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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...

[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...

by Shana Schack, Reference Librarian Shana Schack has been with the Shelby County Public Library for eleven and a half years and is currently the Adult Services Librarian. She has a BA in Psychology from the University of Louisville and received her MLIS in 2017 from...

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