OPPORTUNITY . COMMUNITY . LITERACY
Welcome to Spooner Memorial Library
For over 100 years, we have been a place of gathering and resources in Spooner, Wisconsin. Spooner is located in Northwestern Wisconsin and has a population of 2,682 people. As part of rural Wisconsin, we serve thousands of patrons in Washburn County and surrounding counties. In fact, the library serves has a service population of 12,181. We invite you to visit the library and enjoy all the wonderful opportunities it offers.
For over 100 years, we have been a place of gathering and resources in Spooner, Wisconsin. Spooner is located in Northwestern Wisconsin and has a population of 2,682 people. As part of rural Wisconsin, we serve thousands of patrons in Washburn County and surrounding counties. In fact, the library serves has a service population of 12,181. We invite you to visit the library and enjoy all the wonderful opportunities it offers.
OPPORTUNITYWe offer FREE gale courses for patrons with a library card! Take real classes in a professional online setting for FREE with your library card! Need your card number? Stop in! Opportunity starts HERE!
Looking for more opportunity, check out BadgerLink for archived Wisconsin newspapers and much more! More opportunity starts HERE! |
COMMUNITYSpooner Memorial Library is part of a team helping Washburn County during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Together, Community First - Washburn County will:
1) Create care packages to provide families with essential products to sustain themselves over the coming months. 2) Support the local economy by leveraging business partnerships to secure the needed products for the care packages. 3) Support students in pro-social engagement and education, while they are out of school. 4) Increase household safety by decreasing family need insecurities. 5) Reduce local community spread. If you are interested in supporting, please follow the link and complete the survey. We will be developing a network of volunteers, as we secure funding! https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSd3oihVUX_98yrZx…/viewform… |
LITERACYWhile our doors are closed, we continue to promote literacy through the Wisconsin Public Library Consortium. Information on Libby and OverDrive, apps that offer free e-books and e-audiobooks with your library card can be found HERE!
If you do not have a library card, you can still get one! The registration form is found HERE. Once you fill out the card, you can email spoonerlibrarydirector@gmail.com. We'll make you a card and email you your card number. Once we re-open, you can pick up your card at the library. For more literacy options while we are closed, checkout our facebook page for virtual story times and much more! |
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We are part of the Merlin Consortium and Northern Waters Library System. As a patron who uses our library, you have access to materials from all over Northern Wisconsin. Materials can be requested online easily with your library card number. You can also easily check your library card, renew your items, and keep track of your own check out history.
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ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING SPOONER MEMORIAL LIBRARY AND COVID-19:
Update 3/23/2020 @ 11:06 a.m. - Curbside delivery will continue today until 4:00 p.m. There will be no staff at the library starting tomorrow. We can be contacted via email at spoonerlibrarydirector@gmail.com.
Update 3/23/2020 @ 10:35 a.m. - Curbside delivery will continue today until 4:00 p.m. through tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. After that you may continue to access the library virtually through the Wisconsin Public Library Consortium (e-books, e-audiobooks), BadgerLink (resources), and Gale Courses (education). We will continue to offer facebook live videos and staff will be at the library at least through Tuesday. Once we are ordered to stay at home, the best way to reach us is via email spoonerlibrarydirector@gmail.com.
Update 3/18/2020 @ 1:30 p.m. - Curbside delivery is going really well. Call us at 715-635-2792 or email us at spoonerlibrarydirector@gmail.com if you would like us to check some books out for you to pick up. You can also put items on hold here: https://merlin.nwls.lib.wi.us/search. Make sure you select items that say "available" in Spooner as we are only able to access our own materials. NOTE - we are still cataloging new items, so keep an eye out for them! Lastly, we are also able to print, scan, and copy during this time and we have curbside Wi-Fi with no password.
Update 3/17/2020 @ 4:46 p.m. - Update, there will be no more delivery (from or to other libraries) until further notice.
Update 3/17/2020 @ 4:08 p.m. - We will be closing our doors at 5:00 p.m. today, rather than 6:00 p.m. to follow the most recent order by the governor. We will offer curbside for the remaining hour. Thanks for your understanding.
Update 3/17/2020 @ 12:47 p.m. - A message from our system: Because of an increase in library closures, NWLS is suspending its courier service for ALL member libraries from Friday, March 20 - April 5. NWLS will do a reassessment on or before April 3. An NWLS delivery attempt may be made to your location tomorrow if you are open. Remote book drops will be picked up for the last time tomorrow.
**So, because delivery will end on Friday, remember when placing holds at home, you'll get your items faster if it shows that Spooner's item is available.**
Curbside delivery will continue as planned. :)
Update, 3/16/2020 @ 10:41 a.m. - WE WILL HAVE CURBSIDE PICKUP FOR PATRONS DURING OUR CLOSURE! Patrons can use this service by calling the library at (715)635-2792. We will check out and package your requested items (or holds) and will have them ready for you to pick up. We can also bring items to vehicles at the curb if need be. This service will be available from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m, Monday - Friday.
Effective Wednesday, March 18th, Spooner Memorial Library will be closed to patrons in a community wide effort to slow down the spread of COVID-19 and protect our vulnerable community members.
Our dropbox will remain open, but we ask that patrons keep all items at home until we reopen if at all possible. All events and programs at Spooner Memorial Library will tentatively resume in May.
WE WILL HAVE CURBSIDE PICKUP FOR PATRONS DURING OUR CLOSURE! Patrons can use this service by calling the library at (715)635-2792. We will check out and package your requested items (or holds) and will have them ready for you to pick up. We can also bring items to vehicles at the curb if need be. This service will be available from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m, Monday - Friday.
Message from our Director, Angie Bodzislaw: "As a librarian I need to re-frame my thoughts about how to best serve my patrons. Typically, that means staying open at all costs. But in this case, "how to best serve my patrons" means reducing opportunities for exposure and working alongside our health department and state to slow the spread of COVID-19, which will, in turn, ease the burden on our local hospitals and protect our vulnerable community members. Closing the library is not a decision I, nor my board, takes lightly; however, it is imperative that we do so. Though our doors will be closed, we will continue to work behind the scenes to best serve our community (more on that as the week goes on). We are more than a building and you (our community) are more than this pandemic."
Update 3/23/2020 @ 11:06 a.m. - Curbside delivery will continue today until 4:00 p.m. There will be no staff at the library starting tomorrow. We can be contacted via email at spoonerlibrarydirector@gmail.com.
Update 3/23/2020 @ 10:35 a.m. - Curbside delivery will continue today until 4:00 p.m. through tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. After that you may continue to access the library virtually through the Wisconsin Public Library Consortium (e-books, e-audiobooks), BadgerLink (resources), and Gale Courses (education). We will continue to offer facebook live videos and staff will be at the library at least through Tuesday. Once we are ordered to stay at home, the best way to reach us is via email spoonerlibrarydirector@gmail.com.
Update 3/18/2020 @ 1:30 p.m. - Curbside delivery is going really well. Call us at 715-635-2792 or email us at spoonerlibrarydirector@gmail.com if you would like us to check some books out for you to pick up. You can also put items on hold here: https://merlin.nwls.lib.wi.us/search. Make sure you select items that say "available" in Spooner as we are only able to access our own materials. NOTE - we are still cataloging new items, so keep an eye out for them! Lastly, we are also able to print, scan, and copy during this time and we have curbside Wi-Fi with no password.
Update 3/17/2020 @ 4:46 p.m. - Update, there will be no more delivery (from or to other libraries) until further notice.
Update 3/17/2020 @ 4:08 p.m. - We will be closing our doors at 5:00 p.m. today, rather than 6:00 p.m. to follow the most recent order by the governor. We will offer curbside for the remaining hour. Thanks for your understanding.
Update 3/17/2020 @ 12:47 p.m. - A message from our system: Because of an increase in library closures, NWLS is suspending its courier service for ALL member libraries from Friday, March 20 - April 5. NWLS will do a reassessment on or before April 3. An NWLS delivery attempt may be made to your location tomorrow if you are open. Remote book drops will be picked up for the last time tomorrow.
**So, because delivery will end on Friday, remember when placing holds at home, you'll get your items faster if it shows that Spooner's item is available.**
Curbside delivery will continue as planned. :)
Update, 3/16/2020 @ 10:41 a.m. - WE WILL HAVE CURBSIDE PICKUP FOR PATRONS DURING OUR CLOSURE! Patrons can use this service by calling the library at (715)635-2792. We will check out and package your requested items (or holds) and will have them ready for you to pick up. We can also bring items to vehicles at the curb if need be. This service will be available from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m, Monday - Friday.
Effective Wednesday, March 18th, Spooner Memorial Library will be closed to patrons in a community wide effort to slow down the spread of COVID-19 and protect our vulnerable community members.
Our dropbox will remain open, but we ask that patrons keep all items at home until we reopen if at all possible. All events and programs at Spooner Memorial Library will tentatively resume in May.
WE WILL HAVE CURBSIDE PICKUP FOR PATRONS DURING OUR CLOSURE! Patrons can use this service by calling the library at (715)635-2792. We will check out and package your requested items (or holds) and will have them ready for you to pick up. We can also bring items to vehicles at the curb if need be. This service will be available from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m, Monday - Friday.
Message from our Director, Angie Bodzislaw: "As a librarian I need to re-frame my thoughts about how to best serve my patrons. Typically, that means staying open at all costs. But in this case, "how to best serve my patrons" means reducing opportunities for exposure and working alongside our health department and state to slow the spread of COVID-19, which will, in turn, ease the burden on our local hospitals and protect our vulnerable community members. Closing the library is not a decision I, nor my board, takes lightly; however, it is imperative that we do so. Though our doors will be closed, we will continue to work behind the scenes to best serve our community (more on that as the week goes on). We are more than a building and you (our community) are more than this pandemic."
Follow us on Facebook or twitter for events, photos, and fun happenings at the library. Use Libby to get FREE e-books and e-audio books with your library card. Use BadgerLink, a great FREE resource to search for health, automotive, genealogical resources and much more! Use GALE Courses for free educational opportunities with your library card.
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