The State Library of Ohio is closing its longtime Italian Village location this week as it prepares to relocate staff and ...

The State Library of Ohio is moving in a positive direction, as court battles over funding for U.S. libraries end, and the ...

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 ...

The State Library of Ohio will close indefinitely April 15 to prepare for relocation from its Italian Village site to ...

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 ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — To celebrate National Library Card Sign-up Month this September, the Ohio Library Council has partnered up with Dolly Parton's Imagination Library of Ohio with goals to make libraries ...

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 ...

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 ...

Every Ohio library will see an increase in funding in changes to the two-year budget omnibus passed by the Ohio House Finance Committee Tuesday. But a major change to the Ohio Public Library Fund is ...

Central Ohio libraries are asking Gov. Mike DeWine to veto a budget proposal that would require public libraries to cordon off materials related to sexual orientation or gender identity in adult ...