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15 million+ songs

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Download mp3s to keep from Freegal.

Access 15 million+ songs from 40,000+ labels with music that originates in over 100 countries, including from Sony Music’s catalog of legendary artists.

There is no software to download, and no digital rights management (DRM) restrictions.

Free mobile apps available. Limit: 5 downloads each week. A Wish List helps you keep track of your favorites.

Available from GHPL’s Digital Collections at ghpl.org/ebooks or directly at ghpl.freegalmusic.com.

Get creative with these video classes

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Nurture your creative side with 1000+ video classes in painting, printmaking, knitting, crafting, jewelry, baking, and more.

Creativebug’s award-winning classes are taught by recognized design experts and artists.

Get started at creativebug.com/lib/ghpl, available from our Research collections at ghpl.org/research.

Online resources for kids

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Tumblebooks is offering libraries their online resources for free through the beginning of August 2020.

Stream animated talking picture books for kids, e-books for teens, e-audiobooks for all ages, math resources, educational videos, and more.

Get instant access – no library card or login required.

E-Books:

E-Audiobooks:

Find more resources for kids from our Digital Collections at ghpl.org/ebooks:

  • SCHOLASTIC GO!
    Strengthen content knowledge, vocabulary, and core proficiency skills with credible, accurate, reliable content on almost every core-curricula subject. Explore nonfiction texts, world newspapers, videos, and more.
  • SCHOLASTIC TEACHABLES
    Printable activities for any subject: math, science, reading comprehension, STEM, writing, and beyond. Download printable lesson plans, reading passages, games and puzzles, clip art, bulletin board ideas, and skills sheets for kids in any grade.
  • BOOKFLIX
    Combines classic stories on video with nonfiction e-books to help young readers discover a whole new reading possibility. For pre-kindergarten through third grade.

GHPL closed March 15-April 7

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In the interest of public safety during the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) in Ohio, the Grandview Heights Public Library (GHPL) will be CLOSED from Sunday, March 15, through Tuesday, April 7, 2020. The library is currently planning to reopen Wednesday, April 8, 2020.

Following the Ohio Governor’s recent ban on mass gatherings and closing of all K-12 schools in Ohio, the library is continuing to take precautions to ensure the safety of patrons, staff, and everyone in the community.

All physical material due dates will be extended to Wednesday, April 8, 2020. Library materials should not be returned to the library until after April 8. There are no late fees for overdue materials.

Digital resources are always available at ghpl.org. Access e-books, e-audiobooks, magazines, movies, and music, plus research and learning tools, from our Digital Library. Download the free Grandview Heights Public Library app, available from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

Additionally, library staff will be assisting patrons by phone at 614-486-2951 and online at ghpl.org when possible during this closure.

GHPL will continue to monitor information about the virus from federal, state, and local health agencies. Updates about library operations will be provided as they become available through the library’s website, enewsletter, and social media.

GHPL thanks our patrons for their patience and understanding during this time.

Get current information about the virus:

To prevent the spread of this, or any, infectious disease:

  • Wash your hands often with soap and water.
  • Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.
  • Avoid close contact with people who are sick.
  • Stay home when you are sick.
  • Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash.
  • Steps to Prevent Illness from the coronavirus (CDC)

Board of Trustees meeting moved to 3/14

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The March Library Board of Trustees meeting has moved from Tuesday, March 17, to Saturday, March 14, at noon, in Conference Room A of the library.

Library events, meeting reservations CANCELLED through April 6

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The Grandview Heights Public Library (GHPL) is continuing to take precautions regarding the spread of COVID-19 (also known as coronavirus) to ensure the safety of patrons, staff, and everyone in the community.

While the library currently remains open:

  • GHPL is cancelling all classes, programs, meeting room reservations, and events now through April 6.
  • Toys in Youth Services have been temporarily removed for cleaning and safe storage.
  • Patrons who are ill or at-risk for contracting the virus are asked to avoid visiting the library during this time.

GHPL has increased measures already in place to reduce disease transmission and promote safe health practices, especially during cold and flu season:

  • Hand sanitizing dispensers are available throughout the library and at library service desks.
  • Staff and patrons are encouraged to wash their hands frequently and to avoid touching their faces.
  • Cleaning has been increased at the library, including high-use public areas, surfaces, devices, equipment, and play areas.

GHPL will continue to monitor information about the virus from federal, state, and local health agencies. Updates about library operations will be provided as they become available through library’s website, enewsletter, and social media.

Get current information about the virus:

To prevent the spread of this, or any, infectious disease:

  • Wash your hands often with soap and water.
  • Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.
  • Avoid close contact with people who are sick.
  • Stay home when you are sick.
  • Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash.
  • Steps to Prevent Illness from the coronavirus (CDC)

Visit GHPL’s Digital Library for online books, audiobooks, movies, music, and other digital services.

Download the new free Grandview Heights Public Library app, available from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

Mobile app

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Download the free Grandview Heights Public Library app, available from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

Get quick access to great mobile features:

  • Bookshelf
    View your account, reserve items, and renew materials.
  • Virtual Card
    Save a digital version of your library card to use when you visit the library.
  • Scan an ISBN Barcode
    Discover a great book outside of the library? Scan the ISBN barcode in the app to instantly search the library’s collection and reserve a copy.
  • Events
    Find exciting library events, talks, workshops, and performances at the library.
  • Mobile printing
    Send print jobs to the library from your device.
  • Reserve a meeting room
  • Library news

Coronavirus and health safety

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The Grandview Heights Public Library (GHPL) is continuing to take precautions regarding the spread of COVID-19 (also known as coronavirus) to ensure the safety of patrons, staff, and everyone in the community.

While risk to the general public is still considered low, GHPL will continue to monitor information about the virus from federal, state, and local health departments as it becomes available.

GHPL has measures in place to reduce disease transmission and promote safe health practices, especially during cold and flu season:

  • Hand sanitizing dispensers are available throughout the library and at library service desks.
  • Staff and patrons are encouraged to wash their hands frequently and to avoid touching their faces.
  • Staff clean the library – including high-use public areas, surfaces, devices, equipment, play areas, and toys – on a daily basis.

To prevent the spread of this, or any, infectious disease:

  • Wash your hands often with soap and water.
  • Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.
  • Avoid close contact with people who are sick.
  • Stay home when you are sick.
  • Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash.

Get current information about COVID-19 from these health agencies:

Tax information

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The IRS tax filing deadline is Wednesday, April 15, 2020.

Like last year, most forms and instructions will be available online only.

A limited number of paper forms are available on the second level of the library.

  • If a specific paper form is unavailable or has not been sent to us from the IRS, use the dedicated tax computer station & printer.
    • This station has the most common federal, state, and city forms. Five pages may be printed for free from this station per patron.
  • Additional or longer forms may be printed from a Reference computer workstation for the standard printing fees ($.10/page for b&w, $.25/page for color).

For more information, call the library at 614-486-2951.

Note: Library staff cannot prepare taxes or answer specific tax-related questions. 

Nine Central Ohio libraries host Margaret Atwood

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UPDATE 05/15/2020 – EVENT POSTPONED:
Due to concerns about the ongoing threat of COVID-19, the Margaret Atwood author event originally scheduled for September 13, 2020, has been POSTPONED. No exact date has been confirmed, but the presenting libraries are working to reschedule this event in fall 2021. More information will be shared about the rescheduled event as it becomes available.

The Grandview Heights Public Library, in partnership with 8 other Central Ohio libraries, will host “A Conversation with Margaret Atwood” on Sunday, September 13, 2020, at 2 pm, at the Palace Theatre (34 W. Broad St., Columbus, OH 43215).

PRESENTING CENTRAL OHIO LIBRARIES

ABOUT THE EVENT

  • Tickets go on sale via CAPA on Monday, June 15, 2020, at 10 am.
  • Ticket prices begin at $25 (plus fees).
  • All ticket sales are handled through CAPA: online at capa.com, by phone at 614-469-0939, and in-person at the CBUSArts Ticket Center at 39 E. State St. Columbus, OH 43215.
  • Libraries are not a point-of-sale location.
  • The Palace Theatre seats 2,695. All guests must have a ticket to enter.  No advanced sales will be made available to library patrons or library staff.
  • WOSU Public Media’s Ann Fisher (All Sides with Ann Fisher) will lead a conversation with the author with the opportunity for audience members to submit questions.
  • Book signing with the author to follow, with the opportunity to purchase books from Gramercy Books.

ABOUT MARGARET ATWOOD

  • Margaret Atwood has long been a literary titan. With her 1985 novel The Handmaid’s Tale adapted into an 11-time Emmy Award-winning television series, and its sequel, The Testaments, winning the 2019 Booker Prize, Atwood’s sharp eye is more crucial—and prescient—than ever.
  • Atwood’s newest novel and sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, The Testaments, has performed so well, it broke the record for best first-day sales of any Penguin Random House title in 2019. Having initially gone to press on the novel for 500,000 copies, the publisher has gone back twice already for more copies of The Testaments—in just over a week.
  • And with her work already producing two blockbuster television adaptations—first The Handmaid’s Tale, then Alias Grace—Atwood’s vision is reaching a wider audience than ever before. The Handmaid’s Tale received 13 Emmy nominations and eight awards—including for Best Drama. Atwood herself received a standing ovation at the awards ceremony. Alias Grace, now streaming on Netflix, is based on Atwood’s Giller-winning, Booker-shortlisted murder mystery, and is notable for being written, produced, and directed by women.
  • Atwood is the winner of many international literary awards, including the prestigious Booker Prize, Arthur C. Clarke Award, Governor General’s Award, the PEN Pinter Prize, the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Book Critics Circle, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. In October 2019, she was presented with the Companion of Honor award—given for achievements in the arts, literature, science and politics—by Queen Elizabeth, making Atwood only the third Canadian to receive the honor.
  • She is the author of more than 50 volumes of poetry, children’s literature, fiction, and non-fiction. Atwood is perhaps best known for her novels, which include The Edible Woman, The Robber Bride, The Blind Assassin, Oryx and Crake, and The Year of the Flood. Her non-fiction book Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth, part of the Massey Lecture series, was made into a documentary. The Oryx and Crake trilogy is being adapted into an HBO TV series by celebrated filmmaker Darren Aronofsky.
  • Her work has been published in more than 40 languages, including Farsi, Japanese, Turkish, Finnish, Korean, Icelandic and Estonian. She co-invented the LongPen, a remote signing device that allows someone to write in ink anywhere in the world via tablet PC and the internet. She is a founder of the Writers’ Trust of Canada and a founding trustee of the Griffin Poetry Prize.
  • She is also a popular personality on Twitter, with more than one million followers.

ABOUT THIS CENTRAL OHIO LIBRARY COLLABORATION

  • This library collaboration allows libraries to host large, impactful events in Central Ohio collectively by sharing costs, resources, and expertise.
  • In addition to resource sharing and encouraging partnership on various community-wide initiatives, these collective events enhance and further engage a community of readers and raise the visibility of libraries throughout Central Ohio.
  • This collaboration hosted travel author and TV host Rick Steves at the Southern Theatre in December 2019; the event sold out within hours of going on sale.