Columbus Metropolitan Library

The Columbus Dispatch is one of several local organizations whose employees are making an effort to unionize. We're talking about the factors pushing Columbus employees toward unionizing on this hour of All Sides.

More than 600 library employees including librarians, customer service specialists and others, wants better working conditions and more input on library policies.

Some employees at the Columbus Metropolitan Library are working to unionize about 600 workers. The Ohio Federation of Teachers is the union employees would join.

A central Ohio native, Stine has written hundreds of spooky tales for young readers—most notably, the hugely successful Goosebumps books. He's giving a sold-out talk this Thursday as part of CML's Authors at the Library series.

The Columbus Metropolitan Library announced that it is selling the land north of the Shepard Branch to fund the construction of an affordable housing development by the non-profit Homeport.

Dan Pelzer passed away at the beginning of July, and has left behind a list of every book he read since 1962. Local libraries are honoring the voracious reader.

The documentary, “Free For All: The Public Library,” will have a free screening on Jan. 29 at the Columbus Metropolitan Public Library, with a wider release scheduled for April.

Nearly half of all books checked out by Columbus libraries are E-books, and that’s a problem. Digital books are more expensive than paper, costing libraries $75 for a two-year license of a single copy.

As part of its 150th birthday celebration, the Columbus Metropolitan Library holds its first Columbus Book Festival this weekend, with more than 200 authors from a variety of literary genres.

In 2010, Franklin County voters approved a $2.8 million continuing levy.