On November 1, 2019 Macmillan Publishers will embargo eBook copies of their titles so that libraries can only purchase one copy initially and have to wait 8 weeks to get full access to purchase more.Read this piece from Technology Services Librarian Katie Puckett on what Macmillan's policy means for...

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...