Press release from the Ohio Library Council, August 5, 2021: James Hill, CRCPL Director We are pleased to announce that James Hill, Director of the Chillicothe and Ross County Public Library has been named the 2021 Librarian of the Year. This prestigious award honors a librarian whose recent accomplishments have impacted the library profession and library service [...]
You may have noticed that your holds list keeps getting longer and longer. The State Library recently signed a new delivery contract. Hold on (pun intended) while they work out the logistics of moving items around to the 732 public libraries in Ohio. Thanks for your patience. On the plus side, you’ve got a lot to look forward to! [...]
By Jenn Slone, Access Team Leader, jslone@crcpl.org Telehealth room at the Main Library Did you know that our meeting rooms are open again? And thank goodness – hundreds of people use our meeting rooms every month. We’re glad to have you back. CRCPL has added one new room to its arsenal since the pandemic – a telehealth room located [...]
The library is excited to bring you two new resources, free to access online with your library card. Newspaper Archives is a database of newspapers from all over the world from 1607 to present. This resource will help you in your genealogy research, as it provides access to over 108 million obituaries; marriage, birth, death, arrest, and divorce records; [...]
Following the sale of RBDigital Media to Overdrive, access to the ArtistWorks platform is now available in the Ohio Digital Library via the Libby app. To access the ArtistWorks library of musical instrument tutorials: Download the Libby app. Log in to the Ohio Digital Library by selecting "Chillicothe & Ross County Public Library" and entering your library card number [...]