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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.
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.
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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, Gary Paulsen, and Nicholas Sparks. The 2010 Lecture will take place on Friday, April 16 at North Central High School, and the speaker is acclaimed author Neil Gaiman. Some of Mr. Gaiman’s best known works include The Graveyard Book (2009 Newbery Award Winner), Coraline, Stardust, The Sandman Series and American Gods.
This year, the Library Foundation is proud to receive additional support from the estates of Jack A. and Edith L. Hunter, whose gifts were made in memory of Edith’s sisters, Elizabeth I. Evans and Gladys Evans Grandy, teachers whose working lives were devoted to the Indianapolis Public Elementary Schools.
Meet the Artist is a month-long exhibition of African-American art at Central Library. The work of dozens of local artists will fill the atrium, auditorium, exhibit hall, and all six floors from January 26 through February 27. A free gala celebration, scheduled for February 6, will kick off the exhibition. Meet the Artist is a wonderful opportunity to raise awareness of local artists, expose patrons to new artistic experiences, recognize the cultural contributions of the African-American community, and increase the visibility of the Library among art lovers in Indianapolis.
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 gift from The Herbert Simon Family Foundation provides major support for Ready to Read, the Library’s early childhood literacy initiative. Thanks to Mr. Simon’s generosity, the Library will more than quadruple the number of children served through On the Road to Reading, a service that brings books and story times to licensed home daycares. His contribution will also fund enhanced programming for early learners and their caregivers within the branches, new child-friendly computers with educational software throughout the Library system, a Web site for early learners and their caregivers, and increased staff training and program evaluation. This gift is a major step forward in the Library’s strategic plan, which calls for a focus on childhood literacy and school readiness. The Library Foundation seeks additional gifts to complete our fundraising goal for Ready to Read.
