Registration for our 2013 Summer Reading program begins on June 3rd!  We have something for everyone!

This year, we’ll be featuring five age categories:  Early Birds for babies & toddlers, Reading Explorers for preschoolers, Dig into Reading for fall’s elementary students, Beneath the Surface for fall’s 6th-9th grade students, and Groundbreaking Reads for adults and young adults.

More details and online registration will be available on June 3rd.  It’s going to be a great summer!

Join us for our bi-annual Genealogy Work Night @ the Library!  Enjoy exclusive access to the resources of both the Monroe Public Library and the Green County Genealogical Society.  It’s a night for trading tips, eating, and getting some family history work done.

Friday Evening, May 17th

Doors open at 6:30pm
Doors locked at 6:45pm
Evening ends at 10:00pm

Registration is required.  You can register online or call 328-7010.  Happy hunting!

Beginning in January, the Monroe Public Library will host the monthly meetings of the newly-formed Driftless Area Writers Guild.

Get support in the writing process, explore new genres, share success stories, learn from experts, and help others with their writing…

The group will meet at 6pm on the 2nd Tuesday of the month in the library’s 1st floor conference room.  If you have any questions, email Suzann at sholland@monroepubliclibrary.org.

We hope you’ll take a look at our new local history blog, Monroe in Times Past.  We’re digging into our archives to bring you vintage news items from Monroe.  We’ll be uploading several new items each week.  Hope you enjoy it!

If you find great vintage news item during your research, just give us a print of the item, along with the date, and we’ll post it!

We’re very pleased to begin offering self-service meeting room reservations!  You can now check for available openings for both the 1st floor conference room and the 2nd floor program room, enter your information, and make your reservation online.

We hope that this will make the process of booking a meeting room less tedious.  The system will also help prevent accidental double-bookings.  Reservations can now be made for the rest of the calendar year.  Reservations for 2013 may be made beginning on December 1st.

Explore the new reservation system!