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Library Law : Ohio and Federal: Home

Introduction

Many laws impact libraries. Copyright is one of the most important federal laws that libraries deal with. Please see my libguide, Registering and Protecting your Copyrighted Works for more information.

Books in the library

Local Government Law - County by William Conard II
Call Number: KFO 430 .C64

Publication Date: 2010

Part of Baldwin's Ohio Practice
Local Government Law - Township by Rebecca Princehorn
Call Number: KFO 430 .A6 B3

Publication Date: 2017

Part of Baldwin's Ohio Practice
Nimmer on Copyright by Melville Nimmer
Call Number: KF 2991.5 .N55

Also available from the Library's website, for Central Ohio attorneys with a Franklin County Law Library Card.

Links

AI chatbots need more books to learn from. These libraries are opening their stacks
AP News 6/12/25
AI-Generated Slop Is Already In Your Public Library
404 Media 2/4/25
ALA disappointed by FCC takebacks, lack of due process in decision to end library hotspots, school bus Wi-Fi
ALA 9/30/25
ANSI/NISO/LBC Z39.78-2000 (R2018)
NISO Standard for library book binding.
Every single library levy on the May 6, 2025 ballot passed in Ohio, and none of them were close.
Ohio Capital Journal, 5/8/25
Libraries and Intellectual Freedom
THE FIRST AMENDMENT ENCYCLOPEDIA - Middle Tennessee State University
Library levies clean up across Ohio
Ohio Capital Journal 11/13/23
NYC libraries to get budget funding back — and reopen on Sundays
Gothamist.com 6/27/24
Panel Discussion, Listen Online: Preserving Intellectual Freedom in Public Libraries (Recorded at the Columbus Ohio Metropolitan Club)
7/26/23 The recording is available at this link.

Upper Arlington library officially becomes union
Columbus Dispatch 5/16/24

Articles

Academic Librarians with Disabilities: A Literature Review
Whitt, Bridget. The Southeastern Librarian Vol. 72 , No. 2 (2024).
Academic Librarians’ Experiences and Perceptions on Mental Illness Stigma and the Workplace
Burns, Erin and Kristen Green. College & Research Libraries, Vol 80, No 5 (2019).
Hidden Barriers: The Experience of Academic Librarians and Archivists with Invisible Illnesses and/or Disabilities
Manwiller, Katelyn, Amelia Anderson, Heather Crozier, and Samantha Peter, College & Research Libraries,Vol 84, No 5 (2023)

Invisible Disabilities: Navigating the ADA & EEOC Regulations Concerning Neurodivergent Employees in Law Libraries
2025 AALL Spectrum article by Quinterrion Waits

Systemic Workplace Barriers for Academic Librarians with Disabilities
Oud, Janice. College & Research Libraries, Vol 80, No 2 (2019)

Too Many Spoons: Library Workers and Disabilities
Siraki, Anita. Library Leadership &
Management, 35(3) (2021).

Guide Author

Susanna Marlowe

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Franklin County Law Library Reference Librarian

614-525-4971