Saturday, May 27, 2017

Sanborn Maps Available Online

The Library of Congress continues to digitize its Sanborn fire insurance maps for various communities across America.  These maps begin in the 1800s onward to (more or less) the present day.  They are invaluable to local history researchers, because they identify locations of local businesses and houses at various times in a town's history.


Browse the LOC Sanborn maps online, and for additional Indiana-specific Sanborn maps, visit the Indiana Spatial Data Portal.



If you're interested in Sanborn maps specifically for Mooresville, Indiana, we have CD-ROM discs (with PDF files of the maps) available to checkout from Mooresville Public Library's Evergreen Indiana catalog.  Digitized versions are also available on MPL's website.



Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Updated Walking Tour Handout

We have an updated handout for our self-guided walking tour of historic downtown Mooresville, Indiana.  Watch our program trailer below to learn more.

MPL Program Trailer #6
Self-Guided Walking Tour of Historic
Downtown Mooresville, Indiana

Thursday, May 4, 2017

Eiteljorg Museum Pass Now Available

The Eiteljorg Museum pass is now available to checkout at the library using your Evergreen Indiana card.  Our promo trailer explains.

Eiteljorg Museum Pass Promo Trailer, by Mooresville Public Library

The pass entitles up to four adults (and an unlimited number of youngsters age 17 or under) to:
  • Free general admission
  • Free parking

Friday, April 14, 2017

MPL Indiana Room Staff Hours

It's been awhile since we posted our Indiana Room staff schedule.  Staff will be available in our Indiana Room on the following days and times:

  • Mondays & Wednesdays:  12-8 pm
  • Tuesdays & Thursdays:  9 am-5 pm
  • 2nd & 3rd Fridays:  9 am-5 pm
If the Indiana Room is locked, please stop by the Circulation Desk to ask that the room be unlocked.  There is limited access to reference materials when Indiana Room staff is not present, however.  Items that may be checked-out, however, are always available, once the door is open.

Use your Evergreen Indiana library card to checkout materials from the Indiana Room. Many items circulate from the Indiana Room.  Typically, circulating items have a spine label that reads the letter I followed by a Dewey Decimal Number and the first three letters of (usually) the author's last name (sometimes it's the first three letters of the item's title, if there is no author listed in the catalog for an item).  For example, if you wanted to checkout a book about Mooresville history by Almira Harvey Hadley, the call number would be I 977.251 HAD, and it would be shelved in numerical sequence.  Go ahead and check this book out (or place a hold on it).

Reference materials (usually with a yellow "reference" label affixed to the spine) do not circulate but may be used inside the library.  Special collections, such as yearbooks, rare monographs, vertical files, microfilm, obituary cards, realia, displays, etc., do not circulate. For instance, if you see a book with the call number I REF 977.2513 MOR, then it's a reference book and does not checkout.

Please ask staff if you have any questions or need any assistance.

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

How Will We Transform You?

This week (April 9-15, 2017) is National Library Week.  The theme is Libraries Transform.  Our promo trailer elaborates.



Libraries Transform (2017 National Library Week Promo Trailer)
by Mooresville Public Library


How will we transform you, or you, us?  Find out on your next visit.  See our huge yellow transformer by our front entrance, where we have staff photos sharing what we love about our patrons.  (Click photos to enlarge.)