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Learn About the History of Your Madison Public Library

July 1st, 2009 Alicia

In order to educate the community about the history and future of the Madison Public Library, the Madison Public Library Foundation has scheduled presentations of “The History of the Madison Public Library” to be shown at library branches this summer.

join us for one of the presentations of this video, written and narrated by Stuart Levitan, to learn about the history of the Madison Public Library, and how the Madison Public Library Foundation supports the library. The future of the library depends on individual support and community commitment - build your knowledge of your Madison resource at one of these presentation events.

• Thursday, July 16, 7:00 p.m. at the Hawthorne Branch
• Thursday, July 23, 10:30 a.m. at the Pinney Branch
• Thursday, July 23, 7:00 p.m. at the South Madison Branch
• Friday, July 31, 12:00 p.m. at the Central Library *
• Tuesday, August 4, 12:00 p.m. at the Meadowridge Branch *
• Wednesday, August 26, 12:15 p.m. at the Lakeview Branch *

* Events marked with an asterisk are “Brown Bag Lunch and Learn” events - bring your lunch, and munch while you learn!

Interested in learning more? Visit “Stories from the Madison Public Library“, a history of the library written by Dr. Bob Kann in honor of the 125th year of the Madison Public Library. Or, check out a copy of Janet Ela’s Free and Public: One Hundred Years of the Madison Public Library.

Entry Filed under: Authors and Books, Central Library, City Connection, Events, Friends of the Library, Hawthorne Branch, Lakeview Branch, Meadowridge Branch, Pinney Branch, South Madison Branch