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Today the State Library of Ohio collaborates with many state agencies and Ohio libraries to provide services.Services to the state government
* Provides access to books, print and online journals, magazines, newspapers and eBooks, and resources and materials in the State Library and OhioLINK catalogs * Provides services to borrow materials from other libraries, delivery and pick-up of library materials to offices, meeting space with video conferencing capability, and free parking. * Provides work-related research and reference services to state legislators and state employees. * Provides work-related library use assistance, research help and reference services, and online topic and how-to guides. * Partners with state agencies to help residents access their government services through public libraries. * Provides interlibrary loan services. * Serves as Ohio’s only full regional depository for federal documents and the depository for Ohio state agency documents.Services to Ohio libraries
* Assists in developing programs for staff and customers * Assists in strategic and facilities planning. * Administers the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant program. Under LSTA several competitive grant programs are administered including: Guiding Ohio Online, Celebrating Ohio Book Awards and Authors, and Summer Library Programs. * Coordinates the statewide delivery network. * Coordinates the Ohio Digital Library. * Collects and makes available statistics about Ohio public libraries for analysis, long range planning and comparison. * Leads collaboration and partnership with Libraries Connect Ohio—to ensure all Ohioans continue to have access to high quality, relevant, and reliable online resources and publications, at no cost to libraries, schools, universities, and residents. * Supports the Serving Every Ohioan (SEO) consortium of 95 library systems at more than 241 locations throughout 49 counties across Ohio through thServices to Ohio residents
* Answers reference, research, and general “''How do I find”'' questions. * 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. * Contributes funding to the Ohio Web Library—online resources and publications available to all Ohioans through public, university, special and school libraries. * Coordinates the Ohio Talking Book program for Ohio’s blind and print disabled residents including children and veterans of war. * 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, and management, education, health and criminal justice books and materials. * Provides access to current and historical state and federal government documents (print & digital), and access to borrowing eBooks, DVDs, audio books, and other materials from OhioLINK and Search Ohio member libraries. * Provides access to subscription-based library databases * Provides technology skills training through local libraries and the SEO )Serving Every Ohioan) On Demand Technology Training program. * Provides services to borrow materials from other libraries, delivery and pick-up of library materials to offices, meeting space with video conferencing capability, and free parkiPartners
* ALAO * INFOhio *Regional library systems
* NEO-RLS * NORWELD * SERLS * SWON LibrariesReferences
External links
* {{Authority control 1817 establishments in Ohio Government agencies established in 1817 Libraries in Columbus, Ohio State agencies of Ohio