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Services
Microfilm/Microfiche readers with printers and a scanner that can save a file to a flash drive or be emailed.
Print to the Mobile Public Library printers by going to your library location's PrinterOn website, emailing the location's printer or using the PrinterOn app.
The meeting room has a capacity of 75 and is available to be reserved for public use.
Collection Includes: Mobile Register and other Mobile papers from 1819, Mobile Beacon from 1959, and Times Picayune from 1837 to 1865
Many Mobile Public Library locations have staff members available (by appointment) to notarize your important documents. Contact your chosen location to see if or when they will be available.
Books on Local History, Church Records, Government Agency Records, Immigration record indexes, Lineage Books, Memoirs, Military Unit Histories, Private Papers of Prominent Individuals & Organiz
The meeting room has a capacity of 20 and is available to be reserved for public use.
Printers & copiers are available for public use at every location. Black and white printing/copying is $.10 per page. Color printing/copying is $.50 per page.
We offer free proctoring by librarians and reference staff at some of our library locations. Please contact the reference staff in advance to schedule a time convenient for you.
Two small study rooms are availble first come, first served. Capacity is 2 people each.
A quiet study room with multiple tables to study and do work. The door closes to the rest of the library to help keep distractions to a minimum.
Head up to the second floor to get help from knowledgeable Reference staff.
The meeting room has a capacity of 45 and is available to be reserved for public use.
High resolution flatbad scanners that can save a file to a flash drive or be emailed.
The meeting room has a capacity of 12 and is available to be reserved for public use.
The meeting room has a capacity of 60 and is available to be reserved for public use.
Public computers are available all over the library, but the largest number are in the Technology Center.
The meeting room has a capacity of 8 and is available to be reserved for public use.
Main meeting room: total capacity 140, includes a small galley kitchen with a refrigerator and microwave, can be split into two rooms Room A (capacity 70) and Room B (capacity 70)
We have cabinets of paper files and newspaper clippings on local subjects including biographies, businesses, local art, cemeteries, Mardi Gras, and unpublished family histories.
