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Get a Library Card
Please Note: Online Registration is for NEW InfoSoup Library Cards only.
- If you’ve ever had a card from an InfoSoup Library, please contact your local InfoSoup library with questions about the status of your card.
- Your card number will be good for 30 days and can be used for placing holds and accessing online resources
- Contact yout library within 30 days to complete your registration.
- If you are under 18, please bring a parent or guardian with you to pick up your library card.
Meeting Rooms
Please call the Library (715-258-4414) to check on room availability before filling out and sending the form.
The library has a number of meeting rooms available on a first-come, first-served basis for meetings that are in accordance with the Library’s Meeting Room Policy. Please read the policy for details and guidelines on the use of Library meeting rooms. Forms should be returned to the library. Room reservations are not confirmed until the reservation form has been completed and signed by the applicant and the library administration.
Virtual Reality
The library has three Virtual Reality Headsets available for use in the library. They can be checked out at the front desk and require a library card. A variety of experiences are available, from games to moves and tours.
Children under the age of 12 are required to have a parent or guardian’s permission in order to use the VR headsets.
CREATE Computer
Have you wanted to learn how to edit pictures? Write code? Edit audio? Plan your home renovation? Check out the CREATE Computer! Our collection of software is constantly expanding to allow for more projects!
Sign on with your library card or a guest pass from the front desk today and jumpstart your creativity!
Little Free Pantry
Who: The Little Free Pantry is for anybody who feels they aren’t able to put food on their table.
Where: Find the pantry and fridge behind our large print section.
When: Open during library hours
Monday-Thursday 9am-8pm
Friday 9am-6pm
Saturday 9am-2pm
Digital Collections
With your InfoSoup library card, you have access to thousands of eBooks and audiobooks. Learn more by clicking on any of these links or ask your librarian for details.
Download or stream 3 items each calendar month with no waiting lists. If you see it and you want it, you can have it. Hoopla gives you access to 500,000 movies, tv, music, books, audiobooks, comics, and magazines.
Explore our state-wide digital library, with over 50,000 ebook and 18,000 audiobook titles. Login with your InfoSoup Library card and PIN. Works with most mobile devices including Kindle. For other mobile devices we recommend using the Libby App. Funded in part by a 2023 grant from the Rotary Club of Waupaca.
TumbleBooks are animated, talking picture books that have been created from existing picture books from well-known publishers and authors and converted to the TumbleBook format.
Genealogy & Local History
The library offers many resources for genealogists and those interested in local history. Use these online databases to search for census records and thousands of other genealogical resources.
In Library Use Only. Access to a vast collection of Census records, birth, marriage & death records, immigration and military records, directories, passenger lists, and more.
A large collection of genealogical and historical sources including unique primary sources, local, and family histories, U.S. Federal Censuses, books, cemetery records, city directories, military records and more.
The Recollection Wisconsin program brings together more than 200,000 historical resources from across the state and provides new opportunities to discover and share community history. A dozen InfoSoup libraries have contributed to this collection.
Waupaca Historical Society: Holly History and Genealogy Center
Waupaca annually attracts many historians, professional or amateur, who are seeking information about personal heritage, Native American history, Civil War events. The area’s rich and colorful history often can be found in documents at the Holly Center, 321 South Main Street. Local experts or the Center’s Executive Director, Tracy Behrendt, provide assistance as requested.
OPEN – Wednesday through Friday 10am – 2 pm and by appointment
Group Tours: by appointment (715) 256-9980
Obituary Records
Browse our microfilm records and step back in time. Available in the Adult Department, our micro film reader is accessible without a card. Search newspapers back to 1874, access Census data and look through the historic cemetery index.
Also available is access to the Wisconsin Newspaper Archive, a collection digitized modern and historical newspapers from around the state, made available through Badgerlink.
Help available HERE.
Military Records for Genealogy
Genealogy Explained: The Ultimate Guide to Military Records for Genealogy focuses on the major U.S. wars from 1776-1945, and provides an overview to resources available to genealogists for each war.
Join the Waupaca Area Genealogical Society!
The Waupaca Area Genealogical Society (WAGS) meets at 9 a.m. on the second Saturday of the month at the Holly History and Genealogical Center located at 321 South Main Street, Waupaca.
Check out WAGS website at wagswi.org or contact Nancy Weasner at 715-256-0284.
Badgerlink
Provided by the DPI, Badgerlink is a free resource hub for genealogy, newspapers, wellness and auto repair.
With the Wisconsin district maps being reworked in 2024, find your new districts and representatives on the map HERE!
