The Columbus Dispatch explores how Ohio’s libraries have evolved in recent years. The article dispels common stereotypes and explains how libraries have become gathering spots for community residents to learn and interact.

 

“The long-held stereotype goes something like this: When you walk into a library, you can hear a pin drop.

But such environments, central Ohio library officials say, simply don’t exist anymore.

The focus of the 21st-century library is “less about collections and more about connections,” said Ben Zenitsky, a spokesman for the Columbus Metropolitan Library.”

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