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The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ documents collection is located on the 5th floor of Alden Library in the Government Documents Collection. ºìÐÓÊÓƵ documents are cataloged in the . Additional materials are available via .

The  is the regional depository for publications of ºìÐÓÊÓƵ state agencies. The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Revised Code Section 149.11 provides that the agencies shall deposit copies of their publications with the State Library. The State Library in turn distributes many of these publications to selected ºìÐÓÊÓƵ depository libraries for the use of ºìÐÓÊÓƵ residents.

ºìÐÓÊÓƵ became a State of ºìÐÓÊÓƵ depository in 1959 and receives all agency and department publications deemed important for public use and distributed through the state depository program. Items are received from state agencies such as the Department of Education, the Secretary of State, and the Natural Resources Department. Materials are also received from those agencies, boards, commissions, and bureaus which are funded by the state government, e.g. the Agricultural Research and Development Center, the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Youth Commission, the Public Utilities Commission, etc.

Our ºìÐÓÊÓƵ documents collection dates from the 1840’s and has over 18,000 volumes, 9,000 units of microfiche, and 196 periodical titles as well as digital content via the Internet. The collection includes everything from statistics to engineering studies, from recipes and geological maps, to brochures about the State Parks.

ºìÐÓÊÓƵ documents are shelved according to the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Documents Classification Scheme. This  is similar to the SuDoc system used for U.S. documents: it is an arrangement according to issuing agency rather than subject. ºìÐÓÊÓƵ document call numbers consist of letters and numbers such as the following:

• OD 1.2: A939 (A publication from ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Development Department)
• OGA 1.3: 977 (A publication from the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ General Assembly)
• ONR 1.16: 975/11 (A publication from the Department of Natural Resources)

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