Paulding County
Carnegie Library
Paulding, Ohio
Library Mission: The Paulding County
Carnegie Library will acquire, organize, maintain and make readily
available resources in a variety of
formats to meet the educational, recreational and informational
needs of
all
citizens of Paulding County.
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Paulding County
Carnegie Library
205 S. Main Street Paulding, Ohio 45879
419-399-2032 (voice)
419-399-2114 (fax)
Statewide
Resource Sharing Ohio Libraries Share - MORE is up and
running.
Click here to place
requests from any computer. This service allows patrons to generate their
own materials request from participating libraries. For more information
call the library at 419-399-2032.
We need Friends! The
main Carnegie library in Paulding is putting out the call for members of
the Friends of the Library. This was once an active group and the library
is hoping there is enough interest to revitalize this important
organization. The price to
join now is $10.00. Once officers are elected, dues may increase. Send a
check made out to "Friends of the Library" to the Paulding County Carnegie
Library, 205 S. Main Street, Paulding, Ohio 45879.
2008
Children's Book Winners Check out the 2008 Children's Book winners!
Click here for more
info!
Young Visitors from China Visit Library The
library welcomed thirty 16 -year old Chinese students and their teachers,
who are visiting for a few weeks in Paulding County, Ohio. The students are here
to learn conversational English. For most, this was their first trip to a
foreign country. They shared that in China, there is usually a very large
"city library" which for many of the students is inaccessible. Local book
shops provide reading space for students to sit and read, but they cannot
borrow the books. These visitors enjoyed almost an hour of free time
exploring all the library has to offer.
August Board Meeting Rescheduled The August meeting of the Board of Trustees will
be held one week earlier than usual due to a scheduled review of the
ballot language for the library's upcoming levy. The meeting will be held
on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. in the meeting room of the main
library in Paulding. All board meetings are open to the public.
Reference Databases The Ohio Public Library Information
Network (OPLIN pronounced oh-plin), provides over two dozen authoritative
databases for your research needs. Included are full-text access to
magazine articles and television transcript as well as Sanborn Fire Maps
that provide historical glimpses of your community. Learning Express
Library provides a wealth of practice tests for a variety of
occupations, and much more. Click on this site today, and get to know
these resources. If you have any questions, contact the library.
www.ohioweblibrary.org
Ohio Revised Code
Click here to access the Ohio
Revised Code.
Historic Photo Added to Digital Collection
The library has acquired a scan of an 1894 Broughton-Hedges school photo.
The students are shown with their teacher, Etta Shafer. The photo is dated
January 9, 1894 and all of the students' names are listed on the back.
This item is viewable at the library in 11x17 size and also by clicking on
the thumbnail images below. For more information contact Susan Pieper at
419-399-2032.
Library Relay for Life Team
Raises over $2,500! The library's Relay for Life team thanks
everyone for an incredible job this year. The library team raised over
$2,500! The county goal was exceeded by a few thousand dollars -- over
$72,000 was raised county-wide!
The library team walks in honor and memory of staff and family members who
have succumbed to cancer or who have triumphed over this disease.
Board of Trustees Announces Budget Cuts The Board of Trustees of the Paulding County
Carnegie Library have announced budget cuts. These cuts are in response to
anticipated low, zero or negative growth of library funding due to a
slowing Ohio economy. Ohio's public libraries receive 2.2% of the general
tax revenue. Among the cuts include an immediate freeze on hiring open
library page positions, replacing one full-time with two part-time
positions, canceling staff attendance at non-Ohio continuing education
events and closing all library locations at noon on Saturdays beginning
March 1st. For more information contact Susan Pieper at 419-399-2032 or
click here
to e-mail.
All Library Locations to Close at Noon on
Saturdays Beginning March 1, 2008, the main library in
Paulding and branch libraries in Antwerp, Oakwood and Payne will be
closing at noon on Saturdays. Fore more information contact the library at
419-399-2032.
Great Websites for Kids Announced!
The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC),
a division of the American Library Association, is pleased to announce the
Web sites added in 2007 to Great Web Sites for Kids (www.ala.org/greatsites),
its online resource containing hundreds of links to commendable Web sites
for children.
Great Web Sites for Kids (GWS) features links to valuable Web sites of
interest to children, organized by subject headings such as animals;
literature and languages; sciences; the arts; and history and biography.
There is also a special section with sites of interest to parents,
caregivers and teachers and an area devoted to sites in Spanish. The ALSC
Great Web Sites for Kids Committee maintains and updates the site.
www.ala.org/greatsites
Thank you to local supporters! The Paulding County Carnegie
Library would like to thank local businesses who are supporting the
library's children's programming. Click
here to see our growing list of supporters! Even a gift of $10.00 will
buy a pizza for a hungry teen during our teen events. If you'd like to
help, send a check made out to the Paulding County Carnegie Library at 205
S. Main Street, Paulding, OH 45879. You will receive recognition on our
supporter's page and our deepest gratitude. For more info,
click here to e-mail the library director.
Wireless Access is Here The main library in Paulding is
now offering free wireless access. Patrons may bring their laptops into
the library and access the Internet via wireless connections. A Paulding
library card, compliance with the library's Internet Use Policy, and a
password (assigned at the front desk) is all that is needed to use this
free service. Contact the library at 419-399-2032 for more info.
Library
MySpace Profile
The
library now has a MySpace profile and invites MySpace users to join our
friends list. Visit the
library's site at
www.myspace.com/
pauldingcountylibrary For more info
click here.
Consumer Help Links Added to Library Site Added to the library's web site includes web
sites helpful for consumer advocacy, decision-making and protection. Links
included are Autotropolis.com, a
consumer page to help with automobile purchasing decisions, the Federal
Trade Commission's consumer pages, Ohio's consumer protection sites and
more. Click here to go to the library's "Local
Links" site.
Check out Local Paulding County Web Links &
Free Non-Profit Sites The library tries to maintain an up-to-date
listing of local and useful links from Paulding County including Paulding
County local, county, state and federal government contacts. Paulding
County businesses with web sites are also listed.
Click here to visit
the page.
The library provides limited technical support and server
space at no charge for local non-profit agencies and organizations.
Non-profits taking advantage of this free service include Kiwanis Club of
Paulding, Ohio, Paulding County Fish & Game Club, Paulding United
Methodist Church,
John Paulding Historical Society,
Caring & Sharing Food Pantry,
Blue Ribbon Workers 4-H Club,
Buckeye 4-H Club,
Flatrock Junior Farmers 4-H
Club, and
Livewires 4-H Club. For more
information regarding this service,
click here.
Librarian's in PJs!!
Have a pressing question at 3:00 a.m.? Click here for 24 hour / 7 day a week reference service!!
Online
Practice Tests
LearningExpressLibrary.com
LearningExpress Library provides a completely
interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial course
series designed to help patrons, students, and adult learners succeed on
the academic or licensing tests they must pass. You'll get immediate
scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of
your results.
Online Homework Resources
Need homework help? Click here for great reference
resources.
Established 1916
The
library welcomed thirty 16 -year old Chinese students and their teachers,
who are visiting for a few weeks in Paulding County, Ohio. The students are here
to learn conversational English. For most, this was their first trip to a
foreign country. They shared that in China, there is usually a very large
"city library" which for many of the students is inaccessible. Local book
shops provide reading space for students to sit and read, but they cannot
borrow the books. These visitors enjoyed almost an hour of free time
exploring all the library has to offer.
