Library Services for Teachers

Madison Public Library can help you with access to a wide range of educational resources, including books, eBooks, online databases, and curriculum materials, as well as assisting you with lesson planning and curriculum development, including help finding materials and resources specific to the teacher’s subject area or grade level.

Assignment Alert Form

Assignment Alert lets Madison Public Library know in advance when you and your students will need materials for class assignments. Though our resources are limited in quantities (for example, we won't have 30 copies of one title), the librarians can best help your students by identifying resources and related materials that will be available and useful.
At least one week's notice will help us serve your students better! Thank you for your cooperation!

Teacher Tote Request Form

A Teacher Tote is a Librarian-selected collection of youth books and other library materials relating to one subject. Totes are designed to supplement textbooks and enrich curriculum. It is our goal that through this service, learning will be enhanced and both teacher and students will become more aware of what the public library has to offer

Teacher Cards

Teachers may obtain a separate library card to check out Madison Public Library materials intended for classroom use. This card will be kept on file at the library. Ask for a pamphlet at the circulation desk that explains this and other services available to teachers.

The loan period on this type of card is 6 weeks with up to 5 additional renewals if the material is not requested by  someone else.  This means teachers could potentially use library materials in their classrooms for over 140 days! These items are not subject to overdue fines, but card holders will be billed for lost or damaged items.

Other Services Available To Teachers

  • Have a librarian come to your classroom to teach your students about library apps and/or databases. (The library offers a virtual option of this service!)
  • Schedule your class to visit the library to check out materials or receive instruction on library services.
  • Have a librarian do a book talk or tell a story either in your classroom or bring your class to the library. (The library offers a virtual option of this service!)
  • Have a librarian provide behind-the-scenes tours of the library to your students.

Classroom Book Sets

The Library has book sets that we have available for you to check out to use in your classroom. These are primarily class sets of at least 20 books.

Currently the following books are available as class sets please contact the library for more information:

Middle & High School Kits

  • All Quiet on the Western Front
  • Animal Farm
  • Breadwinner
  • Catcher in the Rye
  • Code Talker
  • Count of Monte Cristo
  • El capibara con botas (Spanish Edition)
  • Esperanza Rising
  • Farewell to Manzanar
  • Flipped
  • Hatchet
  • Haunting of Hill House
  • House of the Scorpion
  • House on Mango Street
  • I am Malala
  • Monster
  • Night
  • Out of my Mind
  • Out of the Dust
  • Picture of Dorian Grey
  • Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
  • Speak
  • The Absolutely True Story Part-Time Indian
  • The Great Empty
  • The Road
  • The Stranger
  • Three Blind Mice
  • Westing Game
  • Where the Mountain Meets the Sky
  • Wonder

Preschool & Kindergarten Kits

  • A Color of His Own
  • Armadillo Tattletale
  • Dandelions
  • Dear Mr. Blueberry
  • Exploring the Deep, Dark Sea
  • Froggy Gets Dressed
  • Growing Vegetable Soup
  • Henry and Beezus
  • How the Stars Fell Into the Sky
  • Hundred Dresses
  • In the Small, Small Pond
  • Kindergarten Rocks!
  • Little Mouse
  • Ming Lo Moves the Mountain
  • Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten
  • Nim’s Island
  • Poppy
  • The Dandelion Seed
  • The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
  • The Story of Jumping Mouse
  • We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
  • When Sophie Gets Angry
 
 
 

If you need something specific for your class please contact the library @ 440-428-2189 or email us at info@madison-library.info.

eServices for Teachers

Ebooks, & Audiobooks

Borrow thousands of  eBooks, audiobooks, and more; anywhere, anytime. All you need is a library card.

Click the button below to access Overdrive

OVERDRIVE

Instantly borrow free digital movies, music, graphic novels, eBooks and more, 24/7 with your library card.

Bringing you hundreds of thousands of movies, full music albums, audiobooks and more, hoopla is a revolutionary digital service made possible by Madison Public library. From Hollywood blockbusters to best selling artists and authors – not just the hits, but the niche and hard-to-find as well – you’ll soon discover that hoopla provides you the freedom you’ve been searching for to experience, explore and enjoy what you want, when you want, and where you want. Simple to access and use, without the hassle of having to return the items you’ve borrowed, all you need is your library card, a web browser, smart phone or tablet to get started. The freedom you want is here, now. 

Click the button below to access Hoopla

HOOPLA

Databases

As a Madison Public Library card holder, you can access high-quality databases of full-text periodicals from within your public library and from home. Madison Public Library card holders also have access to databases provided by CLEVNET and OPLIN (Ohio Public Library Information Network). For your convenience, those databases are also included in this list. You will need a valid Madison Public Library card and your PIN/Password to access these electronic resources.

Click the button below to begin.

DATABASES

For further information about Library Services for Teachers contact the library at 440-428-2189 or email info@madison-library.info.

CLEVNET Upgrades!

On 2/10/25, starting at 9pm EST, you might experience intermittent interruptions with the catalog as CLEVNET conducts system upgrades. CLEVNET expects the upgrades to be completed overnight.

The Catalog and CLEVNET App are currently down.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

The Library will be closed today

We apologize for any inconvenience.