Brandon Public Library

117 E. Main St.
Brandon, WI 53919
Phone: 920-346-2350
Fax: 920-346-5895

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Brandon Public Library — small enough to be friendly, smart enough to be useful.

Our small collection is carefully selected to bring you the best of old and new.

Brandon is always ready to provide a quiet, relaxed welcome to visitors.
Come home to Brandon. Good books and a friendly hello are waiting for you.

Happy Holidays from the Brandon Public Library!

What a year 2007 has been! It has been a remarkable year for the Brandon Public Library. Perhaps the most encouraging news we heard this year, we had the greatest percent increase in circulation in the county for 2006. We increased our circulation by 40%! Thanks to you and the surrounding communities, Brandon Public Library is being used by all ages; for this we thank you.

As of April 27, 2007, the Brandon Public Library is now a State Historic Place and soon will be a National Historic Place! The exterior has been 99.9% restored. The Village board approved a new copper roof on the bell tower with spot lights placed on the tower—our town symbol has never looked so good. Thanks to Ripon Electric who donated a lantern light, the library has both a welcome decoration and safety light to brighten up our historic front.

The beginning of the year Gerri Buteyn held an art show Slices of Life here in the Library in which she donated 30% of her proceeds, totaling $600, to the Library. Much of these funds were used for our Summer Reading program, Get a Clue, where we had over 40 reading records turned in and over 70 kids at each event! This fall we hosted a great gathering of four locally-connected authors at our An Author Carnival that was completely sponsored by local businesses and local donors. Harold Kurtz, Tom Reilly, Tom Montag and our new Brandon author Benjamin Buchholz all took part in this great event of authors, food, the Friesland Community Band and Sunshine the Clown. Over $800 was brought in from a free-will donation all of which went to purchase our new computer projector and sound system. It was a great event for all ages, even Congressman Tom Petri stopped in for the fun!

Thanks to author Benjamin Buchholz, we became one of the first places for his book signing of Private Soldiers: A Year in Iraq with a Wisconsin National Guard Unit— over 40 copies were sold. And thanks to Author Harold Kurtz, the Library has received many small grants from foundations for our children’s collection.

It has been a great year, and we can not wait for 2008. We hope to complete our conversion to the Winnefox Automated System, create growth within our BPL Friends Group, and look at possible ways to expand the Library into the community. As always, we love your patronage and support, and look forward to seeing you in our Village Library. Please stop in and visit us this coming year during our open hours: Monday-Thursdays 2pm - 6pm, Fridays 11am - 5pm, and Saturdays 9am – Noon.

Wishing you the Best in this New Year to come!

Heather Wegner, Director
Tylor S. Loest Assistant Librarian

P.S. - Don’t forget to get your own Brandon Public Library Tote Bag for a great Christmas Gift for you and your family.

Six New Databases Added

Six new databases have been added to our library's Research Tools page:

• Auto Repair Reference Center: fix cars & trucks from 1954-2007, both foreign & domestic; includes wiring diagrams
• Small Engine Repair Reference Center: fix tractors, snowblowers, snowmobiles, ATVs, motorcycles, outboard motors, personal watercraft, lawn mowers, chainsaws, tillers & more
• Business Source Complete: full text of business publications covering accounting, banking, insurance, taxes & more
• Consumer Health Complete: full-text articles from mainstream medicine to complementary & holistic medicine on topics like aging, cancer, diabetes, fitness, nutrition, and children's health
• Points of View Complete: provides help with school assignments, with essays that present multiple sides of a current issue
• Biography Collection Complete: comprehensive collection of full-text biographies about people in history, science, music, literature, government, politics, sports, entertainment & more

Brandon Village Hall and Library Listed on State Register of Historic Places

The Wisconsin Historical Society placed the Brandon Village Hall and Library on the State Register of Historic Places on April 27, 2007.

The Brandon Village Hall and Library served as the seat of local government from 1897 until 2001.

The State Register, maintained by the Wisconsin Historical Society, is Wisconsin’s official listing of properties in the state that have been determined to be significant to Wisconsin’s heritage. It includes buildings, sites, structures and objects that are significant to national, state or local history, architecture, archaeology, engineering or culture.

To learn more about the State or National Register programs in Wisconsin, visit www.wisconsinhistory.org/hp/.