From the MCPL Blog…
MCPL Strategic Plan
What is Strategic Planning? Dream Big with MCPL, Marathon County Public Library's strategic planning process, kicked off in September. Strategic planning is dedicated time to review data and information about the library and, alongside the community, to explore...
Central Wisconsin Book Festival 2023
The 7th annual Central Wisconsin Book Festival is almost here! Our festival is organized and hosted by the Marathon County Public Library in Wausau, McMillan Memorial Library in Wisconsin Rapids and Portage County Public Library in Stevens Point. A committee of about...
World Kid Lit Month Reads
September is World Kid Lit Month and MCPL’s collection is bursting with books to encourage global reading. Read on for some recommendations from nearly every continent across the world!Africa Africa, Amazing Africa by Atinuke and Mouni Feddag This colorful book is a...
Book Festival to host Angeline Boulley
The Central Wisconsin Book Festival (CWBF) is excited to announce that Angeline Boulley—author of “Firekeeper’s Daughter” and the new release “Warrior Girl Unearthed”—will appear via Zoom on the evening of September 28 for a moderated discussion about her novels and...
Two Sentence Story Contest
Marathon County Public Library is pleased to announce the winners of the 2 Sentence Story Contest held this spring. The winning stories were chosen by popular vote during the first week of May, and they’ve been given illustrations by MCPL staff!The winning story in...
Check Out Wisconsin State Parks at Your Library!
UPDATE: As of July 18, 2023, all available passes have been checked out. Thank you to our partners, and all patrons who participated! Planning a trip to a Wisconsin state park or forest this year? The library can help! The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources...
Historic maps added to digitization project!
New historical content has been added to the Central Wisconsin Digitization Project, including historic plat books! These historic plat books are from approximately 1882, 1895 and 1901. In addition, there is a book created by the Marathon County Highway Department...
Request for Proposals: Strategic Plan & Mission Statement
Marathon County Public Library (MCPL) invites consultant proposals to facilitate and coordinate the development of MCPL’s first strategic plan and review the library’s mission statement. MCPL desires a citizen involved process that results in an actionable plan with...

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