Monroe County Public Library

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Monroe County Public Library
Location	303 E Kirkwood Ave Bloomington, Indiana 47408
Established	1820
Access and use
Circulation	2.7 million
Population served	138,000
Other information
Budget	$7,345,690
Director	Marilyn Wood
Employees	153
Website	http://www.mcpl.info

Monroe County Public Library (MCPL) serves the 138,000 citizens of Monroe County, Indiana, through the Main Library in downtown Bloomington, the Ellettsville Branch, and the Bookmobile. The library’s special services include the Learn and Play Space, a preschool discovery center; VITAL, an adult literacy program; CATS, a five-channel community access television network; the Indiana Room, a local history and genealogy collection and grants center (part of the Foundation Center’s Cooperating Collections National Network); and service to inmates at the Monroe County Correctional Center.