Matheson Memorial Library (MML) is located in downtown Elkhorn, at the intersection of Wisconsin Street & Court Street. MML has 7,013 resident borrowers and 6,620 non-resident borrowers for a total of 13,633 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?
2018 revenues were as follows:
$403,152 from City of Elkhorn
$415,039 from Walworth & other County taxes
$64,377 other revenue (fines, donations, interest, etc.)
2018 Report
246,738 Total circulation
33,685 SHARE items loaned out
34,605 SHARE items borrowed
15,921 eBook & audio book checkouts (a 15% increase from last year)
125,380 In-Person visits
11,680 Uses of library computers
12,455 Children & Teens attended 462 Programs
2,750 Adults attended 280 Programs
Accomplishments in 2018
- New Friends Meeting Room in upper level
- Additional landscaping & walkway on the south side of the library
- Redesigned and repaved the library parking lot
- New paint and carpeting in the Community Center
- New carpeting in our staff break room
- Unveiled a new online collection of oral history interviews with longtime city residents
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