Drive-Up Window for holds pick-up available at the Marshall Library on Saturdays from 9 am to noon. Digital library materials are available through OverDrive/Libby, Hoopla, Kanopy, CreativeBug, and more. Some digital services are available only for Lyon County residents. The Marshall-Lyon County Library is comprised of three libraries in Southwestern Minnesota. We have locations in Marshall, Balaton, and Cottonwood. We are also part of the Plum Creek Regional Library System, a federated regional public library system spanning 9 SWMN counties, which participates in the Minnesota Reciprocal Borrowing Compact. MLCL collaborates with the Minneota Public Library and the Tracy Public Library to provide library services and share resources throughout Lyon County, MN. Library cards are free for almost all Minnesota residents. Your library card gives you access to books, movies, and music. Local residents can also check out puzzles, games, toys, activity kits, cake pans, video games, and more. Core Values
Service Excellence: We surprise and delight library customers by meeting and exceeding their expectations and by providing outstanding proactive customer service with a personal touch. Joy of Reading: We nurture the joy of reading in people of all ages, abilities, and cultures. Lifelong Learning: We believe lifelong learning is a basic tool for economic opportunity and personal success. Respect and Dignity: We believe each library user is unique and important, deserving to be treated with respect and courtesy. Diversity: We reach out to all members of our diverse community and work to create a welcoming and accepting environment that promotes increased understanding within our community. Intellectual Freedom: We believe that the freedom to read whatever one chooses is a basic human right and we support and defend intellectual freedom, the open exchange of ideas and information, and the confidentiality of library users. Accessibility: We strive to provide facilities, services and materials that are accessible to all and to provide them in an impartial and non-judgmental manner. Accountability: We are accountable to our community and to each other for the resources and services we provide and for our behaviors and actions. Integrity: We value honesty and fairness in all of our interactions. Responsiveness: We take pride in our responsiveness to ever-changing community needs and individual interests, tailoring and continuously improving our collections and services to meet these needs. Community: We believe that the library strengthens the community it serves by connecting people to each other, to their community, and to their hopes and dreams. Laughter: We want everyone to enjoy their library experience and library staff and visitors are encouraged to laugh often and out loud.
