Southwest Public Libraries seeks to offer free and equal access to all. Here you can read the article published in the Southwest Messenger and Westside Messenger about why SPL went Fine Free. ...

PRESS RELEASE October 3, 2019 Southwest Public Libraries goes fine free, October 1, 2019 Grove City, Ohio—Southwest Public Libraries has officially gone fine free as of October 1, 2019. Joining a growing number of libraries in central Ohio, Southwest Public Libraries will no longer charge overdue...

Hooray!   Southwest Public Libraries is officially fine free as of October 1, 2019!    We want to break barriers to library access, and fines tend to keep people away from the library. As of October 1, there are no daily overdue fines on most items. Of course, we encourage you to...