Thank you community members for loaning your creative, beautiful and unique quilts to Cheboygan Library for the 2023 Quilt Show. A special thank you to our local quilting groups, Rivertown Patchworkers and the Piecemakers for all your hard work and help displaying these fabulous works of art. Over 600 people visited our Gallery to admire the quilts throughout the month of March. The feedback from visitors was very positive and complimentary. Thank you for sharing your quilts with us and for visiting our quilt show.

You are cordially invited to join our friends! The Friends of the Library are a volunteer group of members that advocate for the library. The Friends meet quarterly to discuss ways to help the library by providing financial support for programming including summer reading programming. Friends also contribute to digital service subscriptions, the gift of reading and other special library projects. The Book Nook second-hand bookshop is staffed by our friends. Proceeds help support library programs and projects. Our friends welcome new members! If you are interested in volunteering to help the library continue to provide special events and programs please consider joining our Friends group of volunteers at their next meeting,

Tuesday, April 11th at 1:00 lower level of the library. Thank you!

As part of of Earth Week Plus an E-Waste collection will be held Saturday, April 22, 2023 on the west side of the former West Elementary School, now home to NEMCSA Early Head Start located at 512 Pine Street Cheboygan. Drop off your unwanted household batteries, computers, accessories, cables, small home appliances, phones, tablets, monitors, power tools almost anything with a cord FREE of charge with the exception CRT televisions which are accepted for a fee ranging from $7-$25 depending on the size of the television.

Spring clean your home or office by recycling your E-Waste at this event and help to keep toxic material out of landfills!

Learn mushroom hunting tips from a National Champion!

 Join us Wednesday, May 3rd at 6 pm

Michigan Humanities’ Great Michigan Read creates a statewide discussion around a Michigan themed book. Through partnerships with libraries, schools, book clubs, and a wide range of other non-profit organizations, the Great Michigan Read facilitates statewide reading and programs to bridge communities around a common conversation.

Book jacket copy:

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley is a story about eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine. She has never quite fit in, both her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. She dreams of a fresh start at college, but when family tragedy strikes, Daunis puts her future on hold to look after her fragile mother. The only bright spot is meeting Jamie, the charming new recruit on her brother Levi's hockey team.

Yet even as Daunis falls for Jamie, she senses the dashing hockey star is hiding something. Everything comes to light when Daunis witnesses a shocking murder, thrusting her into an FBI investigation of a lethal new drug.

Reluctantly, Daunis agrees to go undercover, drawing on her knowledge of chemistry and Ojibwe traditional medicine to track down the source. But the search for truth is more complicated than Daunis imagined, exposing secrets and old scars. At the same time, she grows concerned with an investigation that seems more focused on punishing the offenders than protecting the victims.

Now, as the deceptions and depths keep growing, Daunis must learn what it means to be a stong Anishinaabe kwe (Ojibwe woman) and how far she'll go for her community, even if it tears apart the world she's ever known.

Keep the Library in your pocket!

Library patrons can now download the PAC2 app to their smartphone or tablet and have instant access to our library catalog at their fingertips. The app has all the features of our online catalog. Browse our collection, place holds and renew books online. The PAC2 app can store your library card so if you leave home without your card just open the app select your card and scan to check out. Download this free app from Google Play or the Apple App Store or stop by the library, our staff is happy to assist you!

Scan the QRL code below.

I grew up in Cheboygan and remember visiting the library as a child back when you handwrote the title and author information on index cards to check out a book.

So many patrons have already made me feel welcome and appreciated. I am both grateful and excited for this opportunity to work with the community. If you have meeting space needs or ideas for programming please reach out to me. Joining the professional team at the Cheboygan Public Library is really a dream come true. I look forward to collaborating to help create a positive experience for all who visit our awesome library!

-Paula Jewell, Library Program Director

New Laminating Services!

Check it out! New Partner Libraries means more access in Libby!

Introducing hoopla! A new digital service!