Public Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County

DIRECTOR'S COLUMN ARCHIVE

PLSJC Director Alan Hall writes a weekly column discussing library and community news, history, and other interesting subjects.

Additional Recent Columns

Library Paintings - (4/21/2013)

Our Library System and its Statistics - (4/14/2013)

The 1913 Flood - 100th Anniversary - (3/31/2013)

Downloading an e-book - (3/24/2013)

Counting Library Statistics - (3/17/2013)

The Last Muster - (3/10/2013)

Editing and Indexing the School Newspaper - (2/24/2013)

Working on the School Newspaper - (2/17/2013)

The Pew Research and Library Users - (2/3/2013)

The Book about Tin Cans - (1/27/2013)

The Librarian can mend - (1/20/2013)

Looking back at 2012 - (1/13/2013)

Slides and Old Photos - (1/6/2013)

Signs in Libraries - (12/30/2012)

Learning the Director's Station - (12/23/2012)

BedBugs and Libraries - (12/16/2012)

Delivery System to Libraries - (12/9/2012)

The Second Year of the Library Levy - (12/2/2012)

Library Talk in the Dining Car - (11/25/2012)

Schiappa Library and Linda Stuller - (11/18/2012)

The Dewey Decimal Classification - (11/11/2012)

What do I do? - (11/4/2012)

Public Libraries - Today - (10/28/2012)

Requesting Library Materials Online - (10/21/2012)

Invoices from the 1902 Building - (10/14/2012)

Media in 2012 - (10/7/2012)

Access to eBooks - (9/30/2012)

Mending in the Library - (9/23/2012)

Librarians as Information Specialists - (9/16/2012)

My First Library Article - (9/9/2012)

eLibrary - (9/2/2012)

The Ohio Historical Marker - Carnegie Library - (8/26/2012)

The New Library Computer System - (8/19/2012)

The New Library Roofs - (8/12/2012)

Carnegie Corporation of America - Libraries in the Digital Age - (8/5/2012)

What do people do in Libraries today? - (7/29/2012)

Selecting things for a Library - (7/22/2012)

Wonderful World of Ohio Magazine - (7/15/2012)

Ohio Historical Marker @ The Library - (7/8/2012)

Using the New Library Computer System - (7/1/2012)

Summer Reading Club @ the Library - (6/24/2012)

Library Computer Upgrade # 2 - (6/17/2012)

County Histories in Ohio - (6/10/2012)

Renovation of the Library Stone Wall - (6/3/2012)

Library Computer Upgrade - (5/27/2012)

Skimmer the Bookworm - (5/20/2012)

Mr. David W. Griffith, Director, 1950-1965 - (5/13/2012)

Library Under Construction - (5/6/2012)

Adding Local History - (4/29/2012)

The Statewide Delivery System - (4/22/2012)

Broadband Connections @ the Library - (4/15/2012)

The Library Levy - Year 2 - (4/8/2012)

The Value of Old Books - (4/1/2012)

The Demise of Encyclopaedia Britannica - (3/25/2012)

Steubenville--Where Heaved Ohio's Tide by John Maltese - (3/18/2012)

Large Print Books in the Library - (3/11/2012)

Ohio River Bridges - (3/4/2012)

The Schiappa Branch Library - 25 years later - (2/26/2012)

Dr. Samuel Hildreth - Part II - (2/19/2012)

Dr. Samuel Hildreth - Part I - (2/12/2012)

SEO Library Database - (2/5/2012)

Magazines in the Library - (1/29/2012)

Statistics for the Library - (1/22/2012)

Wheeling Steel Company - New Book - (1/15/2012)

Yearbooks in the Library - Mt. Pleasant - (1/8/2012)

Library Levy - First Year - (1/1/2012)

The Local History Collection - 30 years - (12/25/2011)

eBooks and the Library Collection - (12/18/2011)

The Staff of the Library System - (12/11/2011)

William Smurthwaite and Steubenville - (12/4/2011)

The New Bookmobile - (11/27/2011)

Donations to the Library - (11/20/2011)

Predicting the future of libraries - (11/6/2011)

What on the Library Shelves today? - (10/30/2011)

Capitol Theater Pipe Organ in Tulsa - (10/23/2011)

eBooks in the Library Collection - (10/16/2011)

1902 Roofing Issues - (10/2/2011)

High School Yearbooks in the Library - (9/25/2011)

Ohio Public Libraries - Different from the Rest - (9/18/2011)

The Library Levy - One Year Later - (9/11/2011)

Home Remedies - (9/4/2011)

The Edwin M. Stanton Statue Dedication - 1911 - (8/28/2011)

The Edwin M. Stanton Statue - 100th Anniversary - (8/21/2011)

The Card Catalog - (8/14/2011)

e-Books and the Library - (8/7/2011)

The Temple of Books/The People's University - (7/31/2011)

Reading/Book Clubs at the Library - (7/24/2011)

Jefferson's Library and Books - (7/17/2011)

The Library of Congress - (7/10/2011)

Library Funding in the State Budget - (7/3/2011)

Library Talk on the Bus - (6/26/2011)

There's a Slate in the Gutter - (6/19/2011)

Library Levy Promises - (6/12/2011)

Mending Library Books - (6/5/2011)

The Purpose of the Public Library - (5/29/2011)

Libraries and the Internet - (5/22/2011)

SEO Library Automation System - (5/15/2011)

Teaching Library Literacy - (5/8/2011)

Computers in the Library - (5/1/2011)

Returning Library Hours - (4/24/2011)

National Library Week - (4/17/2011)

Library Bond Issue of 1899 - (4/10/2011)

Library Levy - (4/3/2011)

1932 Library Annual Report - (3/27/2011)

Delivery Service to Branches - (3/20/2011)

Usage of the Library Continues to Grow - (3/13/2011)

Reading My Shelves - (3/6/2011)

Donations and the Library - (2/27/2011)

Tax Forms and the Library - (2/20/2011)

Ancestry.com - (2/13/2011)

111 and 2011 - (2/6/2011)

Collaboration and Libraries - (1/30/2011)

Baron Henning von Steuben - (1/23/2011)

What the Librarian Knows - (1/16/2011)

The Paper Book and Libraries - (1/9/2011)

Books by George A. Mosel - (1/2/2011)

40 years ago - My First Library Job - (12/26/2010)

The 2011 Library Budget - (12/19/2010)

The Radiator Hisses - (12/12/2010)

The Bubble Light Christmas Tree - (12/5/2010)

E-Books in the Library - (11/28/2010)

The Little Book from Michigan - (11/21/2010)

Thank You for the Library Levy - (11/14/2010)

Getting to the Library - (11/7/2010)

Library Card Sign-up - (10/10/2010)

Library Stories - (10/3/2010)

Oldest Book in the Library - (9/26/2010)

Library Mentors - (9/19/2010)

Library Audit - (9/12/2010)

Use of the Levy Funds - (9/5/2010)

Working by Myself - (8/29/2010)

Summer Reading Program - (8/22/2010)

The Library is Closed this Week - (8/15/2010)

The Dewey Decimal System - (8/8/2010)

The Library Levy - (8/1/2010)

Steubenville and Vicinity - 1926 - (7/25/2010)

The Obsolete Librarian - (7/18/2010)

Libraries in Ohio - (7/11/2010)

Find A Grave - (7/4/2010)

The Library Levy - (6/27/2010)

Ohio's Good Roads Magazine - (6/20/2010)

Public Library Data - (6/13/2010)

The Story of Historic Fort Steuben - new book - (6/6/2010)

Library Browsing - (5/30/2010)

The Library in the State Budget - (5/23/2010)

A Library Storyteller - (5/16/2010)

The Library as an Agency for the Public - (5/9/2010)

The Main Library - (5/2/2010)

Gates Computers - (4/25/2010)

Overdue fines and the Library Budget - (4/18/2010)

The Director on Facebook - (4/11/2010)

Books in the Library, and New Formats - (4/4/2010)

2009 Statistics - (3/28/2010)

I'm back - (3/21/2010)

My Last Column, for awhile - (12/27/2009)

The Schiappa Branch Library is born - (12/20/2009)

The West End Branch Library - (12/13/2009)

The County Branch Libraries - (12/6/2009)

The Toronto Branch Library - (11/27/2009)

The Carnegie Library opens ... - (11/22/2009)

The Library System and Carnegie Library - (11/15/2009)

Library Funding - (11/8/2009)

Paintings at the Main Library - Part II - (11/1/2009)

Paintings at the Main Library - Part I - (10/25/2009)

Mending books in the library - (10/18/2009)

The Case for Books - (10/11/2009)

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grant - (10/4/2009)

Main Library Parking - (9/27/2009)

Budget Changes at the Library - (9/20/2009)

Books and Libraries - (9/13/2009)

Memorial Day & Labor Day - (9/6/2009)

Researching TV Shows - (8/30/2009)

Cuts at the Library - (8/23/2009)

Capitol Theater Pipe Organ - (8/16/2009)

Tiffin-Seneca County Library joins System - (8/9/2009)

Annual Report for Ohio - 1885 - (8/2/2009)

The Outcome of Ohio's Library Funding Crisis - (7/26/2009)

Ohio's Library Funding Crisis Continues - (7/19/2009)

Ohio's Libraries share - (7/12/2009)

Ohio's Library Funding Crisis - (7/5/2009)

The Governor's Budget - (6/28/2009)

McGuffey's Readers - (6/21/2009)

The Future of the Public Library - (6/14/2009)

A Day in the Life of a Library Director - (6/7/2009)

Paying with Plastic at the Library - (5/31/2009)

Busy Days at the Library - (5/24/2009)

History of the Library System - (5/17/2009)

Carl Sandburg Home - (5/10/2009)

The Hub Department Store History - (5/3/2009)

The Gettysburg Address - (4/26/2009)

Flowering Trees - (4/19/2009)

Communication Transition - (4/12/2009)

Libraries and the Economy - (4/5/2009)

E-Mail and Urban Legends - (3/29/2009)

Donations to the Library - (3/22/2009)

Market Street Bridge - (3/15/2009)

Preserving for the Future - (3/8/2009)

Overdue Books and Credit Collection - (3/1/2009)

History of our Online System - (2/22/2009)

Edward Heald's Thesis - (2/15/2009)

The Library Online Catalog - (2/8/2009)

Library Organizational Meeting - (2/1/2009)

The History of Phones - (1/25/2009)

Obama and Libraries - (1/18/2009)

If a Book could Talk - (1/11/2009)

Pikes Peak Ocean-to-Ocean Highway - (1/4/2009)

Online Databases at the Library - (12/28/2008)

2009 Library Budget - (12/21/2008)

The Demise of Libraries - (12/14/2008)

Steubenville's Centennial Celebrations - (12/7/2008)

Moving Library Books - (11/30/2008)

Cross-Country Train Trip - (11/16/2008)

More Pioneer Living - (10/26/2008)

Pioneer Living in the 1820s - (10/19/2008)

The Capitol Theater Pipe Organ in Tulsa - (10/12/2008)

Customer Service - 21st Century - (10/5/2008)

Tips & Trips for Tourists in Steubenville - (9/28/2008)

The New Look of the Library Online Catalog - (9/21/2008)

Using the Library and Reading - (9/14/2008)

The Capitol Theater - Steubenville - (9/7/2008)

Steubenville Theater History - (8/31/2008)

Carnegie Libraries in Ohio - (8/24/2008)

Horizon Information Portal - The Card Catalog - (8/10/2008)

The History of Children's Books - (8/3/2008)

Lonely Books - (7/27/2008)

Internet Meltdown - (7/20/2008)

OPLIN Birthday - (7/13/2008)

Newspapers on Microfilm - (7/6/2008)

The Library and the Economy - (6/29/2008)

The Online Catalog - (6/22/2008)

The Ohio Guide - 1940 - (6/15/2008)

Haunted Ohio - (6/8/2008)

Mark Twain and his books - (6/1/2008)

Decoration Day - (5/25/2008)

Painting of Baron Von Steuben - (5/11/2008)

The tree in the library chimney - (5/4/2008)

Curiosities - Part II - (4/27/2008)

Curiosities - Part I - (4/20/2008)

The Noisy Library and Heloise - (4/13/2008)

Developing a library collection - (4/6/2008)

The Library Elf - (3/30/2008)

An Early Easter - (3/23/2008)

Librarians count things - (3/16/2008)

The Online Catalog - 15 years - (3/9/2008)

Selecting books for the library - (3/2/2008)

Library Cafe - (2/24/2008)

2008 Library Budget - (2/17/2008)

Building the Library Collection - (2/3/2008)

Parking at the Library - (1/27/2008)

Young People and Libraries - (1/20/2008)

Treating Books Today - (1/13/2008)

Library Funding for 2008 - (1/6/2008)

Price It! An Antiques Database - (12/30/2007)

The Night Before Christmas - (12/23/2007)

Andrew Carnegie - The Author - (12/16/2007)

Ohio History Sketches - (7/8/2007)

Frank Siedel, The Ohio Storyteller - (7/1/2007)

Today's communication - (6/24/2007)

The Human Factor in Society - (6/17/2007)

The Best Seller List - (6/10/2007)

The National Register of Historic Places - (5/27/2007)

James Bertram, Carnegie's secretary - (5/13/2007)

Andrew Carnegie and his libraries - (5/6/2007)

Library History in Ohio - (4/29/2007)

National Library Week - (4/22/2007)

State Library Genealogy Collection - (4/15/2007)

The Future of the Book - (4/8/2007)

Through a Rear-View Mirror - (4/1/2007)

BookNews - (3/18/2007)

The Library, 1965-2007 - (3/11/2007)

The Digital Shoebox - new books - (3/4/2007)

The Library of Congress - (2/25/2007)

Counting library things - (2/18/2007)

James A. Garfield and politics - (2/11/2007)

Schiappa Library's 20th anniversary - (2/4/2007)

Planning a West End Branch Library - (1/28/2007)

The Computer Fix - (1/21/2007)

Ellen Summers Wilson, First Librarian - (1/14/2007)

The New Year and Libraries - (1/7/2007)

The New Year - (12/31/2006)

Christmas Facts and Fancies - (12/24/2006)

Ohio Then & Now - (12/17/2006)

AEP: 100 years - (12/10/2006)

The Internet and The Library - (12/3/2006)

The Library Tower - (11/26/2006)

The Other Library Branch - (11/19/2006)

Finding Local History - (11/12/2006)

E-Rate Discounts - (11/5/2006)

WorldCat - (10/29/2006)

A Century of a Library Building - (10/22/2006)

I wish I'd been there - (10/15/2006)

Wikipedia vs. Britannica - (10/8/2006)

Searching Tips - (10/1/2006)

County histories - (9/24/2006)

Library Book Sales - (8/27/2006)

Bezaleel Wells and his Portrait - (8/20/2006)

James Ross and his portrait - (8/6/2006)

The Da Vinci Code - (7/30/2006)

A day which will live in infamy - (7/23/2006)

The Future of Libraries, Part II - (7/16/2006)

The Future of Libraries - (7/9/2006)

The end of SOLO - (6/25/2006)

200 years of the Herald Star - (6/18/2006)

Antique Toys and the Internet Marketplace - (6/11/2006)

Telephone numbers - (6/4/2006)

Internet Searches: Librarians do it better - (5/28/2006)

KnowItNow 24X7 available to the public - (5/21/2006)

The end of the Book Pocket - (5/14/2006)

The library's busy month - (5/7/2006)

Area libraries standardize procedures - (4/30/2006)

The Steubenville book - a year later - (4/23/2006)

Security and Technology - (4/16/2006)

Miss Wilson and the first library - (4/9/2006)

Findlay-Hancock County Library joins system - (4/2/2006)

In the Electronic World of Today, the Library is Still Here to Serve You. - (3/26/2006)

Library Card Catalog Now Information Portal - (3/19/2006)

The Next Generation of Librarians - (3/12/2006)

Margaret Henderson Floyd's Book Highlights Carnegie Library - (3/5/2006)

Schiappa Branch Anniversary in 2007 - (2/26/2006)

Our Public Library Usage Has Increased Over Past Decade - (2/19/2006)

Library Survey Results In - (2/12/2006)

Common Misconception About Library Books - (2/5/2006)

Anniversary of Countywide Library System - (1/29/2006)

Archives of the Local Area Newspapers - (1/22/2006)

Newspaper Archives are the Basis for Local History - (1/15/2006)

Providing Information to Library Users - (1/8/2006)

One-Hundred and Six Years Serving the Community - (1/1/2006)

Family Tree Research - (12/25/2005)

History Through Magazine Advertisements - (12/18/2005)

What Is the Importance of Reading in Our Society Today? - (12/11/2005)

Interesting Information Can Be Found on the Digital Shoebox Website. - (12/4/2005)

Celebrating 35 Years of Service to the Public Library - (11/27/2005)

Providing Information through SirsiDynix - (11/20/2005)

Digital Shoebox Expansion - (11/6/2005)

Using the Library to Check Out E-Books - (10/30/2005)

Ben Franklin's 300th Birthday - (10/23/2005)

Library Service Provided to NBC - (10/16/2005)

"The World is Flat" - (10/9/2005)

Wikipedia Interest - (10/2/2005)

Local History Informtion Comes In Bits and Pieces - (9/25/2005)

Have You Checked the Encyclopedia? - (9/18/2005)

Library Automation System - (9/11/2005)

Andrew Carnegie and Public Libraries - (8/21/2005)

Libraries are an Important Institution to the Community. - (8/14/2005)

The Library and the State Budget - (8/7/2005)

Final Volume of Scrapbooks - (7/31/2005)

Inquires About the Value of Old Books. - (7/17/2005)

The Adventures of Reuben Gold Thwaites - (7/10/2005)

"Steubenville" A Book Written by Librarians - (7/3/2005)

Computer Data Migration - (6/19/2005)

The Library Of Congress is Our Nation's National Library. - (6/12/2005)

Horizon Information Portal - (6/5/2005)

June Will Bring a Change of Computer Systems - (5/29/2005)

The Early History of Coal Mining in Steubenville - (5/22/2005)

Digital Shoebox Almost Three Years Old - (5/15/2005)

The Future: Access Uniform Fees at the Library? - (5/1/2005)

The Dewey Decimal Classification and Libraries Go Hand-In-Hand. - (4/24/2005)

America's Writing Skills - (4/17/2005)

Providing Service for Over a Century - (4/10/2005)

Funding of Ohio's Public Libraries - (4/3/2005)

Difficulties in the English Language - (3/27/2005)

The Book Is at the Printer! - (3/20/2005)

Mayor Miller's Scrapbooks - (3/13/2005)

Libraries Are An Important Part Of The Economy - (2/27/2005)

Finding Answers to Reference Questions - (2/20/2005)

The Internet and Contact Information - (2/13/2005)

Libraries Waiting to Hear News About State Budget - (2/6/2005)

Reuben Gold Thwaites - (1/30/2005)

Library History Through Newspaper Clippings - (1/23/2005)

The Latest Craze Is E-books - (1/16/2005)

Questions About the Library Answered - (1/9/2005)

The New Year and Techology Changes - (1/2/2005)