m a live thing in the whole town where else may old and young rich and poor men women children of all ages condition and color find a welcome at one and the same time and get as much eliza g browning asked about neighborhood libraries in the indianapolis system miss browning who served as librarian 1892-1917 believed the library should be a live thing in the whole town reaching out through vital reading services and community pro grams to every citizen service to community and the reading public in richly varied ways has animated the vision of the indi anapolis-marion county public li brary for one-hundred eighteen years this book details that vision and its effects in the life of city state and nation