Directions to Branch: From Highway 200 turn south on Highway 84 for five miles. The library building is on the west side of Highway 84.
Brief History: The Margaret Welch Memorial Library was established in 1955. We joined the Kitchigami Regional Library in 1970. Longville is the smallest town in Minnesota to have a public library.
Pre-school Story Time:
This program is held during summertime from mid June to first week in August.
Local Library Board Meetings:
As needed.
Board President Anne Rowe
call (218) 363-3761
Special Events:
First Friday Book Club
Meets at 9:30am on the 1st Friday of each month
at the Common Grounds in Longville until further notice.
The 2007 - 2008 reading list is included below:
January - Isle of View/Piers Anthony
February - Bel Canto/Ann Patchett
March - (canceled due to blizzard)
April - A Team of Rivals/Doris Goodwin
May - Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time/Mark Haddon
June - Memory Keepers Daughter/Kim Edwards
July - The Ladies of Covington/Joan Medlicott
August - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan/Lisa See
September - Ahab's Wife/Sena Jeter Naslund
October - The Great Gatsby/F. Scott Fitzgerald
November - Emma/Jane Austen
December - A Red Bird Christmas/Fanny Flagg
January - The House of Sand and Fog/Andre Dubus
February - To Kill a Mockingbird/Harper Lee
Special Collections:
World War II history
Available Services:
Wireless hot-spot
Internet Access
Photocopies
Fax
Proctoring for long distance education
Tax forms
Recreational Collections:
Life jackets for children
Friends:
Active Chapter: Two meetings per year.
President: Dennis Ploeger (218) 682-2560
Many fundraisers!
Friends Events in 2008:
02/14 - Valentine Book and Bake Sale
05/14 - Friends Spring Meeting
06/28 - Book & Bake Sale
07/24 - Book & Bake Sale and Fluff & Puff
08/08 - Taste of Longville
09/20 - Book Sale
