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Effective July 1, 2022:

Patrons who are interested in borrowing a mobile hotspot should place a hold request by calling the Library at 740-446-7323 or by logging in to their online patron account.

Please click below for more information regarding this update.

Bossard Library, in partnership with the City of Gallipolis, is excited to offer Library patrons, ages 2 and older, with the opportunity to enroll in a six-week beginning swim class.

Please click below for more information and registration requirements.

We want your feedback!

Click below for a link to let us know your thoughts on Living History Nights.

Dive into reading this summer with our "Oceans of Possibilities" Summer Reading program.

Children, tweens, and teens are encouraged to register for the Summer Reading Program beginning Monday, June 6.

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Calling all history lovers!

Living History Nights, presented by the Gallipolis Living History Nights Committee, will be at the Bossard Library on July 18-20.

The theme for this year's performances is First Ladies in Black: Wives of Assassinated Presidents.

Each night a scholar/living historian will assume the role of a First Lady in Black and perform a monologue based on the life of that individual. Thursday's First Lady in Black will be Mary Todd Lincoln, Friday's First Lady in Black will be Lucretia Garfield, and Saturday's First Lady in Black will be Jacqueline Kennedy.

For more information, including times of performances, please click below. 

Bossard Library is again offering a Beginning Acoustic Guitar class starting on Monday, February 26, 2024.

This class will meet every Monday night from 6:30 - 7:30 PM for 10 weeks (ending on Monday, April 29). Our instructor will be Nick Stephens. The class is open to those ages 12 through adult.

The class is FREE but REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.

To register, please contact Lynn at 740.446.7323 x 229 or lpauley@bossardlibrary.org. If registering via email please include in your subject line "Guitar Registration".

Please click below for more information on this class.

We have our winners!

On April 11, winners were drawn for the 6 prize baskets in the Adult Winter Reading Program.

Please click below for the list of winners.

Join Bossard Library in celebrating National Library Week (April 3-April 9) by playing Bossard Bingo.

Starting Sunday, April 3, you can pick up your Bossard Bingo card at the Circulation Desk.

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Beginning immediately, Bossard Library (and other libraries in Ohio) will experience a delay in receiving books, audios, CDs, and DVDs ordered for our patrons from other libraries via interlibrary loan.

For more information, please click the link below.

Are you looking to improve your skills with computers, software, or technology?

If so, Bossard Library has a new resource to help you with that -- Northstar Digital Literacy.

Click the link below for more information and to sign-up.