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The Kenosha Public Library (KPL) serves the city of Kenosha, and is the resource library for the KCLS. [4] The library has an Outreach department and five branches: [5] [4] Simmons Neighborhood Library (1900) Uptown Neighborhood Library (1925) Southwest Neighborhood Library (1981, rebuilt 2004). The KCLS main resource library.
Milwaukee Public Library (MPL) is the public library system in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, consisting of a central library and 13 branches, all part of the Milwaukee County Federated Library System. MPL is the largest public library system in Wisconsin.
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The Milwaukee County Federated Library System (MCFLS) is a public library organization that coordinates activities between its member public libraries, which collectively serve the Milwaukee metropolitan area. It is governed by a board of trustees and funded by the State of Wisconsin and each member library. [1]
Madison Public Library was created by city ordinance in November 1874 under the persuasion of Mayor Silas Pinney. [3] It opened on May 31, 1875 as the "Madison Free Library" in two rooms of City Hall. It would keep that name until it was renamed the Madison Public Library effective on January 1, 1959.
The Central Library is the headquarters for the Milwaukee Public Library System as well as for the Milwaukee County Federated Library System. [3] Designated a Milwaukee Landmark in 1969, [4] the building remains one of Milwaukee's most monumental public structures.
The Gilbert M. Simmons Memorial Library is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States, and is a location of the Kenosha Public Library (KPL), which is part of the Kenosha County Library System (KCLS) [2] The Simmons Memorial Library was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, and was the first formal location for KPL.
In 1966, the new library received an additional $206,000 in federal funds in order to further increase the size of the building. [6] In 1969, the Beloit Public Library won the Wisconsin Library of the Year Award by the Wisconsin Library Association. [7] This award was given in conjunction to both the Beloit and Janesville public libraries. [8]