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Due to the winter storm in our area, these libraries will close early on Thursday December 22nd: Hales Corners – closing at 5pm; Oak Creek – closing at 4pm, Greenfield – closing at 4:30pm, Shorewood – Closing at 3pm.

All public libraries in Milwaukee County will be closed Saturday December 24 and Sunday December 25, 2022 in observance of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, as well as Saturday December 31st and Sunday January 1, 2023 for New Years’ Eve and Day. Below are the hours and closings across the library system for the rest of the December 23rd and December 30th weekends.

For specific information per location, please consult the given library’s web page.

*The Hales Corners Library will close early at 6pm Monday December 26th through Thursday December 29th.

All public libraries in Milwaukee County will be closed Thursday November 24, 2022 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.  Below are the hours for Friday across the library system.

All locations will be open on Saturday November 26, 2022 except for ** the Brown Deer Public Library and the South Milwaukee Public Library.

On the morning of Wednesday November 9, 2022 starting at 6:00 am CST, the Milwaukee County Federated Library System will be migrating its library network.

The scheduled maintenance impacts all public libraries in Milwaukee County, and is expected to take 4-6 hours to complete.  The maintenance needs to be performed during a business workday to ensure that key staff working behind the library system software are readily available to assist with the project.

While our libraries will be open this day, CountyCat, CountyCat Mobile and all resources or services with a connection to our library system (such as Hoopla, OverDrive/Libby, Kanopy, etc.) will be unavailable for the duration of the scheduled maintenance.  If you have downloaded titles from any online service in advance, then you will be able to use them that day.  Patrons just won’t be able to checkout, stream or download NEW items during the outage.

E-resources with access set up via a library barcode, such as the BadgerLink databases, Creativebug (Wauwatosa, West Allis), AtoZ databases (Shorewood), Gale Virtual Reference Books (West Allis) are available at this time.  Go to the Databases by Library page to access individual resources.

A news item and social media announcement will be posted as soon as the project is completed that day.   The Milwaukee County Federated Library System apologizes for this great inconvenience.

The Wisconsin Public Library Consortium (WPLC) seeks your valued feedback on your experience with the collection of materials in Wisconsin’s Digital Library. Your input will help guide us as we continue to grow and develop the collection of ebooks, audiobooks, and other digital materials so it is most relevant to Wisconsin library patrons.

This survey is performed annually, and some questions are repeated from year to year. It will take an average of 10-15 minutes to complete and is available through November 4th.

Click here to get started: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/wplcpatronsurvey2022

All public libraries in Milwaukee County will be closed Monday September 5, 2022 in observance of Labor Day. Below are the hours for Saturday September 3rd across the library system.

All locations will be closed on Sunday September 4th except for the Cudahy Family Library which will be open from 12:00-4:00 pm.

*Brown Deer Drive Up will be open Saturday – 10:00-1:45.

Bonus Borrows are available in Hoopla for August 2022.  Any items borrowed from this collection will not count against your monthly checkout limit.

Browse the full Bonus Borrows collection for August 2022.

Want to know how to find these titles in Hoopla?

• If you are using the Hoopla app on your smart phone, find the image carousel near the top. Swipe to the right until you see the blue Bonus Borrows icon. Click and it will bring up the list.
• If you are using Hoopla in a web browser, go to the open search box and enter in the word ‘Bonus.’  From there you will see a drop down listing of Bonus Borrow offerings.

All public libraries in Milwaukee County will be closed Monday July 4, 2022 in observance of Independence Day. All locations will be closed on Sunday July 3rd as well except for the Cudahy Family Library which will be open from 12:00-4:00 pm.

Below are the hours for Saturday July 2nd across the library system.
*Brown Deer Drive Up will be open Saturday July 2nd – 10:00-1:45.

Please note that all public libraries in Milwaukee County will be closed Monday May 30, 2022 in observance of Memorial Day.
The following libraries are closed Sundays between 5/29/22 and 9/4/22: All Milwaukee locations, Brown Deer (building only), Franklin, Greendale, Greenfield, Hales Corners, North Shore, Shorewood, Wauwatosa, West Allis and Whitefish Bay.

Please note that all public libraries in Milwaukee County will be closed Sunday April 17, 2022.
* The Brown Deer Drive Through window will be open Friday 9:00-4:45 and Saturday 10:00-1:45.

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