Lending Library Service
Ohio Association of Historical Societies and Museums
Local History Office, Ohio Historical Society
OAHSM's Lending Library, along with OAHSM's Local History Notebooks series, makes available hundreds of publications on the "how to" and "why" of operating a local historical society and doing local history.
To browse the list of Lending Library resources, click below:
| Publications in the Lending Library are organized into twenty-eight subject areas and include: |
- Archives and Manuscript Management
- Collection Preservation
- Fundraising and Development
- Education
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- Membership and Public Relations
- Public Programming
- Oral History
- Volunteers
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| Note: To show the full range of resources available under a particular subject, Local History Notebooks are also listed with the holdings of the Lending Library. |
A printed copy of OAHSM's Lending Library catalog is also available. The cost for the printed catalog is $5.00, which includes shipping and handling. If you'd like to order a Lending Library catalog, send a check for $5.00 payable to OAHSM to
OAHSM
c/o Local History Office
Ohio Historical Society
1982 Velma Avenue
Columbus, OH 43211-2497
How to borrow from the Lending Library
To order an item from the Lending Library, e-mail your request to mailto:oahsm@ohiohistory.org or call the Ohio Historical Society’s Local History Office at (614) 297-2340 or toll-free at (800) 858-6878. You can also send requests to the address above.
In your request, make sure to include these items:
- Call number or leaflet number *
- Title *
- Author (if given)
- Year of publication
Also include your
- Name *
- Organization (if any) *
- Mailing address, City, State, Zip *
- Phone number *
- E-mail address
- Web site URL (if any)
- OAHSM membership number
* Requests missing this information will not be fulfilled.
Fees
Members of OAHSM can borrow items free of charge. Non-members of OAHSM can borrow items from the library for a fee of $5.00. This fee is accessed each time a non-member uses the library. Click here to find out how you can become a member of OAHSM.
How many items can I borrow at one time?
How long can I keep them?
No more than three items can be borrowed from the Lending Library by a patron at a time. The loan period is one month.
How do I get the materials?
Once requested, library materials are sent via mail to the borrower free of charge. Members and non-members alike pay the cost of postage to return publications to the Ohio Historical Society’s Local History Office, the location OAHSM’s Lending Library.
OAHSM thanks Ruth Basner of North Canton for making possible this latest modification of OAHSM’s Lending Library pages on OHS’s web site. Her generosity is also enabling OAHSM to add new books to the library’s holdings, for which we are also thankful.
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