Jeffersonville Library Bookmobile

Jeffersonville Township Public Library

 

History

 

This year, 2025 marks the 125th Anniversary of the Jeffersonville Township Public Library. Founded, and located in Jeffersonville, Indiana; the library has weathered multiple expansions, 100-year floods and began serving added community locations in 1955 with a bookmobile; expanding into a second, Clarksville, Indiana location in 1975. 

 

As part of the 125th Anniversary celebration, the library is grateful to have received gifts, grants and a $3.6 million-dollar, Clark County bond issue to further its vision  of remaining a vibrant cultural and educational, community destination that welcomes everyone to gather, engage, create, learn, and grow; with a mission to connect people and ideas through experiences, technology, and information in the pursuit of lifelong learning.

 

Campaign

 

Just as the Jeffersonville Township Public Library used a bookmobile to facilitate expansion to a second location; enormous community growth in Jeffersonville again necessitates providing library benefits to new, underserved areas of Clark County. Acquisition of a bookmobile is made possible with a $250,000, Library Trustee, bond issue appropriation, coupled to additional funds from crowd funding, grants and Give for Good.

 

To assist the library in acquisition of a bookmobile, the Jeffersonville Township Public Library Foundation is participating in Give for Good. This important, bookmobile acquisition will assist serving senior, assisted living locations; new home subdivisions; and subsidized housing facilities; with a stretch goal of an eventual, third location for the Jeffersonville Township Public Library.

 

Hosted by the Community Foundation of Louisville, Give for Good returns on Thursday, September 18, 2025. Early Giving Starts on September 15, at Midnight EDT, with Late Giving Ending on Friday, September 19 at 1 p.m. EDT. The main event is Thursday, September 18, 2025 from Midnight to 11:59PM, EDT.

The JTPL Foundation is especially appreciative of Samtec Corporation, the Jeffersonville City Council, the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, the Indiana Southeast Small Business Development Center, Indiana University Southeast and the Ann Disher Estate for their prior contributions.

To participate go to:

1. https://www.giveforgoodlouisville.org/
2. Scroll down and click on: “Discover Local Causes”
3. Click Search; and enter: “Jeffersonville Township Public Library Foundation”
4. Scroll down, select, and click on the Library Foundation Logo https://www.giveforgoodlouisville.org/organization/jeffersonville-township-library-foundation/
5. Select donate, determine the amount you would like to give, whether it is a one-time or reoccurring donation, enter your payment information and press submit.

 

It is just that easy! The Community Foundation of Louisville, and Jeffersonville Township Public Library Foundation take care of everything else and you will receive an automated, tax-exempt document for your donation.