Featured Events
Menomonie Reads
Starting January 14, join us in reading Stephen Chbosky’s 1999 classic coming of age novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower. A #1 New York Times bestseller for more than a year, an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults (2000) and Best Book for Reluctant Readers (2000), and with millions of copies in print, this novel for teen readers or “wallflowers” of more-advanced age will make you laugh, cry, and perhaps feel nostalgic for those moments when you, too, tiptoed onto the dance floor of life.
Library Budget 2019
Time to talk budgets. The City of Menomonie experienced a significant increase in the cost of their employee health insurance for 2019. For the library, it means a 25% increase in health insurance costs for our full-time employees. That translates to a nearly...
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Library to Close on Sunday
The end of 2018 is almost upon us and with that, the library staff has been working on the budget for 2019. Local governments on a calendar budget year begin setting their budgets for the coming year in the fall with estimated costs and anticipated revenues examined...
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Santa and Mrs. Claus Hold Open House
On a festive note Rich and Leona Metzger will once again be playing Santa and Mrs. Claus for us on Monday, December 10 from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. at the library. Rich and Leona have been playing Santa for the kids for at least 30 years that we know of and they are the...
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Monday: 9am – 9pm
Tuesday: 9am – 9pm
Wednesday: 9am – 9pm
Thursday: 9am – 9pm
Friday: 9am – 6pm
Saturday: 10am – 5pm
Sunday: 1pm – 5pm
Menomonie Public Library
600 Wolske Bay Road
Menomonie, WI 54751
Contact Us
Telephone: 715.232.2164
Information Desk: Extension 210
Circulation Desk: Extension 212
info@menomonielibrary.org
Red Cedar Reader December 2018
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Just Arrived Fiction
New fiction releases recently added to our collections
Weekly news on books and publishing, new and notable books, books being talked about on television and radio, special features, author profiles.
Top Ten Reads
The top ten books published this month that librarians across the country love.
Overdrive
Wisconsin’s Digital Library is brought to you by the Wisconsin Public Library Consortium and is funded by the public libraries and public library systems in the state, with generous support from Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds awarded to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services….and by donations from patrons like you!
Movie Streaming
The popular on-demand film streaming service Kanopy is available to Menomonie Public Library card holders. Films can be streamed from any computer, television, mobile device or platform by downloading the Kanopy app for iOS, Android, AppleTV, Chromecast or Roku.
Freading eBook Service
Freading offers tens of thousands of ebooks which are available anytime, anywhere. There is no download manager, and users have simultaneous access to all titles. Apple and Android apps are available.
Local papers are just a click away
Online access to full-text of the Dunn County News, Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Chippewa Herald, Pioneer Press, Star Tribune, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Capital Times, Wisconsin State Journal and more. Current and past news content; including local news stories, sports, letters to the editor, editorials, obituaries, real estate info, and special sections.
Flipster
Browse digital versions of the latest issues of popular magazines.
Rocket Languages
Start speaking and understanding a new language today – on your own terms and in your own time! Rocket Languages focuses on a conversational learning approach – our dynamic online language courses have you speaking the language right from the very first lesson.
eBooks for eKids
Tumble Book Library is an online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach young children the joys of reading in a format they’ll love.