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 ...

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 sections. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Following public pressure from Ohio libraries and their patrons, Ohio House lawmakers this week increased proposed funding to the state’s libraries — though their plan still falls far short of what ...

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 ...

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 ...