While in-person visits are not allowed, contactless curbside service is available for holds pickup, faxing, and printing at both libraries. Please remain in your vehicle to receive this service. We ask guests to wear masks while we are assisting them.

To reserve books, audiobooks, or DVDs, holds may be placed via:

• Library website catalog: WillardLibrary.org
• Willard app
• email
• Phone 269-968-8166, ext. 513

After you receive a phone call, email, or text telling you that your holds are available you may visit the library you use.

At the downtown library, 7 W. Van Buren St.:

If you have a cell phone, the signs ask you to call 269-968-8166, ext. 512, for holds pickup and faxing. If you need to print, please call the same number and ask for ext. 513.

The parking spots in front of the library are labeled 1, 2, and 3. When you call we will ask what number spot you are parked in, your name, and look up your account. After we verify your information and what holds are available, we will check them out to you. We ask that you roll down the rear window of your vehicle so we may place a bag with your holds in the back seat. 

If you do not have a cell phone, you may call to schedule a pickup time or call us when you are leaving your home. Also, we watch for people in vehicles who have not been helped and visit the vehicle.

People who do not arrive by vehicles may go to the library’s front entrance and call the phone number on the sign and ask for the appropriate extension. Library staff will place a bag with your items on a cart outside the front door. Please make sure your name is on the receipt stapled to the outside of the bag. Please do not approach the cart until library staff have re-entered the library.

At the Helen Warner Branch, 36 Minges Creek Place:

The procedure is similar. The phone number is still 269-968-8166, but the extension is 600 for holds, printing, and faxing. 

To pick up holds, please pull under the front entrance overhang and call the number on the sign. If you do not have a cell phone, please park in spot No. 1 or No. 2, and we will be out to help you. 

If you would like to print or fax, please park in spot No. 1 or No. 2 as this service takes a bit longer than holds pickup. Please call the phone number on the sign and ask for ext. 600. Then, we will then be out to assist you.

If you do not have a cell phone, please wait in your vehicle, and we will be out to assist you.  If you walked, we will be out  to help you.

Additional information:

Only cash payment is accepted for printing and faxing.

Printing

Two options:

• Use your phone to get on the library’s Wi-Fi (willard) and send it to the “willard wireless printer”
• Email it to us
• Downtown: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Helen Warner Branch: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Cost

• 10 cents per black and white page
• 25 cents per color page

Faxing

• $1 per page, no charge for cover sheet

Stories at Sundown, Willard’s talk show, shines a light on people who make a difference in our community. Host Michael McCullough, Willard community engagement and local digital collection librarian, interviews guests about authors, books, films, and other work relevant to our times.

Mondays 7 p.m., 
Jan. 11: Jill Hinde, Battle Creek YMCA director, 
Jan. 25: Jeremy Andrews, Sprout CEO, 
Live streaming on Willard’s Facebook Page, YouTube, Twitter, and willardlibrary.org

Pick up a Take and Make Craft Bag from either library through curbside service, watch the videos, and then use the supplies to make your own crafts.

Take and Make: Memory Jar

Make a memory jar a new tradition for your family in 2021. You may create this jar and then add mementoes to it throughout the year to symbolize your experiences. At the end of the year, go through the jar reflecting on each saved item and the memories it brings.
Monday, Jan. 4: Kits available ,
Monday Jan. 11, 6 p.m.: Video premieres on Willard’s Facebook and YouTube channels

Take and Make: Self-Care Zine

A zine is your own handmade mini-book about a topic you choose. This craft will merge the craftiness of an eight-page zine and the importance of self-care. We will cover self-care topics and ways to track healthy habits along with providing ideas to accomplish a personalized list of self-care ideas. With the pandemic taking a toll on all of us, it's more important now more than ever to start the new year with some refreshing new habits and remind ourselves that self-care isn't selfish.
Tuesday, Jan. 19: Kits are available,
Monday, Jan. 25, 6 p.m.: Video premieres on Willard’s Facebook and YouTube channels

Pick up a Take and Make Craft Bag from either library through curbside service, watch the videos, and then use the supplies to make your own crafts.

Take and Make: Memory Jar

Make a memory jar a new tradition for your family in 2021. You may create this jar and then add mementoes to it throughout the year to symbolize your experiences. At the end of the year, go through the jar reflecting on each saved item and the memories it brings.
Monday, Jan. 4: Kits available ,
Monday Jan. 11, 6 p.m.: Video premieres on Willard’s Facebook and YouTube channels

Take and Make: Self-Care Zine

A zine is your own handmade mini-book about a topic you choose. This craft will merge the craftiness of an eight-page zine and the importance of self-care. We will cover self-care topics and ways to track healthy habits along with providing ideas to accomplish a personalized list of self-care ideas. With the pandemic taking a toll on all of us, it's more important now more than ever to start the new year with some refreshing new habits and remind ourselves that self-care isn't selfish.
Tuesday, Jan. 19: Kits are available,
Monday, Jan. 25, 6 p.m.: Video premieres on Willard’s Facebook and YouTube channels

Pick up a Take and Make Craft Bag from either library through curbside service, watch the videos, and then use the supplies to make your own crafts.

Take and Make: Memory Jar

Make a memory jar a new tradition for your family in 2021. You may create this jar and then add mementoes to it throughout the year to symbolize your experiences. At the end of the year, go through the jar reflecting on each saved item and the memories it brings.
Monday, Jan. 4: Kits available ,
Monday Jan. 11, 6 p.m.: Video premieres on Willard’s Facebook and YouTube channels

Take and Make: Self-Care Zine

A zine is your own handmade mini-book about a topic you choose. This craft will merge the craftiness of an eight-page zine and the importance of self-care. We will cover self-care topics and ways to track healthy habits along with providing ideas to accomplish a personalized list of self-care ideas. With the pandemic taking a toll on all of us, it's more important now more than ever to start the new year with some refreshing new habits and remind ourselves that self-care isn't selfish.
Tuesday, Jan. 19: Kits are available,
Monday, Jan. 25, 6 p.m.: Video premieres on Willard’s Facebook and YouTube channels

Regular yoga practice can help strengthen your body's vital organs and reduce stress on your body that may weaken your immune system. Join certified yoga instructor Meghan Luchies as she guides viewers through simple yoga flows that can help boost the immune system.

Wednesdays, Jan. 6, 13, 20, and 27,
Feb. 3, 10, 17, and 24,
6 p.m.,
Live streaming will be on Willard’s Facebook Page, YouTube, Twitter, and willardlibrary.org