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Job Opening Available

Full-Time Local History Supervisor

The library is accepting applications for a full-time Local History Supervisor scheduled to work 40 hours per week at the Portsmouth location. This position requires a Bachelor’s Degree and is responsible for providing assistance to patrons with genealogy and local history research; performs research through correspondence; conducts in-house and outreach...

Board of Trustees Meeting Notice

Board of Trustees Meeting

The board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 17, 2026. Regular Meeting – 12:00pm Anyone wishing to speak at a meeting shall register with the Scioto County Public Library by submitting a request with your Name, Contact info, the subject to be addressed and which meeting you wish to speak...

Hotspot Lending has ended

Wi-Fi Hotspot Lending Has Ended

The Scioto County Public Library will no longer circulate mobile Wi-Fi hotspots as of Monday, February 2, 2026, due to rising costs of the service, a reduction in state funding and unreturned devices. FREE INTERNET AT THE LIBRARY Internet-accessible computers are available for public use at all SCPL locations, and...

Scioto County Library Yearbook Collection

Yearbook Collection

Come spend a day traveling back in time in our Local History Department at the Portsmouth library! We have hundreds of Scioto County High School year books to look through. You might even see someone you know! Interested in donating your old yearbooks to the collection? Call the 740-354-5304 for...

Notary Policy

Scioto County Public Library offers free, limited Notary Public services for the benefit of the residents of our community. These services are provided in accordance with Ohio Revised Code Chapter 147 and the rules of the Ohio Secretary of State. Notary services are a convenience offered by the Library and...

2025 Board Meeting Minutes

1.2025 Audit, Budget, & Expenditure Committee Meeting – January 14, 2025 2. Special Meeting – January 14, 2025 3. Regular Meeting – January 14, 2025 4. Property & Extension Committee Meeting – January 14, 2025 5. Organizational Meeting – January 14, 2025 6.2025 Committee Meetings – February 20, 2025 7.2025...

Free access to NewspaperArchive.com is now provided to all SCPL cardholders.

Newspaper Archive Library Access

Free access to NewspaperArchive.com is now provided to all SCPL cardholders. Explore your family history and discover key historical events with NewspaperArchive.com, one of the world’s largest online newspaper archives. To access NewspaperArchive.com from home, please click here. If you are using a computer within a Scioto County Library location,...

2024 Board Meeting Minutes

Committee Meetings – January 16, 2024 Organizational Meeting – January 16, 2024 Regular Meeting – January 16, 2024 Special Meeting – January 16, 2024 Committee – February 20, 2024 Regular Meeting – February 20, 2024 Committee Meeting – March 19, 2024 Regular Meeting – March 19, 2024 Regular Meeting –...

Petitioning or Soliciting on Library Property Policy

I. POLICY Soliciting or circulating petitions for signature inside any Scioto County Public Library building including meeting rooms is prohibited. Soliciting or circulating petitions for signature outside of the Library, or on Library property at a distance of twenty-five (25) feet or more from doorways, is considered free speech and...

Educator Card and Collection Policy

The public library is a community institution serving a wide range of organizations, interests, and age groups. Schools and students are an important segment of the community. With a goal of making contact between educators and the public library more effective, the Scioto County Public Library will provide a card...

2023 Board Meeting Minutes

Committee Meetings – January 11, 2022 Committee Meetings – January 17, 2023 Organizational Meeting – January 17, 2023 Regular Meeting – January 17, 2023 Regular Meeting – February 21, 2023 Committee Meeting – March 21, 2023 Regular Meeting – March 21, 2023 Regular Meeting – April 18,2023 Committee Meeting –...