursday, April 15, 2021, after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19. All other branches of the Monroe County Library System...
Seed Library

Seed Library

Seed Library Seed libraries are now available at participating branches. “Check out” seed packs to plant, then if possible, save your seeds after your harvest and donate them back to next year’s collection. Participating Branches: Bedford Branch...
National Poetry Month Contest 2022

National Poetry Month Contest 2021

National Poetry Month Contest 2021 The Monroe County Library System is celebrating National Poetry month with a poetry contest! Submit an original poem by turning it in at your local branch, or via email to jennifer.saul@monroe.lib.mi.us. Please make sure you have...