General Info & Services

Library Mission Statement: The FBKML provides access to knowledge, inspires learning, and welcomes all.

Library Vision Statement: Through keeping pace with evolutions in technology and the trending needs of patrons, the FBKML will continue to be the welcoming heart of our community, where all come to learn, discover, create, and connect.

All residents and property owners of the Town of Manitowish Waters, and of adjacent communities who are part of the Northern Waters Library System, are eligible for service at no charge. Visitors of Manitowish Waters and adjacent communities are also eligible for service upon completion of the necessary registration forms. Children under 16 will be required to have a parent’s signature.

The Online Library Catalog 

Using The Catalog, with a library card, patrons can directly request, renew and can check the status of items either checked out or on hold. Patrons can either search just their home library or any or all the libraries within the Northern Waters Library Service.

Can't find what you want?

You have several options when requesting an item not available in the Koller library. If we or another library within the system already owns the item, you can put a hold on it. A library staff member can place the hold for you or you can go online to the Merlin Catalog system and place your own hold. You will be notified by phone or email when the item comes in.

You can also make a request for purchase. You provide the title and/or author of the item to the librarian. If the librarian feels the item will be popular to others in the area, the item will be purchased. If you made the purchase request, you will be the first to use the item.

If nobody within our library system owns the item and we do not purchase it, we can do a search nationwide using WISCAT and request it for you through inter-library loan. This may take a couple of weeks or more since the item is being sent from outside our system. Talk to your librarian for further information

Interlibrary loan is available free of charge to any library patron. This service allows patrons to get materials not available in the Merlin system. Please ask your librarian for more information.

We have a color copy machine and a fax machine for public use.

  • Single side 81/2 x 11 and 8 1/2 x14 - 10¢
  • Single side 11 x 17 - 45¢
  • Double side -15¢
  • Color copies - 30¢
  • Double side color - 45¢
  • FAXES - To send: $1 for the first page and 30¢for each add. page. To receive: 10¢ each page.

WiFi

We offer WiFi 24/7. Feel free to bring your devices.
Make yourself comfortable.
When the library is closed, feel free to park in our parking lot to use this service, or get a key fob during library hours to use to access the internet cafe. 
Or, during the summer, use one of our benches, or picnic tables in the backyard, and enjoy the sunshine while using the internet.
The wifi you are looking to use requires NO password and it called "publiclibrary".

High-Speed Internet Access

The library has high-speed internet computers available to the public. This service is available at no charge, and is available first-come, first-serve to all library visitors. We also offer free wireless access to the public. See our Wi-Fi Access Policy  for usage guidelines.

A black and white printer is available, and we ask for a donation of 10¢ per printed page. Computer use is limited to 1 hour when other patrons are waiting.

Our Internet User Policy can be seen here.

 

To send a document to be printed wirelessly from your own device, you have to send it to our Princh document server. Please follow the instructions here. You have to contact the library staff to have the job released for printing. Regular copy costs apply. We can only print black & white copies at this time.