| Outreach
Services extends library service outside the confines
of Morrisson-Reeves Library to all individuals who qualify for
our services in our legally defined service area. Residents
of Wayne Township are eligible for free delivery of library
materials or materials by mail through our Homebound
Services. Inmates of the Wayne County Sheriff Correctional
Center are served through our Jail Library Service.
Outreach Services maintains the Quigg Family Foundation
Library at the Jeffers Unit of the Boys & Girls Club of
Wayne County. Applications for the Indiana State Library’s
Talking Book Service are available through Outreach
Services. In addition, Outreach Services provides deposit
collections to facilities in Wayne Township and the
WCCL service areas.
For further information about Outreach Services,
please call (765) 966-8291 or e-mail us at outrch@mrlinfo.org
Outreach
Services office hours are:
Monday through Friday 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
Homebound
Services
Homebound
Services provides free delivery
of materials by library van or by mail to residents of Wayne
Township who are unable to visit Morrisson-Reeves Library
due to a physical illness or other incapacity. The service
also provides reader’s advisory and accepts requests for materials
on a specific subject or for a specific title. Materials available
for loan include:
Books
in both standard print, large print and paperback
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Magazines
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Audio books on cassette tape or CD
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VHS videotapes
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DVD
In
addition, Homebound Services provides regular video showings
in various facilities visited by service staff and supplies
applications for the Indiana State Library’s Talking Book
Service.
Jail
Library Service
Outreach
Services staff provides weekly distribution of books to inmates
of the Wayne County Sheriff Correctional Center. The service
includes reader’s advisory and special request books.
Quigg
Family Foundation Library
(Jeffers Unit, Boys & Girls Club)
Outreach
Services provides library service to Club members, staff and
officially recognized volunteers of the Jeffers Unit of the
Boys & Girls Club of Wayne County. The mini-library maintains
a collection of books, magazines for checkout and puzzles
for use in the Library. The Library is open in the afternoons
Monday through Thursday.
For
more information about the Quigg Family Foundation Library,
please call (765) 966-8291 or e-mail outrch@mrlinfo.org
Talking Books
Service
The
Talking Books Service is a federally funded service administered
by the Indiana State Library, which provides library services
to persons who are unable to read print materials due to a
visual or physical disability. The service loans Braille,
large print and recorded materials to Indiana residents eligible
for the service. Materials are mailed postage free to individuals
with return postage pre-paid. Applications for the service
are available through Outreach Services. Players for recorded
materials are provided free of charge to users of the service
and may be exchanged if necessary through Outreach Services.
To
request an application for the Talking Books Service, please
call Outreach Services at (765) 966-8291 or e-mail to outrch@mrlinfo.org
Deposit Collections
Outreach
Services maintains small collections of books in various locations
in Wayne Township and the WCCL service area. The collections
are rotated regularly providing ever-changing materials for
readers at these facilities.
For
more information about our deposit collections, please call
Outreach Services at (765) 966-8291 or e-mail to outrch@mrlinfo.org
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