INDIANAPOLIS — In the fall of 2024, the Indianapolis Public Library’s Shared System will expand to include eight additional schools from the Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS) system, enhancing students’ access to both physical and digital resources in the classroom.
The Shared System is an interlibrary collaboration that includes The Indianapolis Public Library, 73 schools, and five special libraries, including three museums. This system allows participating schools to function as branches of The Library, enabling students to use the library’s catalog to request books, DVDs, and CDs from The Indianapolis Public Library or other Shared System libraries, which are then delivered to their school libraries. Students also gain access to their own library’s collection and more than two million additional Indianapolis Public Library books, resources, and databases.
The IPS schools entering the Shared System are: Anna Brochhausen School 88, Benjamin Harrison School 2, Charity Dye School 27, Joseph J. Bingham School 84, Crispus Attucks High School, James Whitcomb Riley School 43, George Washington High School, and Thomas Gregg Neighborhood School.
Thirty-four IPS schools are a part of the shared system. The expansion adds over 4,400 kids to the system.