For Adults
Programs and services especially for adults.
At the library building:
- Collections of books, DVD movies, books on tape & CD, magazines, newspapers, and Ebooks
- Pictures and sculpture to check out
- 14 Internet access computers with Office programs with a color printer
- Microfilm reader-printer for films of the Spencer papers, census records, and birth & death records
- Genealogy and Iowa related collections
- Meeting room and study cubicle, both with audio video equipment
- Iowa Communications Network conference room
- Relaxed reading area and community picture puzzle to pass the time
- Check out LCD projectors
- Movie Nights
Services offered:
- Homebound book delivery
- Order materials from other libraries
- Pages faxed to other locations
- Notary public
- Distance education tests proctored
- Genealogy help, including online access to our newspaper archives through 1936
- Friends of the Spencer Public Library Group
- Wireless access
- Display your collection in our display case
- Library talks and tours for groups
Online or in person:
- Automated library catalog of collections, including downloadable ebooks
- Magazine database, EbscoHost, password required
- Download audiobooks to your MP3 player or ipod, password required
- Questions answered: in person, over the phone, through email or online via the website
- Genealogy and obituary research
- Reservations made for meeting rooms, collections, equipment
- News of library events