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Labor Day - May 31st
Mondays: 8 am - 8 pm
Tuesday: 9 am - 8 pm
Wed. - Thurs.: 12N - 8 pm
Friday: 12 N - 6 pm
Saturday: 9 am - 12 N
Sunday: Closed

June 1st - Labor Day
Mondays: 8 am - 8 pm
Tues. - Wed.: 9 am - 8 pm
Thursday: 12 N - 8 pm
Friday: 12 N - 6 pm
Sat. - Sun.: Closed


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Brillion Public Libary
326 N. Main Street
Brillion, WI 54110

Phone: (920) 756-3215

brref@esls.lib.wi.us


Library News

Keeping you up-to-date on what's happening at your library. We invite you to join in the conversation!
DECEMBER 22, 2009
Happy Holidays and thanks for a good year 2009!

Happy Holidays from the Staff and Board of the Brillion Public Library.  Thank you for your patronage of the Library in 2009. Computer carrels, upgraded computers, resources for job hunters, flower gardens and a new bench are some of new things at the Library this past year.

A new computer carrel with 6 work stations was installed.  The public computers had the memory upgraded and new improved security put in.  2 new computers were added to the public computers.  The library upgraded its catalog system which made it more flexible and allowed patrons to write reviews of materials.

The Library had an LSTA grant to help job seekers that made the database,  Learning Express available to the public both at home and on the Library's computers.  Learning Express contains practice tests as well as some computer courses.  The library offered computer classes for job seekers as well.

A flower garden was created in honor of Mel Marx around the information sign at the library.  This flower garden is the work of Jane Kopidlansky and a group of volunteers. She designed and planted a variety of plants, which will have flowers blooming most of the year.

The Library Friends continued their fundraising and help.  The Friends adopted the corner garden and added bulbs and flowering plants.  They purchased a bench that sits near this area.  The Friends sponsored author Chris Havel.

The Library continued to add to its DVD and audiobook collections.  Both of these areas have proved to be extremely popular.  Childrens books, magazines and best sellers continued to be hot materials at the Library.

The Library continued to offered Storytimes for preschoolers and a summer reading program for the whole family.  The monthly book discussion group continues to be popular.  In February and March, the Library offered travel movies at noon.

Genealogy continues to be an area of popular interest.  The Library held 4 different sessions pon a variety of genealogy topics during the year.  An email information list is being used to send genealogy information to anyone interested in genealogy.

The Library introduced patron initiated interlibrary loan in 2009.  Patrons can now request their own items from Wiscat.  Interlibrary loan brings the collections and catalogs of most of the libraries in Wisconsin to the public

The economy kept the library budget staple, but the library wasn't able to purchase as many materials as in past years because of the loss of money from grants and from shrinking interest from the Library Trust. The Library continues to work with the other 6 libraries in the Manitowoc-Calumet Library System to give the public access to a large variety of materials.

The Library provides a trained staff to assist you.  Our current staff consists of Library director Chris Moede, Dahle Enneper, Janet Ponschock, Therese Peters, and Lorelei Vaness.  We are assisted by student library aides Jessica McWilliams, Allison Sickinger and Casey Reidy.  The Library Board features President Marilyn Schuh, Vice-president Mark Murphy, Secretary, Nick Madison and members Mary Maciejewski, Linda Deiter, Wendy Diel and Tammy Fischer.

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to all of you.  Thank you for your patronage of the Library in 2009 and we hope to see all of you in 2010.

 

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