Marathon County Public Library's "March to a Million"

Marathon County Public Library

Link to December 14 Wausau Daily Herald article, "Marathon County libraries to celebrate milestone of loaning 1 million items this year".

Excerpt: The Marathon County Public Library system is on the cusp of a historic milestone.

If patron trends hold out for a few more days, someone will check out the millionth item for 2009 on Wednesday. The tally includes all books, magazines, CDs, DVDs, art work, video games and all other items people have checked out from the system's nine locations scattered across the county.

Library officials will commemorate the record Friday with a "March to a Million" party that includes a drawing with several prizes. The most likely reason behind the record use of the library, however, is nothing to celebrate.