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Indianapolis Public Library System
Indianapolis, IN
Address:
40 East Saint Clair Street
Mail:
PO Box 211
Indianapolis,
Indiana
46204-5732
United States
County: Marion 
Region: Great Lakes
Phone: 317-275-4100
Connect to: Library Web Site✔ Online Catalog
Library details: Indianapolis Public Library System is a Public library.
This library is affiliated with Indianapolis Public Library (view map)
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The collection of the library contains 1,810,000 volumes. The library circulates 8,737,602 items per year. The library serves a population of 981,628 residents .
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Administration: The director of the library is Gregory A. Hill, Sr. .
Organizational structure: This is a publicly funded and managed library.
Affiliations: The library is a member of the Urban Libraries Council .
See also: Directory of Public Libraries in the United States
See also: Directory of Public Libraries in Indiana
| Statistics Public | ||
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| Service Population | 981,628 | Residents |
| Collection size | 1,810,000 | volumes |
| Annual Circulation | 8,737,602 | transactions |
| Technology Profile | ||
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| Product Name | Year Contracted | |
| Current Automation System | Polaris | 2019 |
| Previous Automation System | Horizon | 1999 |
| Previous Automation System | PLUS | 1987 |
| Discovery Interface | BiblioCore | 2018 |
| Previous Discovery Interface | Enterprise | 2014 |
| Authentication Service | EZproxy -- Local Installation | 2013 |
| Digital Collection Management | CONTENTdm | |
| Interlibrary Loan or Resource Sharing |
OCLC Interlibrary Loan |
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| EventManager | Communico | |
| Marketing Automation | Patron Point | |
| Item ID Type | RFID | |
| RFID Provider | PV Supa (managed by Lyngsoe) | |
| RFID Tag Type | HF | |
| RFID Tag Vendor | Lyngsoe Systems | |
| Self-Check | i-circ | |
| Automated Materials Handling | PV Supa (Managed by Lyngsoe) | |
| The library participates in the shared automation system provided by the Indianapolis Public Library Shared System (view map) | ||
| This library is responsible for the procurement of the library automation system. | ||
| (The system currently named PLUS by Geac was previously called Libs100 or Libs100PLUS from a company called CLSI.) | ||
Automation Survey: We are conducting a study on the automation systems used in libraries. This survey should be completed by a person familiar with your libraries use of Polaris.
The 2025 Automation Survey has been completed for this Library.
Record History: This listing was created on Sep 13, 1998 and was last modified on Dec 5, 2025.
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Indianapolis Central Library
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