Pickerington PublicLibrary
T ucked away in the woods, with soaring beamed ceilings, the library has a comfortable lodge like feel.
The public is welcome seven days a week throughout the year.
The library began as the Violet Township Library in two small alcoves in the school building. The Library Board of Trustees, Violet Township Trustees and Pickerington Village Council passed a joint resolution and received a grant from the Carnegie Library Commission in the amount of $ 10,000. The building at 15 E. Columbus Street was built. The name changed to the Pickerington Public Library in 1961, better reflecting the location. The Carnegie Building now houses the Pickerington-Violet Historical Society. The library took up residence at the current location in 1993. The Pickerington Public Library is classified as a school district library serving the Pickerington Local School District service area. Part of the Central Library Consortium, the catalog can tap into items that can be shared with 14 other library systems.
The library has a wide and varied book collection for children, teens and adults and in formats that fit every lifestyle; audio, e-audio, eBooks, large and regular print. There are also DVDs, music CDs, and magazines.
Featuring an electronic classroom with a Smartboard where technology classes are offered, this room also doubles as the Homework Help Center. The HHC is open during the school year in the afternoons Monday through Friday. Meeting rooms are available for the public to reserve when not in use for library programs.
The Adult Services Department provides test proctoring, technology support for e-readers, and computer help in the library’ s computer lab. The reference librarians are experienced and knowledgeable in servicing the public’ s reading needs offering Readers Advisory suggestions for both fiction and non-fiction.
The library offers many different online databases available to library patrons. Hoopla for Streaming movies, television shows, music, and audiobooks to your computer and mobile devices, Zinio for instant digital access to favorite magazines and Overdrive is utilized to download eBooks, eAudiobooks and more, just to name a few.
The library programming team offers programs throughout the year for ages 9 months and up. On-going Storytimes, Summer Reading Program, Santa Saturday, Teen Author Fest, Big Comic Show, Lunch and Learn Professional Series, and the popular Self-Reliance Series. Many of these programs are sponsored by the Friends of the Pickerington Public Library through their bi-annual book sales and other fundraising endeavors.
For hours, directions, programming and other library information, visit us at pickeringtonlibrary. org d
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