Rensselaer Public Library

Specialties

Rensselaer Public Library is the Headquarters of the Jasper County Public Library System.

The mission of the Jasper County Public Library is to inform, enrich, and empower our diverse community. You can find us in DeMotte, Rensselaer, and Wheatfield Indiana.

History

Established in 1905.

In 1855 two libraries existed in Rensselaer, a Township Library and the Mechanics and Laboring Men’s Library. Later these two merged into one library. The early library was housed in various rooms of the courthouse until 1904 when a Carnegie grant was obtained for construction of a library building.

That building served as the headquarters of the library system from 1905 until 1992 when the present 17,000 square foot building was constructed. The Rensselaer Library houses the offices of the library administrators and the processing center for all three libraries. It also serves as the host site for the library’s Library. Solution (TLC) automated circulation and online catalog system which links all JCPL libraries and makes the materials in any one library accessible to patrons at all three libraries.