Departments
General Circulation
The Circulation department is located in the front lobby of the library. Items may be returned or taken out at the circulation desk. Borrowers may also pick up items that have been placed on hold (brought in from other libraries). The library assistants at Circulation will help you locate items throughout the building or assist in ordering items that are not currently stocked. A borrower may also take care of any pending overdue fines in this department.
Children/Teens
Located in the rear of the Schiappa Library, this area includes a listening center for audio books, toys for young ones, couches for parents, a youthful reading area for teens and several desks for studying and activities. There is also an activity room used for hosting children’s programming and large group activities.
Reference
The Reference department is mostly for quiet study and Internet usage. The room is equipped with eight computers wired to the Internet. The computers use timed software to allow each borrower up to an hour and twenty minutes of Internet time each day. The Reference staff will assist in technical support, troubleshooting, and will answer questions both in person and online through the Meebo chat service. The Reference librarian will also assist in ordering material not currently in the libraries database.
Ohio Room/Genealogy
The Ohio History/Genealogy department is unique to the Schiappa Branch Library. Nowhere else in the Jefferson County library system will one find this information. The room is filled with books not only helping with basic genealogy techniques, but also books specific to the Steubenville and Jefferson County region that the library serves. The collection consists of birth, death and marriage records, newspaper clippings, photo albums, high school yearbooks, and United States census materials, among other things. There is also a large collection the Steubenville area’s local newspaper, The Herald-Star, dating back to the early 19th century on microfilm. The genealogist on duty can assist in using these materials as well as the wide variety of online materials.
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