The Indiana State Library beginning Saturday, March 8, will open its Talking Books and Manuscripts collections for public use between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. All other State Library collections and public services will continue to available as during the aforementioned hours. Additional staff will be present on Saturdays to accommodate the added services and improve overall customer service.

The Indiana State Library is open Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., and Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The State Library is closed on Sundays, as well as for most state and federal holidays.

About the Manuscripts Collection

The Manuscript Collection holds over 3 million manuscripts, dating from the earliest years of the state through contemporary times, from over 4,400 different collections.  All collections have an Indiana connection, whether the papers are from an Indiana soldier, missionary, church, organization, or business. Among the collection's strengths are Civil War-era letters and diaries, family papers, and the papers of many political figures from the Hoosier state. Anyone may use the materials housed in the Manuscripts Section. 

About the Talking Books Collection

The Indiana Talking Book and Braille Library (TBBL) provides large print books, braille books, and books on tape to Indiana residents who are unable to read regular print, because of a visual or a physical disability. The TBBL is the Indiana Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, one of 57 regional libraries of the Library of Congress' National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS).

 

 

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