TumbleBooks

TumbleBooks is a collection of TumbleBooks – animated, talking picture books – suited for elementary school children. TumbleBooks are created from existing picture books, adding sound, animation, music and narration to create an electronic picture book. Click here to access Tumble Books

Ohio Web Library

The Ohio Web Library is an evolving collection of thousands of online publications and research resources. The Ohio Web Library includes: popular magazines, trade publications, scholarly research journals, newspapers, encyclopedias, dictionaries, speeches, poems, plays, maps, satellite images of Ohio, and more. Click here to access the Ohio Web Library

Novelist

There’s not enough time to read everything. Choose your next read wisely with book recommendations from the experts. Discover new books based on your likes and dislikes; Get a critic’s perspective of your book club pick to drum up a lively discussion; Find out which books you should read in… Read More »

Ohio Memory Project

Ohio Memory is the collaborative digital library of the Ohio History Connection and the State Library of Ohio, which includes collections from more than 360 cultural heritage institutions from all of Ohio’s 88 counties. Click here to access the Ohio Memory Project

Veteran Interviews

The Portsmouth Library is interviewing local military veterans. If you or someone you know would be interested in participating in this project, please call 740-354-5688 ext. 10519 to schedule an interview. The interviews will be conducted by U.S. Army veteran John McHenry. Video is the preferred format, but audio-only is… Read More »

Announcing a New Digital Service – hoopla!

The Portsmouth Public Library System is excited to announce the public availability of thousands of movies, television shows, music albums and audiobooks, all available for mobile and online access through a new partnership with hoopla digital – all you need is a valid library card! Portsmouth Public Library System card… Read More »

TumbleBooks

The Portsmouth Public Library offers the TumbleBook Library for use by our library patrons. This library is a collection of TumbleBooks – animated, talking picture books – suited for elementary school children. TumbleBooks are created from existing picture books, adding sound, animation, music and narration to create an electronic picture… Read More »

Build Professional Skills with LinkedIn Learning!

WHAT IS IT? LinkedIn, lynda.com’s parent company, has migrated content into a new platform called LinkedIn Learning. It is still the same online learning solution that will help you gain new career skills. HOW DO I ACCESS IT? You can access training content with your library card number and PIN… Read More »

Quick Pick Books

Your PPL is featuring a new service called Quick Pick to help you get new books more quickly! Here’s how it works: Quick Pick is a special collection of new adult fiction & non-fiction books including bestselling titles and older, high demand titles that compliments the existing collection. This service… Read More »

Memorial Donations

Honor someone special in your life by making a meaningful donation to the Scioto County Public Library in their name. A tribute or memorial gift is a simple, thoughtful way to show your respect for a family member, friend or co-worker. Your gift makes it possible for the Library to… Read More »

Yearbook Collection

Come spend a day traveling back in time in our Local History Department at the Portsmouth library!!! We have hundreds of Scioto County High School year books to look through. You might even see someone you know! 🙂 Interested in donating your old yearbooks to the collection? Call the 740-354-5304… Read More »