The most common Indiana room reference question.
what is geneology?
Who does Outreach delivery?
Liz, Abigail, Esmie.
The color green.
What is Alisha's favorite color?
This item keeps mysteriously going missing from our desk.
What is the stapler?
This Madison County historian does a talk the first Tuesday of every month. (lead by Senetra)
Who is Steven Jackson?
Most popular collection in the Indiana Room.
What is the Madison County Yearbook Collection?
The day of the week that Outreach Deliveries go out (with the exceptions of holidays, weather, etc.)
What is Friday?
The 2nd highest Interlibrary loan lender in the state.
Who is Anderson Public Library?
Our least favorite time of year.
What is Tax Season?
The Public's favorite program type.
What are crafts?
Original company newsletters dating from 1945-1986 in our Indiana Room collection. (company name)
What is Delco Remy?
Housing we cannot deliver to.
What is temporary housing (hotels, shelters, etc.)?
The number of materials loaned in 2025.
2,369
The most common task we help with at the Public Services desk.
What is printing?
We offer this genre of programs once a week.
What is tech?
Famous Indiana Cartoonist donated an original sketch of his iconic character, Abe Martin, to APL in 1926.
Who is Kin Hubbard?
The most loaned genre through our Outreach Delivery Service.
What is mystery?
The current oldest material we have on loan from another library. (year)
What is 1965?
An item Liz keeps updated, that is kept behind the desk.
What is the Public Documents binder?
A passive program we offer that involves doing reader's advisory. (We also partner with the Youth Services department on this)
What is Book Match?
The paintings in the Riley Room depict this poem by James Whitcomb Riley.
What is the Old Swimmin' Hole?
The number of materials that are sent out through Outreach Delivery each month?
What is between 400-500?
The backup staff members for ILL if Alisha is out.
Who is Senetra, Rachael, Esmie, Jenna?
Reference questions we cannot answer.
What are Legal and Medical questions?
The amount of PS in-house programs offered in 2025.
What is 193?