Services

Book Request

Can't find a title and feel like it's a book EVERY library should have? Submit a Book Request and we'll get it on our shelves. Please include as much information as possible to ensure we receive the correct book.

 Please specify format requested: Book, CD, DVD, and Large Print. 

Thank you. We will be in touch as soon as your request arrives!

Overdrive/Libby Request

Can't find a title and feel like it's a book EVERY library should have? Submit an Overdrive Request and we'll order it for Overdrive and Libby. Please include as much information as possible to ensure we receive the correct book.

 Please specify format requested: ebook or eaudiobook 

Thank you for the request!

Interlibrary Loan

If we don't have it, submit an ILL Request form. WCPL participates in the Statewide Remote Circulation Service as well as the Indiana Share program, which allow our patrons to request and borrow materials from other Indiana libraries. 

 No out-of-state requests please. Specify format: Music CD, Audio Books, DVDs, Books, Large Print, etc.

 

Thank you. We will be in touch as soon as your title arrives!

 

Printing, Copy, and Fax

Copier & Fax Policy

Public Notary

The WCPL offers a Notary Public service. You will need to schedule an appointment with the Notary and follow our Notary Policy. The cost is $2.00. For any Notary Inquiries, please Contact Us.

Prints & Copies:

Letter & Legal: One-Sided

B&W: $.15          Color: $.50
Letter & Legal: Two-Sided
B&W: $.25          Color: $.75

Ledger (11x17): One-Sided

        B&W: $.30           Color: $1.00

Ledger (11x17): Two-Sided

        B&W: $.50           Color: $1.50

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Fax

$1.00 Per Sheet

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Scan-to-Email

&

Scan-to-USB:

FREE

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Board of Trustees & Director

The Board of Trustees typically meets on the third Tuesday of each month in the Library Board Room in the library building. Special meetings and public hearings may be held at other times. All regular meetings will start at 5:30 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month except for the January meeting which will begin at 5:45 p.m. following the Board of Finance meeting.

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All meetings are announced in the local area newspaper and posted at the library (Community Board in entrance way). Except for executive sessions, all Board Meetings are open to the public. Minutes to the meetings are posted to the right.

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*The May 2021 board meetings will be held at the Falls Cemetery Chapel located at 745 Falls Ave. in Wabash. You can also watch the meeting live through Zoom.

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Board Meeting Agenda

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Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87435445396?pwd=ZW92V004eUNQVUllT2pqTEM1Yml1QT09

Meeting ID: 874 3544 5396
Passcode: 065537

Director

Ware W. Wimberly III

Board of Trustees

Charles Miller - President
Bill Benysh - Vice President
Mary Jo McClelland - Treasurer 
Susan L. Baker - Secretary 
Jeff Knee - Member 
Jim Widner - Member 
Rhonda Hipskind - Member

Board Meetings and Minutes

Click the underlined links for meeting minutes

   2021 Minutes

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2017 - 2020 Minutes

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2021 Budget & 1782 Notice

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Long Range & Strategic Plan 2019-  2024

Our History

Only thirteen years after Wabash was founded, the first library was established. In 1848, a collection of 300 books were available for the community. Librarian John U. Pettit had to pay for the books that were not returned with his own money. In the decades that followed, the library moved to the county courthouse, the old Wabash High School building, and Memorial Hall. The lack of a permanent space to house the library and the growing needs of the Wabash community led the Women’s Library Association and the city school board to reach out to the Carnegie Foundation for help.

 

In 1901, Andrew Carnegie’s gift of $20,000 allowed for the construction of the Wabash Carnegie Public Library. The building, completed in 1903, originally housed 3000 books. Today, that number has grown to over 85,000 items. Constructed in a Neo-Classical design using Indiana limestone, it is one of the oldest Carnegie Libraries in the state. Its beautiful architecture features a stained glass dome, protected on the outside with copper, and tall pillars. In 1972, an addition expanded the building from 5,000 to 14,000 square feet. To this day, WCPL adds new technology, databases, books, music, movies, and downloadable content to continue to serve and grow with the community of Wabash. If you would like to learn more about the library’s history, click here.