The Shelby County Public Library receives most of its operating funds from property taxes. This year, the library’s property tax rate is 3.30 cents per $100 of assessed property value. The property tax rate is set each year by the Library Board of Trustees, using...
The Shelby County Public Library was last renovated more than a decade ago, when the eastern-most wing was added in 2007, creating the Hudson Room and relocating the Kentucky Room. Working with Pearson and Peters Architects of Lexington and Collective Spaces Design Works of Cincinnati,...
[caption id="attachment_13194" align="alignright" width="225"] Amanda Perry-Davis, Collection Management Librarian[/caption] [caption id="attachment_13200" align="alignright" width="300"] Megan Langlois Livers, Youth Services Librarian[/caption] Megan Langlois Livers and Amanda Perry-Davis have completed the ALA-accredited Master of Library and Information Science program at San Jose State University. Both Langlois Livers and Perry-Davis intend to...
Join Youth Services Librarian Megan Langlois for today's story time! [vc_video link='https://vimeo.com/533134458']...
This third and final installment for the Shelby County Public Library's Women's History Month series honors Mary Addams Bayne. The article was written by Heather Cecil and is reproduced with the permission of the author. Mary Addams Bayne In the days before women gained the right to...
[caption id="attachment_11972" align="alignright" width="340"] Dunbar, photo from Ohio History Connection.[/caption] In honor of Women’s History Month, the Shelby County Public Library will highlight notable Kentucky women throughout the month of March. Earlier this month, we discussed Julia A. Tevis, the founder of Science Hill School. Today,...
In honor of Women’s History Month, the Shelby County Public Library will highlight notable Kentucky women throughout the month of March, beginning with Shelbyville’s own Julia A. Tevis (December 5, 1799 - April 21, 1880). Julia Ann Hieronymus was born in Clark County, Kentucky on...
Update: Our reopening for in-person services has been delayed to Tuesday, February 23. Curbside service will be available Wednesday, February 17 through Saturday, February 20 — weather permitting — and Monday, February 22. We are excited to announce that the Library building will reopen on Tuesday,...
January 4, 2021 For Immediate Release Shelbyville, KY — The Shelby County Public Library has added ten new items to its collection: wireless hotspots, helping to close the digital divide in Shelby County. A major tenant of the library’s long range plan and mission statement is to...