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March 2023

Four people sit at a table facing the photographer and smiling. There are papers on the table, and the American flag and Wisconsin flag behind the table.

Libraries Matter!

Library staff and supporters had a great time meeting our lawmakers on February 7 for Library Legislative Day. We shared stories about how local libraries strengthen our communities.

Do you love your library? You can tell your elected officials too! Get ideas here at the link below.

Speak Up For Your Library
The L.D. Fargo Public Library, a large Gothic-style brick library building with pointed eaves. In front of the library is a small rock wall, tulips blooming, and a lamppost.

From Boxes To Buildings

Ever wonder how Wisconsin libraries came to be? From traveling libraries to Carnegie buildings, it's taken perseverance and dedicated people to bring us the libraries we know and love today.

Read More!

 Hearing From You

Georgi, an older woman with white hair and brown skin, wearing a white coat and glasses and standing in front of bookshelves at the Watertown Public Library

"When you enter this building, you will find a treasure trove of items to delight the eyes, the ears, and the mind. And guess what? It's all free!"

~ Georgi, patron at Watertown Public Library

 Around the Libraries

Two adults and two children sit at tables at the Hartland Public Library playing Connect 4 and another board game.

Let's Play!

Hartland Public Library

Hartland Public Library is the perfect place to play a board game with friends and family on a cold wintry night. Find board games to check out from lots of libraries in our catalog!

A brown wooden cart filled with non-perishable food items sits in the foyer of the Big Bend Village Library

Food For Fines

Big Bend Village Library

Big Bend community members collected food in February, which library staff delivered to a local senior residency. 

On The Shelf

Owning Their Story

Get inspired this Women's History Month with these gripping novels of women in history.

Book jacket for "The Hunting Party"

In The Time of the Butterflies
by Julia Alvarez

Book jacket for "Arctic Storm Rising"

A House Without Windows
by Nadia Hashimi

Book jacket for "The Winter People"

The Paris Bookseller
by Kerri Maher

Find Your Library

Jefferson County

Dwight Foster Public Library (Fort Atkinson)
Irvin L. Young Memorial Library (Whitewater)
Jefferson Public Library

Johnson Creek Public Library

Karl Junginger Memorial Library (Waterloo)
L.D. Fargo Public Library (Lake Mills)
Powers Memorial Library (Palmyra)
Watertown Public Library

Waukesha County

Alice Baker Library (Eagle)
Big Bend Public Library

Brookfield Public Library
Butler Public Library
Delafield Public Library
Elm Grove Public Library
Hartland Public Library
Menomonee Falls Public Library
Mukwonago Community Library
Muskego Public Library
New Berlin Public Library
Oconomowoc Public Library
Pauline Haass Public Library (Sussex)
Pewaukee Public Library
Town Hall Library (North Lake)
Waukesha Public Library

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Bridges Library System
741 N Grand Ave #210
Waukesha, Wisconsin 53186
(262) 896-8080

https://bridgeslibrarysystem.org/