Matheson Memorial Library (MML) is located in downtown Elkhorn, at the intersection of Wisconsin Street & Court Street. MML has 6,608 resident borrowers and 6,113 non-resident borrowers for a total of 12,721 card holders. The library serves residents in the following areas: City of Elkhorn, La Grange, Geneva, Sugar Creek, Lafayette, Delavan Township.
How is the library funded?
2019 revenues were as follows:
$411,215 from City of Elkhorn
$443,564 from Walworth & other County taxes
$71,416 other revenue (fines, donations, interest, etc.)
2019 Report
254,016 Total circulation
35,388 SHARE items loaned out
33,610 SHARE items borrowed
17,655 eBook & audio book checkouts (a 15% increase from last year)
147,276 In-Person visits
10,713 Uses of library computers
11,035 Children & Teens attended 440 Programs
2,440 Adults attended 166 Programs
7,381 new items added to the collection
Accomplishments in 2019
- New service desk on the main level
- New display furniture
- Updates for the library Story Room: new paint and installed new cabinets
- Phase 2 of online oral history interviews with local residents
- New foundation landscaping on the south side of the library
Services at the Library
- Children’s programs weekly
- Summer Reading Program for all ages
- Group visits and tours by appointment
- Microsoft Office Suite on all public computers
- Afternoon & Evening Book Clubs and offsite Short Story Discussion Group
- Free internet access through Wi-Fi and high speed broadband
- Book-a-Librarian session for technology, computers, and devices
- Educational, informational and cultural programs
Online Services from your Library
- Ebooks, audiobooks, video and music via Wisconsin’s Digital Library at dbooks.wplc.info
- ReferenceUSA, source of business and residential information for reference and research
- Access to HeritageQuest genealogy database
- Flipster digital magazine download service
- GaleCourses and Lynda.com free continuing education classes
- Kanopy video streaming service