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The system was established under Wisconsin Statute 43.15 by action of the Waukesha County Board of Supervisors in January 1981 as the Waukesha County Federated Library System. [1] The system transitioned to a two-county system on January 1, 2016, when Jefferson County joined and the name was changed to Bridges Library System. [ 2 ]
The T.B. Scott Free Library is a member of the Wisconsin Valley Library Service (WVLS), a library system made up of 26 public libraries and 212 non-public libraries across seven counties in north-central Wisconsin. In 2017, the library's circulation was 46% to city residents and 47% to county residents. [5] The library has won the Library of ...
"The Wall of Treaties"—reproductions of 43 United States and seven Canadian treaties conducted with the Potawatomi. " Wigwas Tthiman " (Birchbark Canoe)—this birchbark canoe was constructed on site at the Potawatomi Cultural Center and Museum using traditional methods as a living display.
The MCFLS provides a number of useful services to any person who is a member of one of its libraries. These services allow the person to use any member library as if they belonged to it, such as searching all libraries' collection through a common catalog system, checking out any library's materials through the internet, and requesting them to be delivered to a closer library.
A 1936 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers map is shown depicting the Mississippi River splitting southwest Wisconsin and southeast Minnesota. The map is held at UW-La Crosse's Murphy Library as part of ...
Treaty of Carey Mission (1828) -lands, south of the Chicago (1821) treaty line to a line near S.R. 6 (La Paz-Syracuse) then southeast to the Eel River near Columbia City [1] Treaty of St. Joseph (1827) Treaty of St. Joseph (1828) Treaty of Tippecanoe (10/20/1832): lands, north western Indiana, west of a line running south from South Bend [1]
The following list of Carnegie libraries in Wisconsin provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Wisconsin, where 63 public libraries were built from 60 grants (totaling $1,047,762) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1915. In addition, academic libraries were built for 2 institutions (totaling ...
Other recent branch library renovations or replacements include East Library, which re-opened in a new building to the public on November 22, 2014; the Tippecanoe neighborhood branch, which was renovated in 2015; and the Mitchell Street branch, which opened on October 7, 2017, in the historic Hills Building on the city's near-south side.