Indianapolis – Marion County Public Library

Central Library (The Indianapolis Public Library)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Front of the library
Location:	40 E. St. Clair St., Indianapolis, Indiana
Coordinates:	39°46′42″N 86°9′24″W
Area:	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built:	1913
Architect:	Paul Cret; Borie and Medary Zantzinger
Governing body:	Local
NRHP Reference#:	75000045
Added to NRHP:	August 28, 1975

The Indianapolis Public Library (formerly known as the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library) is the public library system that serves the citizens of Marion County, Indiana, United States and its largest city, Indianapolis. The library was founded in 1873 and has grown to include a Central Library building, located adjacent to the Indiana World War Memorial Plaza, and 22 branch libraries spread throughout Marion County. According to a March 13, 2007 press release, the Library boasted over 5.43 million visitors and a record-high circulation of nearly 13.8 million items in 2006. The Central Library building was designed by architect Paul Philippe Cret, (with Zantzinger, Borie and Medary) and completed in 1917. A complete historic renovation and a major addition to the library was designed by Woollen, Molzan and Partners. It opened in 2007.

Mission and Vision

On November 20, 2008, the Library Board officially adopted the following mission and vision statements [3]:

Shelving in the central branch

Mission:

"The Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library is the community's place to access essential information resources, technology, programs and services; foster reading and learning and promote the social, economic, recreational and lifelong learning interests of its diverse population."

Vision:

"The Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library will continue to be one of the best library systems in the United States as measured by its responsiveness and relevance to the community's information and learning needs; the excellent stewardship of its resources and the high-quality service it delivers to the public."

Branches

Besides the Central Library, The Indianapolis Public Library also operates twenty-two branch libraries and provides bookmobile services.

Branch Name	Year Est.	Current Location
Brightwood Branch	1901	2435 N. Sherman Drive
College Avenue Branch (replaced the Brown branch)	1924	4180 N. College Avenue
Decatur Branch	1967	5301 Kentucky Avenue
Eagle Branch	1960	3325 Lowry Road
East 38th Street Branch	1957	5420 E. 38th Street
East Washington Branch	1911	2822 E. Washington Street
Flanner House Branch	1967	2424 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Street
Fountain Square Branch	1896	1066 Virginia Avenue
Franklin Road Branch	1969	5550 S. Franklin Road
Garfield Park Branch	1918	2502 Shelby Street
Glendale Branch	1930	Glendale Town Center 6101 N. Keystone Avenue
Haughville Branch	1896	2121 W. Michigan Street
InfoZone Branch	2000	3000 N. Meridian Street Inside The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Irvington Branch	1903	5625 E.Washington Street
Lawrence Branch	1967	7898 N. Hague Road
Nora Branch	1971	8625 Guilford Avenue
Pike Branch	1967	6525 Zionsville Road
Southport Branch	1967	2630 E. Stop 11 Road
Spades Park Branch	1912	1801 Nowland Avenue
Warren Branch	1974	9701 E. 21st Street
Wayne Branch	1969	198 S. Girls School Road
West Indianapolis Branch	1897	1216 S. Kappes Street

Further reading

• Downey, Lawrence J. A Live Thing in the Whole Town: The History of the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library, 1873-1990. Indianapolis: Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library Foundation, 1991.

External links

• IMCPL website