Marathon County Public Library
The Marathon County Public Library (MCPL) is a nine-library system that serves Marathon County, Wisconsin, U.S.A. This title is also often used to refer to the MCPL - Wausau Headquarters, which is located at 300 North First Street in Wausau, Wisconsin.
In addition to its headquarters in Wausau, MCPL's eight branch libraries are located in Athens, Edgar, Hatley, Marathon, Mosinee, Rothschild, Spencer, and Stratford. The Marathon County Public Library was founded in April 1907 on the site of the MCPL - Wausau Headquarters, but it was known as the Wausau Free Public Library at that time.
As of 2007, the Marathon County Public Library system serves a population of 126,031 people, with 72,347 active library card-holders in Marathon County alone. (Any Wisconsin resident may obtain a library card through MCPL.) Its collection contains 313,008 books, 29,703 audio and video materials, 607 magazine and newspaper titles in print, access to thousands of magazines and newspapers electronically, and 247 art prints.
The Marathon County Public Library operates in cooperation with the Wisconsin Valley Library Service (WVLS), a regional library consortium consisting of 25 public and 212 non-public libraries.
Read more about Marathon County Public Library: Early Years, The 1960s, Current
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