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Mount Orab (/ ˈ m aʊ n t ˈ ɔːr ə b / MOUNT OR-əb [5]) is a village in Brown County, Ohio, United States. The population is 4,347 as of the 2020 United States census . History
Governor Thomas Worthington established the State Library of Ohio in 1817 as the Ohio State Library. It was established with the purchase of 509 books. Initially it was not used by the public but by legislators. [4] [5] The public was able to use the library beginning in 1853. [6]
In early 1906, with support from the Cleveland Public Library system, Visiting Nursing Association, related charities, area settlement houses, and the American Foundation for the Blind under Robert B. Irwin, the Society for the Blind was established. In 1989 it was renamed as Cleveland Sight Center of the Cleveland Society for the Blind. [5]
The Cleveland Public Library is a public library system in Cleveland, Ohio.Founded in 1869, it had a circulation of 3.5 million items in 2020. It operates the Main Library on Superior Avenue in downtown Cleveland, 27 branches throughout the city, a mobile library, a Public Administration Library in City Hall, and the Ohio Library for the Blind and Physically Disabled.
Special needs services provided by CHPL include "talking books" and Braille to the visually impaired, blind, and physically handicapped in 33 Ohio counties; its outreach services include books-by-mail, foreign language materials and bilingual programs, and passport application; its literacy services include GED classes and GED practice testing.
This information includes Ohio public library resources; regional, state, and federal resources; and electronic information resources. OPLIN is established by the Ohio Revised Code section 3375.64 [2] as an independent agency within the State Library of Ohio. OPLIN is governed by an eleven-member Board of Trustees, who are appointed by the ...
In the summer of 1856, Dr. Lord assumed charge of the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind, remaining there until 1868, when he went to Batavia, New York, to organize the new State Institution for the Blind. During the 19 years, Dr. Lord was superintendent of the institutions for the blind in Ohio and New York, Mrs. Lord assisted as ...
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