The Milford Memorial Library is celebrating Teen Tech Week March 20 - 24 and one day during the week we had the sewing machine set up for people to experiment with.

Here are the step by step instructions on how to make a fabric bookmark.

Whala! You made your own fabric bookmark. If you decide to make your own from these instructions we would love to see them! Tag us in your post or stop by the library to show us!

The Milford Memorial Library is excited to announce the creation of a photo booth that will debut during the University of Okoboji Winter Games. The photo booth will also be at Milford’s 2017 Pioneer Days Celebration and soon be available for patrons to borrow.

The photo booth will be located at the Dickinson County Expo Building during the Chocolate Classic and Galleria on Saturday, January 28, from 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. MML’s Photo Booth will be stocked with all kinds of props for participants to use. Gillian Anderson, the assistant director of the Milford Memorial Library, has been working on the logistics of how the photo booth will work. “The photo booth has a front panel loaded with an IPad. We are using an app called Simple Booth so people can take their own pictures,” said Anderson. Each person/group that takes a picture with the photo booth will take home a 4x6 photo with 4 different poses on it and the winter games logo. The cost for the picture is only $2.

The MML photo booth is also going to be at Milford’s Florence Park during the city’s 2017 Pioneer Days Celebration weekend in July.  This celebration will mark Milford’s 125th anniversary.

​The Milford Memorial Library is also pleased to announce that this photo booth will be available for check out soon. Beth Sorenson, the director of the Milford Memorial Library, has plans for the photo booth in the future. “We hope to make it available for check out in the future. We are also planning a pet photo booth, having it at the library on Halloween, and at Holiday Fantasy,” says Sorenson. The photo booth includes a front panel and background made from PVC pipe and fabric. It also includes an IPad used for taking pictures. Instructions for how to put the photo booth together and how to run the IPad will be included. This photo booth is great for weddings, birthday parties, and other celebrations. A security deposit will be required when you pick up the photo booth and once the booth is returned the patron will get their money back.
For more information on MML’s Photo Booth contact the Milford Memorial Library at 712-338-4643 or info@milford.lib.ia.us.   

Are you going to see it? Re-read the book before November 20!

Join other gamers tomorrow, Friday, September 11, at the library! This year we will have more TVs and games to play. Even if you don't want to play a game stop by and watch a movie after school!

On Thursday, August 6, 5th – 12th grade students are invited to come to the Milford Memorial Library to make comic book flower pots. All supplies are provided by the library at no charge to the students. In addition, on Tuesday, August 18, we are excited to welcome Karess Knudtson, Dickinson County naturalist and environmental educator, as a presenter for the Teen Summer Reading Program. 

Thank you to everyone who came to make comic book magnets! Don't forget on Thursday, July 23, at 10:00 a.m., Dave Carpenter will be at the library to talk more about the art of comics! Carpenter has been a fulltime cartoonist since 1981. His cartoons have appeared in Reader's Digest, The Wall Street Journal, Better Homes & Gardens, Good Housekeeping as well as numerous other publications. Carpenter has also illustrated books, magazine articles and covers. If you bring a friend to this program you will receive a coupon for an extra 30 minutes on the computers. 

Thank you to everyone who came to see ILCC Engineering Technology Instructor Doug Enger at the library!