110 South Jefferson Street
Martinsville, IN 46151
765-342-3451
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What's new at your library?  Dewey Dash 5K Run/Walk for All AgesSaturday, June 1st at 9 a.m. Join us for our inaugural event to officially kick off summer! The race is open to all ages and ability levels, so bring the whole family. All proceeds will benefit the library. The race will begin and end at the Main Branch, located at 110 S. Jefferson St. in Martinsville. Awards will be given to the top male and female overall runner and walker and top male and female in each age group (14 & under, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50+). The early registration cost (until Friday, May 17th) is $18 per participant. Those registering early will also receive a free t-shirt on race day! After May 17th, the entry fee will be $20, a the number of t-shirts will be limited. You can register online by visiting the Mag7 website. Enter the promo code "Mag7Voucher" and save $2 on each registration! Click here to download a race brochure. We wish to thank our wonderful local sponsors: South Central Indiana REMC, Meijer, Anytime Fitness, & Midwest Information Systems & Technologies. Top  Download Free Music From the LibraryWe are excited to offer you a new service - Freegal! What is Freegal? Freegal is a downloadable music service from the Morgan County Public Library and all you need is your library card number. There is no software to download, there are no digital rights management (DRM) restrictions and the songs are yours to keep with no expiration. Access to Freegal is limited to Morgan County Public Library patrons in good standing. There are thousands of artists, tens of thousands of albums, and millions of songs available to you. The Freegal Music website has hundreds of genres of music from pop to punk, rock to rap, classical to Christian and everything in between. The content is based upon agreements with over 10,000 music labels, including the labels of Sony Music Entertainment. You are allowed to download three songs per week. To get started, click here, or on the Freegal logo at the top of this page, enter your library card number and start browsing. Or, if you have an Apple or Android mobile device, you can download the free app. Just got to the Apple App Store or the Android Marketplace, a.k.a. Google Play. Search for Freegal Music. Top  Learn Even More Languages with Mango Languages!Mango Languages now offers forty-five foreign languages for you to learn as well as English as a Second Language (ESL) courses for speakers of 15 different native languages, thanks to the Community Foundation of Morgan County and the Morgan County Coalition for Literacy. From Arabic to Ukrainian and everything in between, including Hawaiian and Pirate, Mango is your window to the world's languages. You'll need a computer (your own at home or one of ours) that has Flash Player installed. Or, there's a mobile app, so you can take your Mango to go! You'll also need a valid Morgan County Public Library card. Click here to begin or, click on the Electronic Resources and Databases link and scroll down to find Mango. Top  Cypress Resumé: A simple, effective resumé writing toolThe Library has acquired Cypress Resumé, an online tool that helps you effortlessly create a professional resumé in just a few minutes. Its easy-to-use format assures you won't spend hours trying to perfect your document-all the hard work is done for you. Simply plug in your basic information (as little or as much as you'd like), and Cypress Resumé creates a perfectly formatted document to help you land that dream job. A resumé needs to grab the attention of an employer almost immediately in order to have the best chance of making it through the weeding process. Cypress Resumé's gigantic library of tens of thousands of professional statements is designed to do exactly that. Its database covers virtually all professions, grouping job types by core tasks. With Cypress Resumé, there is no need to compose anything, ever. Simply type basic information about yourself and leave the difficult task of writing concise, descriptive statements detailing your abilities to the resumé builder. Create a fantastic new resumé today. To access Cypress Resumé, click on Electronic Resources and Databases. Scroll down and look for the Cypress Resumé logo. Top Online Meeting Room ReservationsAre you interested in using a library meeting room? Now you can request the day, time, and room online using our new meeting room reservation system. Meeting rooms must be used for community-based, not-for-profit groups only.Click here to request a meeting room. Click here for step-by-step instructions. Click here for our meeting room policy. Top Obituary FinderThe library is proud to announce that the Morgan County obituary index is now online! Click here to begin your search. If the death occurred before 2011, the listing indicates the date the obituary was printed in the local newspaper, which we have on microfilm.Top  Online Learning with Vincennes University
The Morgan County Public Library in Martinsville is now a partner with Vincennes University's Learning Unlimited program. The Learning Unlimited program will focus on providing college credit and job-ready training programs centered at public libraries. Through Learning Unlimited, students have access to over 400 courses and more than 27 degrees. Vincennes University will connect enrollees to these opportunities by supplying each with netbooks - lightweight, mobile, wireless, but powerful and inexpensive personal computers to support online education and training programs. The Library will play a crucial role as a source for wireless internet access and face-to-face support services for students enrolled in the program. For more information, please contact Adam McKinley, Learning Unlimited Coordinator, at (765) 318-9368 or visit the Learning Unlimited website. Top  Meet Morgan on FacebookMorgan, the Library Bunny now has her own page on Facebook. Be her friend and she'll keep you up to date on her hectic life as the official library bunny as well as all the fun events going on in the children's department. Click here to be her friend, or visit Facebook and search for Morgan Librarybunny. New! If you're not a member of Facebook,or if you just can't get enough of Morgan, you can also check out The Bunny Blog for fun events and Morgan's in depth thoughts. Top Library Photos View photos of the Bubble Truck, Irish Dancers, Steel Drums and even more library programs!
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