St. Joseph/ Maud Preston Palenske Memorial Library
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Welcome to the St. Joseph/ Maud Preston Palenske Memorial Library!
"Creatively serving the community with
diverse resources and learning opportunities."
www.LibraryByTheLake.org
Our Hours:
Mon-Thu: 10am- 8pm, Fri: 10am- 6pm, Sat: 10am-5pm, Sun: Closed
"Creatively serving the community with
diverse resources and learning opportunities."
www.LibraryByTheLake.org
Our Hours:
Mon-Thu: 10am- 8pm, Fri: 10am- 6pm, Sat: 10am-5pm, Sun: Closed
New Year, New You! Strengthen key educational areas with the "Adult Core Skills" learning center from the Michigan eLibrary!
January 8, 2026 at 8:14 PM
New Year, New You! Strengthen key educational areas with the "Adult Core Skills" learning center from the Michigan eLibrary!
Are you ready for the Community Reading Challenge???
In January & February, every physical book, e-book, and audiobook counts! Let's see if we can reach 25,000 books read by March 1st!
Check back each Friday to see our progress and cheer each other on!
In January & February, every physical book, e-book, and audiobook counts! Let's see if we can reach 25,000 books read by March 1st!
Check back each Friday to see our progress and cheer each other on!
January 5, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Are you ready for the Community Reading Challenge???
In January & February, every physical book, e-book, and audiobook counts! Let's see if we can reach 25,000 books read by March 1st!
Check back each Friday to see our progress and cheer each other on!
In January & February, every physical book, e-book, and audiobook counts! Let's see if we can reach 25,000 books read by March 1st!
Check back each Friday to see our progress and cheer each other on!
We are CLOSED for the New Year! See you again Friday, January 2nd, when we re-open at 10am.
Libby & Hoopla are available 24/7, and materials can still be returned to our exterior bin along the east parking alley.
Happy 2026!
#HappyNewYear #LibrariesAreForEveryone
Libby & Hoopla are available 24/7, and materials can still be returned to our exterior bin along the east parking alley.
Happy 2026!
#HappyNewYear #LibrariesAreForEveryone
December 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
We are CLOSED for the New Year! See you again Friday, January 2nd, when we re-open at 10am.
Libby & Hoopla are available 24/7, and materials can still be returned to our exterior bin along the east parking alley.
Happy 2026!
#HappyNewYear #LibrariesAreForEveryone
Libby & Hoopla are available 24/7, and materials can still be returned to our exterior bin along the east parking alley.
Happy 2026!
#HappyNewYear #LibrariesAreForEveryone
UPDATED NOTICE: Due to inclement weather, as well as phone and internet outages, the Library is closed for Monday, December 29th, 2025. This includes all planned Library programs for the day: Bridge Club.
Please stay safe & warm!
Please stay safe & warm!
December 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
UPDATED NOTICE: Due to inclement weather, as well as phone and internet outages, the Library is closed for Monday, December 29th, 2025. This includes all planned Library programs for the day: Bridge Club.
Please stay safe & warm!
Please stay safe & warm!
NOTICE: Due to weather conditions around the library today, December 29th, we are delaying opening until 12pm.
Please stay tuned for any additional weather-related updates.
Please stay tuned for any additional weather-related updates.
December 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
NOTICE: Due to weather conditions around the library today, December 29th, we are delaying opening until 12pm.
Please stay tuned for any additional weather-related updates.
Please stay tuned for any additional weather-related updates.
We'll be closing at 6pm Tuesday (Dec. 23rd), and closed all day Wednesday & Thursday for the holiday.
Don't forget to keep reading and listening with our Libby & Hoopla digital resources!
Don't forget to keep reading and listening with our Libby & Hoopla digital resources!
December 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
We'll be closing at 6pm Tuesday (Dec. 23rd), and closed all day Wednesday & Thursday for the holiday.
Don't forget to keep reading and listening with our Libby & Hoopla digital resources!
Don't forget to keep reading and listening with our Libby & Hoopla digital resources!
The St. Joseph/ Maud Preston Palenske Memorial Library is now accepting submissions for original works of poetry for our inaugural Downtown Poetry Walk- themed "Transitions."
See our website for details: www.librarybythelake.org
See our website for details: www.librarybythelake.org
December 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The St. Joseph/ Maud Preston Palenske Memorial Library is now accepting submissions for original works of poetry for our inaugural Downtown Poetry Walk- themed "Transitions."
See our website for details: www.librarybythelake.org
See our website for details: www.librarybythelake.org
We have Educate Station!
Available at your library, find free learning plans w/ a range of extension activities across subjects & grades- perfect for homeschoolers & parents/ students looking for an additional educational resource. Use the link: educatestation.com/access/maud-... to get started!
Available at your library, find free learning plans w/ a range of extension activities across subjects & grades- perfect for homeschoolers & parents/ students looking for an additional educational resource. Use the link: educatestation.com/access/maud-... to get started!
December 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
We have Educate Station!
Available at your library, find free learning plans w/ a range of extension activities across subjects & grades- perfect for homeschoolers & parents/ students looking for an additional educational resource. Use the link: educatestation.com/access/maud-... to get started!
Available at your library, find free learning plans w/ a range of extension activities across subjects & grades- perfect for homeschoolers & parents/ students looking for an additional educational resource. Use the link: educatestation.com/access/maud-... to get started!
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a person in Michigan Winter is in want of a good book club.
Find one to join at your Library. (We have 4!)
#austen250 #LibrariesAreForEveryone
Find one to join at your Library. (We have 4!)
#austen250 #LibrariesAreForEveryone
December 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a person in Michigan Winter is in want of a good book club.
Find one to join at your Library. (We have 4!)
#austen250 #LibrariesAreForEveryone
Find one to join at your Library. (We have 4!)
#austen250 #LibrariesAreForEveryone
As tax season approaches, remember: The #IRS doesn’t initiate contact with taxpayers by email, text message or through social media to request personal or financial information.
Learn how to protect your financial and tax information by visiting:
www.irs.gov/scams
Learn how to protect your financial and tax information by visiting:
www.irs.gov/scams
December 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
As tax season approaches, remember: The #IRS doesn’t initiate contact with taxpayers by email, text message or through social media to request personal or financial information.
Learn how to protect your financial and tax information by visiting:
www.irs.gov/scams
Learn how to protect your financial and tax information by visiting:
www.irs.gov/scams
Kick off your December with programs and clubs at the Library!
December 2, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Kick off your December with programs and clubs at the Library!
Get in a little pre-Thanksgiving crafting with our Maud's Makers crew! Join us Tuesday, November 25th, at 6pm to make Thanksgiving garlands!
November 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Get in a little pre-Thanksgiving crafting with our Maud's Makers crew! Join us Tuesday, November 25th, at 6pm to make Thanksgiving garlands!
MI Sec of State Mobile Unit will be here Friday, Nov 14th, 11am - 2:30pm:
1) get a first-time MI ID
2) renew a driver's license
3) transfer a title
4) apply for/ renew a disability placard
Call us @ 269-983-7167 to setup your 10-min appt!
Fees to the S.O.S apply & required @ time of service.
1) get a first-time MI ID
2) renew a driver's license
3) transfer a title
4) apply for/ renew a disability placard
Call us @ 269-983-7167 to setup your 10-min appt!
Fees to the S.O.S apply & required @ time of service.
October 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
MI Sec of State Mobile Unit will be here Friday, Nov 14th, 11am - 2:30pm:
1) get a first-time MI ID
2) renew a driver's license
3) transfer a title
4) apply for/ renew a disability placard
Call us @ 269-983-7167 to setup your 10-min appt!
Fees to the S.O.S apply & required @ time of service.
1) get a first-time MI ID
2) renew a driver's license
3) transfer a title
4) apply for/ renew a disability placard
Call us @ 269-983-7167 to setup your 10-min appt!
Fees to the S.O.S apply & required @ time of service.
Join special guest: PBS Program Manager Kate Mosher as we present American Experience: War of the Worlds! Thursday, October 30th at 6pm, step back into 1938 and get ready to ask yourself: would I have been a believer?
#waroftheworlds #PBS #LibrariesAreForEveryone
#waroftheworlds #PBS #LibrariesAreForEveryone
October 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Join special guest: PBS Program Manager Kate Mosher as we present American Experience: War of the Worlds! Thursday, October 30th at 6pm, step back into 1938 and get ready to ask yourself: would I have been a believer?
#waroftheworlds #PBS #LibrariesAreForEveryone
#waroftheworlds #PBS #LibrariesAreForEveryone
"Check out" our amazing pumpkin! Fans can vote for our Pumpkin on Parade at: stjoetoday.com/vote
October 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
"Check out" our amazing pumpkin! Fans can vote for our Pumpkin on Parade at: stjoetoday.com/vote
Kick off your "spooky season" with a free flick at your library!
This Friday, October 3rd, at 1pm we'll be showing "Experiment In Terror," starring Lee Remick, Glenn Ford, and Stefanie Powers. Bring your own munchies and settle in for this movie matinee!
This Friday, October 3rd, at 1pm we'll be showing "Experiment In Terror," starring Lee Remick, Glenn Ford, and Stefanie Powers. Bring your own munchies and settle in for this movie matinee!
September 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Kick off your "spooky season" with a free flick at your library!
This Friday, October 3rd, at 1pm we'll be showing "Experiment In Terror," starring Lee Remick, Glenn Ford, and Stefanie Powers. Bring your own munchies and settle in for this movie matinee!
This Friday, October 3rd, at 1pm we'll be showing "Experiment In Terror," starring Lee Remick, Glenn Ford, and Stefanie Powers. Bring your own munchies and settle in for this movie matinee!
The catalog divorce isn't finalized yet, & as we
go through this process we want to remind library
patrons to *only* search the SJ/ MPPM
Library catalog while looking for SJ/ MPPM
Library materials.
To search Lincoln Township Public Library's catalog,
please visit: www.lincolntownshiplibrary.org.
go through this process we want to remind library
patrons to *only* search the SJ/ MPPM
Library catalog while looking for SJ/ MPPM
Library materials.
To search Lincoln Township Public Library's catalog,
please visit: www.lincolntownshiplibrary.org.
September 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The catalog divorce isn't finalized yet, & as we
go through this process we want to remind library
patrons to *only* search the SJ/ MPPM
Library catalog while looking for SJ/ MPPM
Library materials.
To search Lincoln Township Public Library's catalog,
please visit: www.lincolntownshiplibrary.org.
go through this process we want to remind library
patrons to *only* search the SJ/ MPPM
Library catalog while looking for SJ/ MPPM
Library materials.
To search Lincoln Township Public Library's catalog,
please visit: www.lincolntownshiplibrary.org.
Love a good puzzle? Get thee to our Puzzle Swap!
Saturday, September 27th, 1pm-3pm, the St. Joseph/ Maud Preston Palenske Memorial Library is hosting a puzzle swap.
If you donated puzzles & received vouchers, you get first dibs on the good stuff from 1pm-2pm. General Public admission is 2pm-3pm.
Saturday, September 27th, 1pm-3pm, the St. Joseph/ Maud Preston Palenske Memorial Library is hosting a puzzle swap.
If you donated puzzles & received vouchers, you get first dibs on the good stuff from 1pm-2pm. General Public admission is 2pm-3pm.
September 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Love a good puzzle? Get thee to our Puzzle Swap!
Saturday, September 27th, 1pm-3pm, the St. Joseph/ Maud Preston Palenske Memorial Library is hosting a puzzle swap.
If you donated puzzles & received vouchers, you get first dibs on the good stuff from 1pm-2pm. General Public admission is 2pm-3pm.
Saturday, September 27th, 1pm-3pm, the St. Joseph/ Maud Preston Palenske Memorial Library is hosting a puzzle swap.
If you donated puzzles & received vouchers, you get first dibs on the good stuff from 1pm-2pm. General Public admission is 2pm-3pm.
Sit down with the legal navigators from Lincoln Township Public Library, at the SJ/ MPPM Library Norris Room on Friday, September 26th from 1pm-3pm. Get help with filling out forms, accessing legal information, and identifying additional resources!
September 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Sit down with the legal navigators from Lincoln Township Public Library, at the SJ/ MPPM Library Norris Room on Friday, September 26th from 1pm-3pm. Get help with filling out forms, accessing legal information, and identifying additional resources!
🍂🍂Heading to the downtown St. Joseph Fall Fest? 🍂🍂
Meet us there and get your library card, learn about programming, and our amazing resources!
#fallfestival #LibraryCardSignUpMonth #LibrariesAreForEveryone
Meet us there and get your library card, learn about programming, and our amazing resources!
#fallfestival #LibraryCardSignUpMonth #LibrariesAreForEveryone
September 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
🍂🍂Heading to the downtown St. Joseph Fall Fest? 🍂🍂
Meet us there and get your library card, learn about programming, and our amazing resources!
#fallfestival #LibraryCardSignUpMonth #LibrariesAreForEveryone
Meet us there and get your library card, learn about programming, and our amazing resources!
#fallfestival #LibraryCardSignUpMonth #LibrariesAreForEveryone
Studies show story time is crucial for developing early literacy, cognitive/ social-emotional skills, enhancing language development, imagination, & concentration. But, they're also REALLY fun!
Our weekly Wednesday children's story time is at 10:30am. Discover great new book characters.
Our weekly Wednesday children's story time is at 10:30am. Discover great new book characters.
September 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Studies show story time is crucial for developing early literacy, cognitive/ social-emotional skills, enhancing language development, imagination, & concentration. But, they're also REALLY fun!
Our weekly Wednesday children's story time is at 10:30am. Discover great new book characters.
Our weekly Wednesday children's story time is at 10:30am. Discover great new book characters.
Great things happening this week: National Voter Registration Day, LTPL Legal Self-Help, and Stretch/ Strengthen/ Stabilize! Don't forget to meet us at the downtown St. Joseph Fall Fest Saturday!
September 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Great things happening this week: National Voter Registration Day, LTPL Legal Self-Help, and Stretch/ Strengthen/ Stabilize! Don't forget to meet us at the downtown St. Joseph Fall Fest Saturday!
Want to find a way to support authors of banned books this month? Pick up a "Dear Banned Author" postcard from the library and tell the author of your choosing what their books mean to you.
#dearbannedauthor #bannedbookmonth #LibrariesAreForEveryone
#dearbannedauthor #bannedbookmonth #LibrariesAreForEveryone
September 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Want to find a way to support authors of banned books this month? Pick up a "Dear Banned Author" postcard from the library and tell the author of your choosing what their books mean to you.
#dearbannedauthor #bannedbookmonth #LibrariesAreForEveryone
#dearbannedauthor #bannedbookmonth #LibrariesAreForEveryone
It's here. Football season.
Sign-up for a Library Card & borrow distractions galore to get you through the weekend games.
#librarycardsignupmonth
Sign-up for a Library Card & borrow distractions galore to get you through the weekend games.
#librarycardsignupmonth
September 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
It's here. Football season.
Sign-up for a Library Card & borrow distractions galore to get you through the weekend games.
#librarycardsignupmonth
Sign-up for a Library Card & borrow distractions galore to get you through the weekend games.
#librarycardsignupmonth