by Amy Mertz | Feb 27, 2025 | Giving, News
Madison Public Library’s Library Takeover program saw great success in 2024! Library Takeover supports underrepresented communities that want to make an idea or event happen at the library. Whether it be providing space, time, and resources for community members to...
by Amy Mertz | Feb 27, 2025 | Giving, News
Madison Public Library Foundation has several endowment funds that support each of the nine Madison Public Library locations, as well as a variety of specific endeavors. In 2024, these funds were instrumental in expanding the library’s book collection and book...
by Amy Mertz | Dec 18, 2024 | Giving, News, Newsletter
The Madison Public Library Foundation board recently welcomed four new directors who began their terms in October: Josh Anderson, Manny Figueroa, Andrea Shiu, and Carla Vigue. Anderson is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who grew up in Denver, Colorado. He’s Senior HR...
by Amy Mertz | Dec 18, 2024 | Giving, News, Newsletter
The Imagination Center at Reindahl Park, a new library and community hub designed to serve the city’s northeast side, received two major grants recently. The Imagination Center is a collaboration of Madison Public Library, Madison Public Library Foundation, Madison...
by Amy Mertz | Dec 18, 2024 | News, Newsletter
Are you beginning to plot out your 2025 calendar? Add the Wisconsin Book Festival’s spring author events! While we don’t have a four-day extravaganza of author events like we did in the fall, there are numerous stand-alone events to look forward to, beginning in...
by Amy Mertz | Dec 18, 2024 | Giving, News, Newsletter
The Green Bay Packers Foundation recently awarded Madison Public Library Foundation a $4,000 grant that will power Dream Bus mobile library operations. The Dream Bus — jointly operated by Madison Public Library and Dane County Library Service, with support from the...
by Amy Mertz | Dec 18, 2024 | News, Newsletter
On May 31, 2025, Madison Public Library will mark 150 years of service to the community! Beginning in late January, the library — with support from Madison Public Library Foundation — will kick off a yearlong Celebrating the Past, Inspiring the Future effort. Plans...
by Amy Mertz | Dec 18, 2024 | Giving, News, Newsletter
At the end of the year, many people are taking stock of what’s important to them. Take a few minutes to read some of the heartwarming comments donors left when supporting the library through online gifts this year: We found a $100 bill on the ground. It seemed right...
by Amy Mertz | Oct 14, 2024 | Giving, News
The Wisconsin Book Festival is partnering with the University of Wisconsin–Madison Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) again for the festival’s upcoming Fall Celebration on October 17–20. CEAS began in 1962 and is a focal point in connecting East Asia to UW–Madison....
by Amy Mertz | Sep 17, 2024 | Giving, News
Local artist Bird Ross, co-founder of the Women Artists Forward Fund and the Forward Art Prize in 2018, has created an art fundraiser to benefit Madison Public Library. The Less Be Raisin Nibble exhibit consists of collages of different textures, colors, and papers...
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