A national group of Black librarians has canceled a July gathering in Indianapolis after the local library declined to permanently hire a woman who was serving as interim leader.

More than half of the Indianapolis City-County Council members are calling for the Indianapolis Public Library Board of Trustees to appoint Nichelle M. Hayes as CEO.

Community members continue to protest the Indianapolis Public Library's most recent CEO choice, even after it backfired when that candidate declined the offer last week.

The search for a new CEO for the Indianapolis Public Library is almost complete.

It’s estimated nearly 90,000 households in Marion County are without a computer and more than 200,000 people live in homes without broadband internet. Indianapolis Public Library branches provide free access to computers and the internet when they are open, and after hours the WiFi is from the parking lot.

The seed program is back at the Indianapolis Public Library.

Roughly 22 percent of Black library employees reported receiving offensive comments or harassment from their colleagues related to their race in the past year, according to the climate study.

A new diversity, equity, and inclusion officer is working to improve Indianapolis Public Library's working environment amid complaints of discrimination and inequality.

A new diversity, equity, and inclusion officer has been hired in response to complaints in 2020 of racism and discrimination at the Indianapolis Public Library.

The Indianapolis Public Library board of trustees named chief public information officer Jack Helling as interim CEO during a regular board meeting Monday. The board will conduct a national search for a CEO.