Library Services and Collections

Home Service

Madison Public Library's Home Service program supplies books to individuals at home who are unable to use the library due to an ongoing physical condition, as well as Retirement Homes and Assisted Living, Health Care and Adult Day Care Facilities.

Individuals

Who is Eligible?
Anyone living within Madison City limits who has an ongoing physical condition that prevents the person from coming to the library and is willing to commit to having this service for an extended period of time.

How it Works:

• You tell us what types of books and/or other materials you want.
• We select books and other library materials for you according to your criteria.
• We deliver books and other materials to you by volunteer every month on a regular basis.
• Our volunteer will pick up and return your finished library materials.
• We can also reserve specific books and other materials at your request. Specific requests must be made directly to Home Service. Please call 608-266-6314.

What Can You Borrow?
Books--Including Best Sellers.
Large Print Books--With print twice the regular size and a large selection of titles.
Books-on-Cassette
Compact Discs
Magazines

Videos and dvds cannot be borrowed due to the demand and short loan period.

Retirement Homes, Assisted Living, Health Care and Adult Day Centers in Madison

How it works--Two choices:

Regular Delivery

• You give us an idea of what your residents want: for example, the types and number of books and other materials they want.
• We select books or other materials from the library according to those criteria.
• We deliver and pick up books and materials every month on a regular schedule.
• If you have an avid reader, we can also meet the specific needs of that individual on request. Specific requests must be made directly to Home Service. Please call 608-266-6314.

Retirement Loan Collection Delivery

• We have pre-assembled collections containing about 150 books of a wide variety of popular titles in both regular and large print.
• We deliver a collection to you every 6 months on an on-call basis.
• You call us when you are ready for a new collection.

Your Responsibilities

Facility personnel will be responsible for:

• Distributing books to your residents.
• Keeping track of books while they are at your facility (we can help you with suggestions for this).
• Collecting books from your residents prior to pick up.
• Keeping us updated as to the needs of your residents.

Questions? Call us at Madison Public Library Home Service, 608-266-6314. Or email us at: homeserv@scls.lib.wi.us

If you live outside Madison City limits but inside Dane County, please call Dane County Library Service Outreach, 608-266-4419.

Volunteer Your Time

Home Service is looking for volunteers who are interested in delivering library materials to homebound individuals as well as choosing appropriate library materials for these individuals. See job descriptions. If interested, you can fill out volunteer application and mail to Madison Public Library Home Service, 201 West Mifflin St., Madison, WI 53703. If you have any questions, please call 608-266-6314.

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