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The Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library recognizes that without the support and generosity of its sponsors and partners, the following programs and events would not be possible.
Free and open to the public, the November Read-Aloud program rewards families with preschool aged-children for reading aloud during the month of November. Family reading fun sponsored through the Library Foundation by:
Children of all ages and parents are invited to experience the joy of reading during the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library’s 2009 Summer Reading Program, Undercover Readers, which begins on Monday, June 8 and continues through Saturday, August 1 at all IMCPL locations. Now in its 90th year, the Summer Reading Program is a fun and rewarding way for children to maintain the reading habit and improve reading skills during the summer. This year’s sleuthing theme encourages young secret agent readers to crack the case and pursue all leads to great prizes by the book.
To help its collection come alive and enhance patrons’ reading experiences, the Library offers numerous free arts programs throughout its branches.
Named after the Rosemary Wells book Read to Your Bunny, Bunny Book Bags are collections of 20 picture books packaged in attractive canvas bags that busy parents and daycare leaders can check out and read aloud to the preschool children in their care. Bunny Bags are also delivered to home daycares and other community sites via the Library’s outreach programs.
A 24-hour, seven-days-a-week story line that provides children in Central Indiana access to stories anytime they would like to hear one.
Central Library receives frequent use by attorneys and inventors searching PubWest, an extensive database of information on patents issued from 1920 to the present. In the past, these databases were accessible only through the Library’s general purpose public computers, which offered little privacy and insufficient workspace for patent researchers. Thanks to a generous gift from the patent law firm of Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, McNett & Henry LLP, the Library is now able to offer five dedicated patent research workstations. These computers will allow the Library to offer patent-related programming and better facilities for those wishing to do research in the future.
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The East Thirty-Eighth Street Branch has a natural wetland on its property. With major support from United Water and other generous donors, the Library enhanced this special area with a boardwalk, landscaping, and interpretive signage. These amenities will enhance the wetland’s capacity for programming designed to promote environmental awareness and lifelong learning.
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Each year, this award will recognize the literary contributions of three authors with strong ties to Indiana. The award will be presented to one nationally known author, one author who is well known regionally, and one emerging author. Each winner will receive a cash prize, as well as a grant to support their hometown Indiana public library. The program will culminate with a full day of festivities held at Central Library, followed by an Award Dinner/fundraiser benefiting the Library Foundation. While major funding for this program is provided by The Glick Fund, a fund of Central Indiana Community Foundation, other major sponsors include the following
Access to this service powered by tutor.com provided to library card holders for free. It connects students to tutors in a windows-based chat environment for real-time help.
iLibrary is the starting point for information from reference databases made available for public use by paid subscriptions from the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library and other library funding agents. Links from this site lead to sources purchased by the library community in electronic form which are comparable to the print subscriptions held within our libraries.
Using these hybrid SUVs, Library staff members make weekly visits to home daycares, bringing picture books and story times to the children. Additionally, librarians offer daycare leaders tips on promoting children's early literacy skills.
This yearly lecture was established after the Library Foundation received a gift from the estate of Marian McFadden, Director of Public Libraries from 1945-1956. The lecture typically occurs in the Spring and has been offered free to the public since 1978. It has featured such literary greats as: Saul Bellow, Maurice Sendak, David McCullough, and Gary Paulsen. The 2009 speaker is acclaimed author Nicholas Sparks. Some of his best known works include The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, and Nights in Rodanthe.
Many thanks to OneAmerica for supporting the African-American History Committee's Meet the Artists gala. This event, scheduled for Saturday, February 7, kicks off a two month-long exhibit of 20+ African-American artists in Central Library. The evening will also include author visits and performances by various musical, dance, and poetry artists.
The Museum Artifacts Collection is comprised of 1,000 artifacts from The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis. The artifacts were digitized with a grant from
The Library Fund, a fund of The Indianapolis Foundation.
A collaborative initiative designed to unite the community around reading and discussing a single book. This annual program celebrates books, authors, and reading.
