The Grandview Heights Public Library Foundation presents an evening with award-winning author Celeste Ng at the Grandview Heights High School Auditorium (1587 W. Third Ave.) on Monday, May 13, 2019, at 7 pm.

Her first novel, Everything I Never Told You (Penguin Press, 2014):

• New York Times Bestseller
• New York Times Notable Book of 2014
• Amazon’s #1 Best Book of 2014
• Best Book of the Year by over a dozen publications
• Currently being made into a blockbuster film starring Julia Roberts.

Her second novel, Little Fires Everywhere (Penguin Press, 2017):

• New York Times Bestseller
• Amazon’s #2 Best Book and Best Fiction Book of 2017
• Best Book of the Year by over 25 publications
• Winner of the Goodreads Readers Choice Award 2017 in Fiction
• Set in Shaker Heights, Ohio, where Ng grew up
• Currently being made into a Hulu miniseries starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington

Tickets are available through Eventbrite beginning Friday, March 1, 2019, 9 am.

Thank you to sponsors:

• Grandview Heights Marble Cliff Education Foundation
• Grandview Dental Care
• Keller Williams Classic Properties – Cantwell Eagleson Group
• Greta Kearns for Mayor of Grandview Heights
• Courtyard by Marriott – Courtyard Columbus OSU

For sponsorship information, contact foundation@ghpl.org.

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The Franklin County Board of Elections will displaying & demonstrating their new voting equipment at the library on Tuesday, February 12, from 11 am-1 pm & 6-8 pm.

The new hybrid voting system will be used for the first time during the Primary Election on Tuesday, May 7, 2019.

The new system allows you to cast a paper ballot by one of two methods:

1. On a touchscreen ballot marker or
2. Traditional “fill in the oval” paper ballot.

After completion of one of these processes, voters will insert their paper ballot in a ballot counting device before leaving the voting location.

The Board of Elections will be taking the new voting machines throughout the county to libraries, festivals, community events, as well as government & civic meetings to educate registered voters on how the system works.

The most recent voting system served county voters for more than 12 years. The Board of Elections spent the last two years vetting the latest voting systems on the market.

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Library Journal has named the Grandview Heights Public Library (GHPL) one of America’s best public libraries with a ranking of five stars for the 11th consecutive year.

This year, the journal’s Index of Public Library Service evaluated 7,361 U.S. public libraries across the country. 257 libraries received starred ratings, and 60 libraries received five-star ratings.

Ratings are based on 2016 data from the IMLS—circulation (physical and digital materials), visits, program attendance, and Internet use, each per capita.

In addition to GHPL, six other Central Ohio library systems received star ratings: Bexley Public Library, Columbus Metropolitan Library, Upper Arlington Public Library, Wagnalls Memorial Library, Westerville Public Library, and Worthington Libraries.

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Ohio’s public libraries recently announced (video) a new venture with LinkedIn Learning that allows Ohioans free access to Lynda.com with a valid Ohio library card. The agreement is the first-of-its-kind in the nation between LinkedIn and a statewide system of public libraries.