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State Library of Ohio is celebrating 200 years of library service in Ohio this year, and you are invited to attend a culminating
<a href="https://library.ohio.gov/about/bicentennial-celebration/#OpenHouseCelebration">
open house celebration</a> on August 4th at 1:00 p.m. The open house program will feature speakers
<a href="https://www.imls.gov/about-us/leadership-staff/kathryn-k-matthew-phd-mba" target="_blank">
Dr. Kathryn “Kit” Matthew, Director of IMLS</a> and <a href="https://www.gpo.gov/pdfs/about/bradley_bio.pdf" target="_blank">
Mr. Jim Bradley, Deputy Director of the Government Printing Office</a>. As one of the earliest state agencies created, the State Library’s history is intricately entwined in the history and legacy of the state of Ohio—its people, cultural heritage, government,
education, and libraries. The Bicentennial celebration marks a significant historical milestone for the State Library of Ohio, libraries of Ohio, and the state and its people.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:13.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">In addition to the program, the open house will include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">A reception with light refreshments<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:13.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Exhibit of the 200<sup>th</sup> Anniversary of the State Library of Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:13.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Tours of the State library every half hour starting at 2:45<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:13.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Historical talks about library programs through the years and former State Librarians<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:13.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Sales of <i>The State Library at 200: a Celebration of Library Services to Ohio</i> benefitting the Mary T. Kim Scholarship Fund<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:13.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">If you would like to attend,
<a href="http://ceohio.evanced.info/signup/eventdetails?eventid=700&lib=0">registering</a> for this event will help with the planning process.</span> <span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:13.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Currently on exhibit at the State Library are displays featuring rare and unique materials, photographs, and documents spanning two hundred years of state
government and library service. Original, print copies, and digital representations of items, many inaccessible to the public before now, may be viewed at library now through February 5, 2018. The exhibit also includes monitors displaying an
<a href="http://bicentennial.library.ohio.gov/">online interactive exhibit</a> and a
<i>Staff Then and Now</i> slideshow. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:13.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Examples of rare items on display include the State Library’s first accession book, written in 1817 by Ohio’s first State Librarian, and a
<i>Weather Log</i> kept by the library’s fourth State Librarian, Zachariah Mills. The
<i>Weather Log</i> includes descriptions of conditions for six years, reflecting the weather-tracking trend that arose after the eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Tambora and the resulting “Year Without a Summer.” Furthermore, the log lists occasional events that
occurred in Columbus, such as first snowfalls, missing persons, visits from Presidents and dignitaries, political activities, and the laying of the cornerstone for the new Statehouse in 1839.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:13.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">A Traveling Library Program display includes photos, postcards, and examples of books in the traveling collection and storage boxes used for transporting
them. The State Library initiated the Traveling Library Program in 1896 and it continued for 77 years.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:13.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">The State Library of Ohio’s Bicentennial interactive online exhibit (<a href="http://bicentennial.library.ohio.gov/">http://bicentennial.library.ohio.gov/</a><span class="MsoHyperlink">)
</span>conveys the State Library of Ohio’s past through the Curatescape digital platform. Curatescape allows users to culturally interact with the past and present using digitized collections of culturally-significant materials. Built on the Omeka content management
system platform, Curatescape has been selected by historical societies, museums, and academic institutions nationwide who wish to expand their reach to the public. This digital platform is designed to emphasize storytelling, rather than the display of single
archival objects. Through the online exhibit, the State Library tells the story of the role of Ohio’s libraries, the State Library, and the librarians who form these organizations through time.<u><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p>
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State Library of Ohio’s Bicentennial Curatescape exhibit is provided, in part, by a grant from the Ohio Humanities Council. Views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this exhibit do not necessarily represent those of the Ohio Humanities
Council or National Endowment for the Humanities. The Ohio Humanities Council encourages all Ohioans to explore the human story. Providing financial support through grants for community projects, exhibits, and activities, Ohio Humanities partners with cultural
organizations to present book festivals and public activities, and to promote heritage tourism in Ohio.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:13.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">The State Library is located at 274 E. First Ave., Columbus, Ohio 43201 and open Monday through Friday, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.
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Columbus, OH 43201<br>
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