State Library Of Ohio

libraries

Coordinates the Ohio Talking Book program for Ohio’s blind and physically disabled residents including children and veterans of war.

Provides state of Ohio legislators and state employees access to books

Provides work-related research and reference services to state legislators and state employees.

print and online journals

Maximizes the use of public funds by facilitating resource and information sharing among Ohio’s libraries through programs such as the Serving Every Ohioan (SEO) Library Consortium

Administers the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant program.

Manages a Statewide Delivery System

universities

is available to assist public libraries with their digitization initiatives.

a program that enables public libraries in rural Ohio to hire a dedicated technology trainer for their library.

Library Programs & Development (LPD) department is charged with providing leadership and partnership in the development of library services throughout Ohio.

management

Collects and makes available statistics about Ohio public libraries for analysis

resources and materials in the State Library and OhioLINK catalogs.

sharing a catalog of nearly 8 million items.

which includes 93 library systems (237 locations) in 47 Ohio counties

A partner in Ohio Memory and Ohio Digital Network (DPLA)

a project to create a hub for addition of materials from Ohio institutions into DPLA.

at no cost to libraries

Serves as Ohio’s only full regional depository for federal documents and the depository for Ohio state agency documents.

Coordinates the Ohio Digital Network

health and criminal justice books and materials.

Leads collaboration and partnership with Libraries Connect Ohio—to ensure all Ohioans continue to have access to high quality

Coordinates the Ohio Digital Library.

relevant

magazines

the State Library coordinates the Ohio Digital Network

education

which supports statewide resource sharing by delivering more than 8 million books and other library materials to Ohio library users each year.

schools

Provides access to subscription-based library databases

Collaborates with the Center for Outreach Services located at the Ohio School for the Deaf to provide access to a collection of Deafness and interpreting-related materials to all Ohioans.

reliable online resources and publications

residents.

Manages a unique collection of library materials which may be borrowed by the public on a walk-in basis. Collections include government and business documents

Administers Guiding Ohio Online

houses a state-of-the-art digitization lab

newspapers and eBooks

long range planning and comparison.