What We Offer
Materials
- Over a third of a million books...and increasing every day
- Magazines and newsletters for adults, teens, and children
- National newspapers, including the New York Times and USA Today, as well as local papers
- Books on Tape, CD, and PlayAways (self-playing digital audio books)
- Music on CDs - all varieties of music including country, rock, jazz, folk, dance, and children's music
- Videos and DVDs for all ages including feature films
- Large print materials for children, teens, and adults
- Materials for adult new readers
- Online databases available in the Library and from your home
- Business and investment materials, including Value Line and Million Dollar Directory
Services
- The "Ultimate Search Engine" is at your llibrary. Information and reference assistance for all customers at branch locations, by phone, and by our email reference service available on the library's website
- Material renewal online and by phone
- Access to Research databases and the Internet
- PAC - Popular Authors Club
- Library at Your Door, a service for homebound customers
- Accessible computer workstations and software for people with disabilities.
- Coin-operated copiers at all branches
- Word processors at all branches
- Clermont County Genealogical Society collection at the Batavia branch. This collection is available to be used in the Library only.
- Delivery of most titles from one branch to another
- Cooperative lending arrangements with other libraries in Ohio
- Special library cards designed to meet the unique needs of teachers and businesses
- Community bulletin boards
- Voter registration
- Tax forms
- Golden Buckeye Card applications
- HEAP applications
- State documents
- GED Practice test offered at all branches
Programs
- Regularly scheduled programs for babies, toddlers and their parents/caregivers
- Regularly scheduled programs for preschoolers
- Special programs of interest to school-age children and young adults
- Hands-Up Puppet Troupe
- Dreamweavers Storytelling Troupe
- Summer reading programs
- Book discussion groups
- Workshops and current-interest programs for adults
- Custom-designed outreach programs for organizations and institutions
Communicating
CCPL wants to make it easier for you to stay current with library events, products, and services and to share your ideas with us. We do this in several ways:
- Event Calendar on the Library's website (www.clermontlibrary.org/cc)
- New items at the Library. See what new materials are coming to the library's collection.
- Off the Shelf Blog: sampling of new materials at your library.
- Checkouts, the library's newsletter, available at all branch locations and on our website
- Library Activities, a bi-monthly calendar, available at all branch locations
- Library News Blog
- Suggest a Purchase through the Library's online catalog.
- Comment Boxes in the branch locations and by email to clermont@oplin.org