Unearth a Story: Summer Reading 2026! Come have a dino-mite time at the Scioto County Public Library (SCPL) this summer! Our summer calendar is packed full of free programs for all ages. 📅 Important Dates Kickoff: Monday, June 1st (at all SCPL locations) Summer Reading Finale: Saturday, July 25th from...
No Library Board Meeting in June 2026. Please note that the Board meeting scheduled for Tuesday, June 16th has been recessed. The next Board meeting will be Tuesday, July 21, 2026.
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...
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,...
The World Book eBooks platform includes a rich library of beautifully illustrated titles for all ages and interests. Are you an animal fan? Learn amazing animal factoids in the Animal Lives series! Think space is pretty cool? Become an expert on black holes, alien planets, and more by reading books...
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A large collection of ebooks and audiobooks can be downloaded to your device. For first time users, click on the following guides for instructions: Click here to access the Ohio Digital Library
The Ohio Web Library is an evolving collection of thousands of online publications and research resources. The Ohio Web Library includes: popular magazines, trade publications, scholarly research journals, newspapers, encyclopedias, dictionaries, speeches, poems, plays, maps, satellite images of Ohio, and more. Click here to access the Ohio Web Library
There’s not enough time to read everything. Choose your next read wisely with book recommendations from the experts. Discover new books based on your likes and dislikes; Get a critic’s perspective of your book club pick to drum up a lively discussion; Find out which books you should read in...
