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| About the Library | |||
| About the Library | |||
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| The Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County is a system comprised of 15 branch libraries throughout Mahoning County, plus Main Library.
Main Library's address is: |
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| Learn more about some of the numerous services we offer by selecting a category below. If you have other questions, just give us a call at 330.744.8636. | |||
| Reader's Services | Grant Center | Special Delivery | |
| Children's Services | Reference/Information Services | ||
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Help in selecting fiction & nonfiction • Reserves and Interlibrary Loans • Career Materials • Maps |
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DVDs • Videos • Books-on-CD • Books-on-Cassette • Song Index |
• Adult New Reader Collection
• Collectibles Information • Travel Guides • Hobby Information • Handicraft index |
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Help make your baby brilliant! Look to the Library for the latest information on developmentally appropriate techniques for sharing books with babies and toddlers that spur brain development and foster the development of the six preliteracy skills children must acquire before they can learn to read. The Library’s Baby Brilliant program offers programs for parents, teachers, and caregivers that clarify the relationship between early brain development and reading to young children. Librarians reinforce these concepts at library story times for babies, toddlers, and preschool children and suggest simple activities that create literacy experiences in every day activities. Baby Brilliant Kits, collections of developmentally appropriate books, music, toys, and extension activities, are available for home or classroom use. For a complete listing of available kits, and for more information about early literacy, visit the Library’s Baby Brilliant page (http://www.libraryvisit.org/baby.htm). Additionally, the Library provides the best and most popular children’s books, the best children’s music, audio books, videos, DVDs, and educational and entertaining programs. The popular Summer Reading Club aims to keep kids reading when school is not in session. A celebrated author kicks off a summer program agenda that includes magicians, storytellers, and many other special presenters. Teachers are invited to schedule a class visit at the library, or to request materials for classroom use. In the event teachers are not able to bring their students to the library, children’s librarians are available to visit schools, nursery schools, and any other agency that serves children. Call your local library for more information on any of our programs or services and let us share books, reading, and libraries with your child. |
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| The Grant Center at the Main Library, a cooperating collection of the Foundation Center, provides resource materials that can help nonprofit organizations locate sources of funding. The Center offers access to the “Foundation Directory Online,” an online database with in-depth information on grantmakers, grants and grantseekers. “Corporate Giving Online” provides a database of corporate donors funding nonprofit organizations through the making of grants and by providing in-kind donations. “Guide to Ohio Grantmakers” on CD-ROM features information on approximately 4,000 foundations in Ohio and over 400 funders outside of the state, which fund in Ohio. The Grant Center also assists individuals searching for funding for education, art projects and research projects with the online database “Foundation Grants to Individuals Online.” In addition to electronic resources, the Grant Center has an in-depth, core collection of print materials such as books and periodicals on proposal writing, nonprofit management, foundations and fundraising. Free orientations are offered on a regular basis to help members of nonprofit organizations gain a better understanding of philanthropy-related topics and also assists individuals looking for funding for education. For questions about the Grant Center, call the Main Library, at 330-744-8636 and press “2” at the phone prompt. | |||
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| Reference/Information Services | |||
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service is available at all branches of the Mahoning County public library
system. The Information Services Department at Main Library serves as
the resource library for all branches and has the most extensive collection
of non-circulating reference materials in the widest variety of formats
in the library system.
The Information Services Department also provides quick, ready-reference services via the phone (330-744-8636 and press #2 at the phone prompt, for reference), and fax (330-744-3355). Among the materials
our reference departments have to offer (along with some notations as
to availability) are: At Main Library, the Information Services Department is located on the second floor of the building and is comprised of several divisions:the Periodical/Microform Center, the Genealogy Room, the Computer Center and Computer Corridor, the Information Services wing, the Grant Center, the Business/Investment Center, and the Education/Jobs Information Center. If you are searching for information on the Internet, try the Reference or Business Resources links on the Library's home page to find Web sites listed by subject. These partially annotated lists have been compiled by the Information Services Department staff and are updated periodically. You can also use the OPLIN or Online Databases links on the reference page to search the Internet via the Ohio Pubic Library Information Network. Some electronic/online reference sources are proprietary in nature and are not available through remote access from your home. You need to be in a library to use such databases. |
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| Special Delivery is a free service for qualifying homebound and/or handicapped individuals. Special Delivery provides materials for those living in their own homes or in residential facilities who cannot come to a library. The Library-By-Mail program is a service through which library materials are sent through U.S Mail to qualifying patrons free of charge. Other offerings include: Talking Books and special cassette players for the visually impaired; DVS videos for the visually impaired; large-print materials; visual aids such as bar magnifiers; and special "Bi-Folkal" kits with programs highlighting memories, stories and entertainment for older adults. Special Delivery librarians are available to speak to groups about our services. | |||
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