Libraries

Libraries play a central role in many communities, providing books and information and helping people navigate challenges. Increasingly, those challenges are beyond the scope of what librarians are trained to handle — like housing insecurity and mental illness. To meet the need, some libraries are hiring social workers.

There’s a new Executive Director at the Dayton Metro Library. Jeffrey Trzeciak has held positions in St. Louis, Ontario and, most recently, New Jersey, but he’s no stranger to the Miami Valley. Trzeciak is a graduate of Chaminade-Julienne and the University of Dayton, and in this interview with WYSO’s Jerry Kenney, he talks about being back in his hometown and back working at the library where his career started.

Ohio’s libraries say they’ll lose money if the $74.7 billion state budget stays as is. And they told a Senate committee looking into the budget that they also won’t share in the billions that the state and local governments will get from the American Rescue Plan.

As the COVID vaccine rollout continues, Midwesterners have a lot of questions about distribution plans — and the vaccine itself. One state is getting help from a surprising place: public libraries.

Families in need of food can now pick up free meals and produce once a week at all 18 branches of the Dayton Metro Library.The library is working with…

Some libraries throughout Ohio are announcing they will be reopening soon. But it might take a little longer for others to reopen their doors.

Macmillan Publishers Ltd. will begin restricting sales of new e-books to libraries to one per library system for the first eight weeks after publication. Libraries are fighting back.

When storms ravaged parts of Ohio during Memorial Day weekend, several libraries were forced to close their doors for a short time. Those facilities are...

Libraries have always had books, but these days, they provide more services than just literature, including art rental. Culture Couch got interested in…