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Drop in and create, invent, and explore with a different hands-on project every Thursday from 2:30pm-4:00pm.
Project are designed for ages 8 and up. No registration is required.

March 27 – Spring Break
No IMake 🙁

April 3 – Makey Makey
An invention kit for the 21st century! Turn everyday objects into controllers, it’s a simple invention kit for beginners and experts doing art, engineering, and everything in between.

April 10 – Yarn Art
Create a mini masterpiece with yarn! Using coloring utensils and pieces of yarn, we’ll make art on tiny easels. Recreate a famous work of art or make your own that you can fit in your pocket so you don’t even need to go to a museum to show it off!

April 17 – Shrinky Dinks
Create charms, keychains, or other trinkets by decorating think, flexible sheets of plastic then shrinking them to about one-third their original size by applying heat. 

Pick up your Library material from our convenient drive-up window located on the west side of the building, connected to the Workshop and Community Room. While the drive-up window is available now, the Workshop and Community Room will open to library patrons later this spring. The drive-up window is open during the following days and times: Monday-Thursday 9:30am-7:00pm, Friday-Saturday 9:30am-Noon.

Placing Your Holds

• Reserve items online in our catalog, using the Plain City Public Library app, by phone or in person.
  
  
• Select Plain City Library Drive-up Window as your pickup library.

Picking Up Your Holds

• As always, we will notify you when your holds are ready to pick up. We will hold your items at the drive-up window for 3 days.
• Pull up to the window for service during our open hours listed below.
• When you arrive, ring the bell to the left of the drive-up window then show your library card or photo ID to check out. Your items will be handed to you through the drive-up window.

Returning Material

• A book return slot is conveniently located next to the drive-up window, in addition to the return slot at the rear of the building.

Other Services

• Black and white copies up to 25 pages


• Faxing services


• COVID-19 self-test kits

Drive-Up Window Hours

Monday-Thursday: 9:30am-7:00pm
Friday-Saturday: 9:30am-Noon

Kids who read 5 or more books will receive one free ticket to see Disney On Ice at the Nationwide Arena in February 

Disney On Ice has partnered with the Plain City Public Library and other central Ohio public libraries on a children’s reading program that is not only easy and fun, but gives them the opportunity to earn a free ticket to Disney On Ice, with the purchase of one adult ticket.

Kids are encouraged to visit their nearest participating public library to pick up a Disney On Ice Reward Club Card that includes program specifics. Once five or more books have been read, the child and their parents/guardians can take the Reward Club Card to the Nationwide Arena’s box office and redeem for the following performances only:

Friday, January 31^st at 10:30 AM & 7:00 PM

Saturday, February 1^st at 7:00 PM

Sunday, February 2^nd at 6:30 PM

Disney On Ice presents Frozen & Encanto skates into Columbus, playing nine fun-filled performances from January 30 – February 2, 2025 at Nationwide Arena. Family friendly ticket pricing available – tickets can be purchased online at Ticketmaster.com or in-person at the venue box office.

Visit the Library or email awarner@plaincitylib.org for more information about the Disney on Ice Reading is Cool program.

Many of our patrons will see the Plain City Public Library Levy on their November 5th, 2024 ballots. This levy is a renewal of the existing Library Levy, not a new tax.

55% of the library’s annual funding in 2023 came from a local property tax levy. This is compared to 44% of funding which came from state funds and other regular income and miscellaneous funds which make up about 1%.

Why is this levy renewal so important?

Since 2000, regular operating expenses are up nearly 200%. Unfortunately, state funding has declined further in 2024.

Levy funds support many community services such as:

Early literacy initiatives and summer reading

Technology training for adults

Enrichment and social activities for families

Aides for educators and deliveries to students

Educational and STEAM programs for all ages

Access to millions of free books, movies, music titles, games, and much more

Losing levy funds would be catastrophic to current services

Questions answered

1. This is NOT a new levy. This is a renewal for an existing 1.5mil levy that is set to expire in 2025.
2. Ohio Revised Code (3375.17) currently restricts how our library may levy taxes. Since the library seeks revenue for general operations, a property tax is the only permissible type of levy.
3. The library has NOT received corporate donations in lieu of property tax for abatements granted by county, township, or municipal governments.
4. Books & other materials are NOT free for the library, and digital content often costs 4 times more than print material.
5. Except for certain new construction, the library does NOT receive revenue from property tax bill increases due to higher property values.
6. The library pays monthly bills for non-discounted utilities including electric, telecommunications, water, gas, refuse, and recycling. In some cases, the library is even charged commercial rates which can be higher than residential rates.
7. The library is a stand-alone entity, serving multiple counties. We are not part of, or funded by, any county office, municipal office, public school district, or larger library system.
8. The library’s 2024 facility expansion was donor funded and the library will begin operating the new space in 2025 without additional revenue due to a reallocation of resources. This levy renewal is for current and continuing operating expenses.

For more information

Go directly to the source: contact Library Director, Chris Long at 614-873-4912, ext. 123 or via email at clong@plaincitylib.org.

Back-to-school is right around the corner! Don’t send your kids back without their most important school supply: their library card.

Let PCPL help with your back-to-school preparations!

• Get a library card
  Getting a library card is easy! Click the link for library card application and requirements.

• Finish summer reading requirements
  Visit our online catalog to request titles for school courses.

• Free research databases
  Use your Plain City Public Library card to access a variety of high-quality content and reliable sources.

• Download books to your device
  Short on time? Borrow e-books or audiobooks from Libby or hoopla, straight to your preferred device.

• Access to computers and printing
  Use a desktop or laptop computer in the library, or send a print from your phone or home computer.

Questions? Contact the Library online or by calling 614-873-4912 during our open hours of:

Monday-Thursday 10-8
Friday-Saturday 10-5
Closed Sunday