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The Portsmouth Public Library is a public library located near downtown Portsmouth, Ohio, United States. It has served the city since 1879. The library has four branch locations in Scioto County: Lucasville, New Boston, South Webster, and Wheelersburg. The main library is located on Gallia Street across from the new Portsmouth High School complex.
The Killam Memorial Library is the main library of Dalhousie University, and the largest academic library in the Maritimes, comprising 230,000 square feet (21,000 m 2) of space. [ 1 ] History
Portsmouth is a city in and the county seat of Scioto County, Ohio, United States. [5] Located in southern Ohio 41 miles (66 km) south of Chillicothe, it lies on the north bank of the Ohio River, across from Kentucky and just east of the mouth of the Scioto River.
In the early 21st century, the service industry and healthcare, such as the Southern Ohio Medical Center (SOMC), is the county's largest employer. Scioto County is home to Ohio's newest state university, Shawnee State University, which enrolls between 3,300 and 4,000 students and grants associate, baccalaureate and master's degrees. Much of the ...
Sciotoville is a neighborhood in the city of Portsmouth in Scioto County, Ohio. It is located at the intersection of U.S. 52 and State Route 335 between the village of New Boston and Wheelersburg in Scioto County along the northern bank of the Ohio River. It has its own post office, but shares the ZIP code of 45662 with the city of Portsmouth. [2]
Clark Memorial Library. Shawnee State, located in downtown Portsmouth, has a 62-acre campus. [9] Its 28 buildings [10] include the Vern Riffe Center for the Arts, Clark Planetarium, Morris University Center, and James A. Rhodes Athletic Center. [11] The university's library [12] was named the Clark Memorial Library in 1997. [13]
[citation needed] The 230,000 sq ft (21,000 m 2) Killam Memorial Library constructed between 1966 and 1971 at a cost of $7.3 million (equivalent to $66 million in 2023) was designed by architect Leslie R. Fairn and remains an enduring legacy to this day. [citation needed]
The Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN) provides broadband Internet connections and related information services to Ohio public libraries.Its primary mission is to ensure that all Ohio residents have free public Internet access through the 251 independent local public library systems in Ohio, as well as the use of research databases not freely available on the World Wide Web.