April 2012

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• FrontPage, History

  This Day in History: April 20, 1999

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  April 20, 1999 – Massacre at Columbine High School, Littleton, Colorado Columbine Ohio eBook Project link in catalog

• FrontPage, History, State of Ohio Employees

  This Day in History: April 19, 1977

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  April 19, 1977 – Alex Haley receives a special Pulitzer Prize for his book Roots. Roots E185.97.H24 A33 1976x  Stacks

• FrontPage, History, State of Ohio Employees

  This Day in History: April 18, 1906

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  April 18, 1906 – A massive earthquake hits San Francisco, measuring 8.25 on the Richter scale. Disaster! : the great San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906 F869.S357 K87 2001   Stacks

• FrontPage, State of Ohio Employees

  New Books for Your Research

  04.17.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  We publish lists of new books in our collection which you may borrow. But, these currently do not include new titles available for in-house use only, such as subject-specific encyclopedias, new compilations of statistics, or other specialized volumes which are not usually read from cover to cover. We have just added The State of Black [...]

• FrontPage, History, State of Ohio Employees

  This Day in History: April 17, 1964

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  April 17, 1964 – Ohioan Jerrie Mock becomes first woman to fly solo around the world. Three-eight Charlie 629.13 M717T  Stacks

• Children & Youth Services

  PLA Conference session notes: Collaborating with Child Care Providers

  04.16.12 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  By Janet Ingraham Dwyer, Youth Services Library Consultant State Library of Ohio I’m sharing notes from the sessions I attended at the 2012 Public Library Association Conference in Philadelphia last month, in hopes that this information will be useful to the youth services community and others. These notes were also posted to the Library Youth [...]

• FrontPage, History

  This Day in History: April 16, 1922

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  April 16, 1922 – Annie Oakley shoots 100 clay targets in a row, setting a woman’s record. The life and legacy of Annie Oakley GV1157.O3 R55 1994  Stacks

• FrontPage, History, State of Ohio Employees

  This Day in History: April 15, 1912

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  April 15, 1912 – With her band playing on the deck, the ocean liner Titanic sinks at 2:27 a.m. in the North Atlantic. Titanic, destination disaster : the legends and the reality G530.T6 E36 1996x  Stacks

• FrontPage, History, State of Ohio Employees

  This Day in History: April 14, 1860

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  April 14, 1860 – The first Pony Express rider arrives in San Francisco with mail originating in St. Joseph, Missouri. Pony Express, the great gamble HE6375.B6  Stacks

• FrontPage, State of Ohio Employees

  April is the Month of the Military Child

  04.13.12 | Permalink | Comment?

  It is well known that children in military families cope with constant change and stress.  Learn how military children can be honored with Blue Star Families certificates of appreciation from parents, schools, and community groups.

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