Like to talk about what you read? There are five different Book Discussion groups that meet at different Library locations throughout the month. Check At The Library for listings and current reads, or call your community Branch location.
Children in grades 1-6 who want to improve their reading skills can practice with a friendly dog at 3 locations of the Library. These therapy dogs love to be read to so kids can bring their own favorite books or read a Library book to Walker, Rupy or Lilly at Ontario, Bellville or Main. Sit, Stay & Read is scheduled in 15 minute sessions so call for times and reservations.
Welcome to the new virtual Mansfield/Richland County Public Library. We hope you'll find it easy to use, full of content that you find important, useful and relevant. It is a work in progress, as any new web site should be. We've been working on it for months, and we think it's ready, but we want your feedback. Give us your suggestions or comments.
Great art speaks powerfully, inspires fresh thinking and connects us to our past.
Picturing America, an exciting new initiative from the National Endowment for the Humanities, brings masterpieces of American art into classrooms and libraries across the nation.
The Picturing America collection is available in the Adult Department at the Main Library, along with a Resource Guide. Ask any librarian for more information; click here for the Picturing America web site.
Albert Bierstadt, Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California, 1865 Albert Bierstadt (American, 1830–1902), Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California, 1865. (Accession no. 1991.879) Oil on canvas, 64 1/2 x 96 1/2 in. (163.83 x 245.11 cm.). Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Ala.; Gift of the Birmingham Public Library.