The State Library of Ohio invites K-12 students (including homeschoolers) to celebrate Constitution Day on September 17 by designing a poster showing how they benefited from the freedoms embodied in the U.S. Constitution. Entries must be postmarked by October 1, 2010.
The Poster Contest
Questions about the Constitution?
Sponsored by the Gov Doc Kids Group: Kansas Government Documents Roundtable, Johnson County (KS) Library, Muskingum
University, Visiting Librarian Service (OH), National Archives at Kansas City, Wichita State University, University of Kansas, Kansas
State University, Kansas State Library, State Library of Ohio, Government Documents Round Table of Ohio, Government Documents Roundtable (GODORT), a division of the American Library Association
National corporate sponsor: ConstitutionFacts.com, Naperville, IL | Government Partner: Defense Commissary Agency
For more information and to download the entry form visit: http://oh.webjunction.org/ohconstitutiondayposter
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The U.S. Congressional Serial Set is your primary source for history and genealogy questions. Every aspect of American history is included in the Serial Set. Genealogists use the Serial Set to locate land patents, pension records, compensation claims, military registers and much more. Very detailed information is included in 19th century and earlier federal publications.
The 30 minute online PowerPoint presentation will show you where to locate the LexisNexis Serial Set Digital Collection at the State Library website and introduce you to a wealth of historical and social information available.
The online class will take place at 10:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 25. To register go to the State Library of Ohio Events Calendar at http://host6.evanced.info/ohio/evanced/eventcalendar.asp
Online access to the digital Serial Set is available free to all Ohio residents who have a State Library of Ohio card.
For more information about the U.S. Congressional Serial Set go to: http://library.lexisnexis.com. You may also want to read this White paper on the Serial Set: An Insider’s View of the LexisNexis® U.S. Serial Set Digital Collection.
Tuscarawas Campus Library, Kent State University located in New Philadelphia has been added to the official list of designated depository libraries for government publications in Ohio. The library was designated by the Hon. Zack Space of the 18th Congressional District. Library director Michael Kobulnicky will be the coordinator between the library and the Federal Depository Library Program at the Government Printing Office.
As a federal depository library, Kent-Tuscarawas Campus Library will select and receive United States Government publications best suited to the needs of the patrons of the library and of the local population. Access to government publications is available to residents free of charge.
Kent-Tuscarawas joins Kenyon College and Muskingum College as federal depository libraries in the 18th Congressional District.
In October 2008, the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and the Government Printing Office (GPO) undertook a pilot to provide free public access to federal court records through PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records] at 17 federal depository libraries. The pilot has been suspended pending an evaluation. Once the evaluation is complete, the judiciary and the GPO will determine what steps need to be taken in order to move forward. The pilot is part of GPO’s efforts to increase public access to government information as well as the judiciary’s continuing effort to expand public access to court records.