Lorain Public Library hosts week of events honoring the Nobel Prize-winning author ahead of Ohio's annual Toni Morrison Day ...

New displays at Dover Public Library highlight Tuscarawas County’s manufacturing roots and Ohio companies such as Velvet Ice ...

You know your local library must be doing something right when its executive director gets chosen to lead the Ohio Library Council.         Muskingum County Library System Executive Director Stacey ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Central Ohio libraries are asking Gov. Mike DeWine to veto a budget proposal that would require public libraries to cordon off ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio's newly approved two-year state budget that just passed two days ago by both the House and Senate includes major funding cuts to public libraries. Money for the state's 251 ...

Ohio libraries found displaying material considered "harmful to juveniles" could lose funding if an Ohio bill becomes law. The statute would define "harmful" material that shows or describes content ...

OHIO, USA — The State Library of Ohio is one of many libraries across the country awaiting legal battles over federal funding and congressional debates as to how much they’ll receive next year. The ...

The Ohio Library Council (OLC), representing Ohio’s 251 public library systems, is sounding the alarm over provisions in the Fiscal Year 2026-27 state budget called House Bill 96 it says threatens ...

The lineup of events features a selection for all ages, including several geared specifically toward either children or ...

Muskingum County Library Executive Director Stacey Russell will chair the Ohio Library Council board in 2026 as libraries face funding challenges.

I recently retired after four decades of working in public libraries, culminating with twenty-two years as CEO of Columbus Metropolitan Library. Having worked as an executive director at four library ...

The Ohio biennial budget, recently passed by the legislature, includes a provision requiring public libraries to separate materials related to sexual orientation or gender identity. Library systems ...