Resources
Lomira Library has access to many resources. If you have ever have any questions, please feel free to reach out to us, we will do our best to assist you.
Lomira Historical Society
History Room
Address: 427 S. Water St., Lomira, 53048
Hours: Mon. 9-5 | Tues. 1-6 | Wed. 9-5 | Thurs. 1-6 | Fri. 9-5 |
Sat. 9-12
Plan Your Visit: A room provided in the community library housing family histories, cemetery and church records.
Lomira Area Digital History Initiative: The Lomira Area Digital History Initiative is a digitization project aimed at supporting the historical and genealogical needs of residents of the area as well as those who live at a distance. We are working to digitize the extensive collection of family histories, photographs, and genealogical materials we hold in the History room. We are also working to gather oral histories from Lomira Area residents. Please contact us if you would like to be a part of this project.
History Page
Oral History
Mr. Wesley Pade talks about a fire at his childhood home.
Mr. Wesley Pade talks about going to school in Lomira.
Mr. Wesley Pade talks about his family.
Mr. Wesley Pade talks about farming.
Mr. Wesley Pade talks about meeting his wife.
Interlibrary Loan/WisCat
If you can’t find the item you are looking for, our library staff can contact other libraries throughout Wisconsin and neighboring states through Interlibrary Loan (ILL). You are welcome to visit our circulation desk and fill out an ILL request form.
Your Lomira Quad/Graphics Community Library card gives you access to material in the entire Monarch Library System which can all be delivered to Lomira for your convenience.
BadgerLink
The DPI currently contracts with eight vendors (EBSCO, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., Gale / Cengage Learning, Heritage Microfilm, Inc., LearningExpress, LLC, ProQuest, TeachingBooks.net, LLC, and the Wisconsin Newspaper Association) to provide access to a large volume of full-text information. Users can search approximately 20,000 full-text magazines, journals, newspapers, reference materials, and other specialized information sources.
Included are over 8,000 full text magazines and journals, over 1,500 newspapers and newswires, and approximately 6,800 full text books. Full text articles are taken from 2,900 historical newspaper titles.
BadgerLink also connects users to WISCAT, OCLC WorldCat, directories of libraries, digitized library collections, and other information.
In addition the BadgerLink vendors provide access to automobile repair manuals, company profiles, country economic reports, industrial reports and yearbooks, biographies, primary historical documents, charts, images, schematics, maps, poems, essays, speeches, plays, short stories, author audio programs and book readings, author video programs, book reviews or discussion guides, and many other full text resources not available through regular internet search engines.
OverDrive/Libby
Did you know you can download popular and classic eBooks and audiobooks, available 24/7 from OverDrive. All you need is a library card!
With OverDrive, you can browse the Wisconsin Digital Library’s collection, check out with your library card, and download to a large variety of devices. To get started, you will need to install the free software available through either your device’s app store or via the OverDrive website. Titles automatically expire at the end of the lending period, so there are no late fees for digital content.
Introducing Libby: For a long time, OverDrive has been the go-to for Wisconsin library patrons who want to check out eBooks and eAudioBooks. Now, OverDrive has released a new app to make it faster and easier than ever to check out electronic materials: Libby! The Libby app is available for Apple and Android devices as well as devices and computers running Windows 10.
Plus, Libby is integrated with the existing OverDrive system – if you currently use OverDrive and have a compatible device, you can switch over to Libby at any time! And if you use a device that is not yet supported, you can continue to use OverDrive as you have been.