Description:
Founded in 1981 as the Waukesha County Federated Library System, it transitioned to a two county system on January 1, 2016 when Jefferson County joined and the name was changed to Bridges Library System. The library system provides services to its 24 member libraries.
In addition to content one might traditionally associate with a library, Bridges Library System provides management and support of the Jefferson and Waukesha Counties’ libraries’ digital access through the Wisconsin Digital Library on the OverDrive/Libby platform. OverDrive reports that Wisconsin Digital Library is their 2nd highest user in the world with more than 5 million checkouts per year. Read more about that here! This vast statewide resource provides access to 39,000 e-books and 11,000 e-audios that can be downloaded directly to citizens’ computers and devices.