Jul. 31, 2024
Going For the Gold
By Kim Kiehl, Executive Director ... Read More
Jul. 24, 2024
I Scream, You Scream…
By Kim Kiehl, Executive Director ... Read More
Jul. 17, 2024
Singing Her Praises
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Jul. 10, 2024
What’s Cooking in the Stacks?
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Jul. 03, 2024
Finding the Story
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May. 30, 2024
Announcing the 2024 Ohio Book Award Finalists
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The Ohioana Library is pleased to announce the finalists for the 83rd annual Ohio Book Awards. First given in 1942, the awards are the second-oldest state literary prizes in the nation and honor outstanding works by Ohio authors and illustrators in five categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Middle Grade & Young Adult Literature, and Juvenile Literature. The sixth category, About Ohio ... Read More
Apr. 30, 2024
Kimberlee L. Kiehl, Ph.D. Named Executive Director of the Ohioana Library Association
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The Board of Trustees of the Ohioana Library Association announced that Kimberlee Kiehl, Ph.D. has been named Executive Director. “We are pleased to welcome Kim Kiehl as Ohioana’s new Executive Director. As President of the Board of Trustees, I’m excited and gratified that an experienced leader with so much success in the nonprofit, museum, and university sectors has elected to ... Read More
Feb. 01, 2024
The 2024 Ohioana Book Festival Authors and Illustrators
Announcing the 2024 Ohioana Book Festival Authors and Illustrators! We’re back! Yes, the Ohioana Book Festival will once again be LIVE and IN PERSON this April . . . and you’re invited! Join us as we present our 18th annual celebration of Ohio books, authors, and illustrators at the Columbus Metropolitan Library’s Main Library on Saturday, April 20, from 10:30 a.m. ... Read More
Jan. 12, 2024
Happy Birthday, Martha!
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This historic photograph was taken on December 29, 1930, in what was then the Governor’s Mansion in Columbus. It shows Ohio First Lady Martha Kinney Cooper a year after she founded the Ohioana Library in October 1929. Her vision: to create a special library dedicated to collecting, preserving, and celebrating books by Ohio authors and about Ohio subjects. The 350 ... Read More
May. 15, 2023
Announcing the 2023 Ohioana Book Award Finalists
Ohioana Library is pleased to announce the finalists for the 82nd annual Ohioana Book Awards. First given in 1942, the awards are the second-oldest state literary prizes in the nation and honor outstanding works by Ohio authors and illustrators in five categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Middle Grade/Young Adult Literature, and Juvenile Literature. The sixth category, About Ohio or an Ohioan, ... Read More