September 1, 2022

The following is a selection of books written by authors featured in the 2022 Central Wisconsin Book Festival (CWBF)!   From fiction to nonfiction to poetry, this year's CWBF will be a great opportunity for members of the community to hear from notable writers with diverse backgrounds.  Check out the following items before or after the festival to explore their creations. (Please note: Not all items are available from the library catalog at this time. Some won't be released until later this fall.)

Authors Books Catalogs and Collections Central Wisconsin Book Festival E-books Events Graphic Novels Poetry Reading Recommendations

March 9, 2022

Starting March 14, all Marathon County Public Library (MCPL) patrons will see a new searchable library catalog on our website! With an updated interface, searching will now be easier than before. The front page of the catalog will also feature lists of all the latest items we've added to our collection (including New Adult Fiction, New Movies/TV series, New Children's Books, etc.), so you can find and request new materials more easily. Harnessing the power of web browsers like Google Chrome and Firefox, the new catalog offers generous spelling corrections and autofill options that will assist you when finding the materials and authors you're looking for. Every search shows where an item is located and...

Adults Catalogs and Collections Libraries Websites

September 9, 2021

The following is a selection of books written by authors featured in the 2021 Central Wisconsin Book Festival (CWBF)!   From fiction to nonfiction to poetry, this year's CWBF will be a great opportunity for members of the community to hear from notable writers with diverse backgrounds.  Check out the following items before or after the festival to explore their creations:

Authors Books Catalogs and Collections Central Wisconsin Book Festival E-books Events Graphic Novels Poetry Reading Recommendations

September 1, 2020

The following is a selection of books written by authors featured in the 2020 Central Wisconsin Book Festival (CWBF)!  From fiction to nonfiction to poetry, this year's "virtual" CWBF will be a great opportunity for members of the community to hear from notable writers with diverse backgrounds.  Check out the following items before or after the festival to explore their creations:

Authors Books Catalogs and Collections Central Wisconsin Book Festival E-books Events Graphic Novels Poetry Reading Recommendations

August 21, 2020

If you’re one of the many families that have considered – or who have already committed to – homeschooling your child this fall, you may be wondering what you can use to facilitate your teaching. Or, maybe you’ve homeschooled your children for years but are looking for some new supplemental materials to take your lessons to the next level. Either way, the Marathon County Public Library (MCPL) is here to help. As we get closer and closer to starting a school year unlike any other before, many parents have been filled with questions and concerns over their kids’ education. If your children will be homeschooled this year, or learning completely virtually, MCPL has a slew of newly-purchased materials that will...

Adults Books Catalogs and Collections Education Learning

May 21, 2020

As many are during this time, I am cooking more homemade food than ever! I’ve always loved cooking and baking, but now that I have a bit more time at home and am trying to keep my immune system in tip-top shape, I’ve been focusing even more on healthy, homemade meals (but still as tasty as ever!) As someone born with food intolerances to soy, dairy, and egg, (who outgrew them, only to have them reappear after a semester abroad back in college), I’ve always had to be conscious of what I eat and learned early on how to cook most of my meals at home due to safety concerns at restaurants. A few years ago, I was researching nutrition while going through a severe case of mononucleosis and went plant-based to try...

Adults Books Catalogs and Collections Food Health Resources Websites

November 21, 2019

Do you and your family or friends enjoy playing board games? You’re not alone! More than 5,000 new board games were introduced into the U.S. market in 2017, thus proving that the board game boom is real! Weekly game nights are a great way to unplug and connect with friends and family. If you’re looking to “try-before-you-buy” a game that you don’t already own – or if you just want to play something at the library – we can help! At MCPL Wausau, we have a variety of board games available for in-house checkout. Come see us at the Children’s Desk and pick from our collection of games (a full list of them is available below). Just leave your library card at the desk to borrow the game for in-...

Libraries Catalogs and Collections

June 20, 2018

Update: The library catalog is available again as of approximately 2:15 this afternoon. Shortly before 11 a.m. this morning, the Library Catalog (V-Cat) experienced an outage which is ongoing. This affects the online catalog from home as well as in the library, and also limits our ability to quickly check out items to patrons. More information forthcoming. Thank you for your patience!

IT Updates Catalogs and Collections

October 27, 2017

UPDATE: As of Tuesday, October 31, 7:30 a.m., the Library Catalog (V-Cat) and related services are back online. If you experience any difficulty accessing the catalog, your library account or online resources, please contact us. Thank you for your patience during this transition! The Library Catalog (V-Cat) and many Online Resources will be unavailable on Tuesday, October 31, approximately 12:30-8:00 a.m. During this time, the servers that support V-Cat will be migrated to a virtualized environment for greater efficiency. While we intend to have everything up and running before our libraries open for business, it is not impossible for related services to be affected later in the day....

IT Updates Catalogs and Collections WVLS Technology

May 15, 2017

UPDATE: Library catalog access has been restored. If you continue to experience issues accessing the catalog, please contact us. Thank you for your patience! As of 7am: The library catalog has been offline for routine maintenance since 3am and will be restored very soon. Thanks for your patience!

Catalogs and Collections IT Updates

May 3, 2017

There’s no shortage of new releases at MCPL, with new items arriving on a weekly basis. While the waiting list for some highly-anticipated books, DVDs and CDs can be quite long, there is often another way you can check out these items without having to wait several weeks: the Lucky Day shelf!  Each MCPL location has a Lucky Day shelf near the circulation desk that is stocked with high-demand items, like James Patterson’s new novel “Black Box” or the DVD release of “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” Patrons cannot place a hold on these items, but rather must be lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time to see them on the shelf and check them out! Checkout periods for these items...

Newsletter Catalogs and Collections Reading Recommendations

December 27, 2016

With 2016 coming to a close, we at the Marathon County Public Library are taking a look back at the past year to see what items have been most popular with our patrons here in northcentral Wisconsin. When it comes to adult fiction, it seems that patrons can’t get enough mysteries, thrillers, and other action-packed books by popular authors like John Grisham, Janet Evanovich and James Patterson. Like the rest of the country, they have also been swept away by World War II epics like All the Light We Cannot See and The Nightingale, both of which spent much of the year on the New York Times Best Sellers list. Take a look for yourself at the 10 most-checked out adult fiction books of 2016 at all nine MCPL...

Books Catalogs and Collections Reading Recommendations Top 10

December 28, 2010

Effective January 1st, 2011: Due to budgetary constraints, requests for Interlibrary Loan items borrowed via OCLC will be limited to 5 requests per customer per month. This ILL policy will allow each customer a total of 60 requests per year. Beginning January 1st, 2011, the following items will no longer be available through ILL: Materials published in the current or previous calendar year. Items published in 2011, or 2010 (as verified in Amazon.com), cannot be requested through Interlibrary Loan. Instead, for newer items, please fill out a purchase suggestion form online http://www.mcpl.us/account/suggest/ or in person at any public service desk. We cannot promise that we will acquire the item you...

Catalogs and Collections

April 9, 2009

Looking for a relaxing evening at home? Want to kick back and enjoy your favorite movie or listen to some great music? Well, the Marathon County Public Library has a world of CDs and DVDs available for check-out.  The Headquarters Library and eight branches stock over 10,000 DVDs appealing to all ages from one to 100. That includes children’s favorites, adult dramas, comedies, musicals, documentaries, movies in the Spanish language and Hmong videos. Over 11,000 music CDs are also available. They range from nursery rhymes for tots to country western, rap, opera, bluegrass, Christian, folk, classics and rock ‘n roll.  Best of all, the CDs and DVDs are FREE. All you need is your library card....

Catalogs and Collections