The Information Place

Clark County Public Library

A podcast of the Clark County Public Library located in Springfield, Ohio!

  1. 11/13/2025

    Episode 16 - November is for Gaming and Writing

    Amanda chats about International Games Month and National Novel Writing Month and the Reference staff share their favorite games. Mentioned in this episode: The Great Courses Library Edition - Available through Libby Extras, The Great Courses Library Collection is a video on demand service brought to you by The Great Courses. With thousands of in-depth videos by the world's greatest professors, you'll always have something fascinating to learn about. There are never any commercials no matter how much you watch, and you can pause, rewind, fast forward or re-watch as often as you like. The best part is, it's free with your library card! Check out a 7-day pass through the Libby app and take a look at the Literature category for courses such as The Art of Storytelling, Writing Great Fiction, and How to Publish your Book! Gale Courses - Gale Courses offers a wide range of highly interactive, instructor led courses that you can take entirely online. As a library card holder in good standing, you are entitled to these courses at no cost. Courses run for six weeks and new sessions begin every month. Looking to brush up on your writing skills? Check out the Writing and Publishing category for courses like Beginning Writer's Workshop, Keys to Effective Editing, Beginner's Guide to Getting Published and many more! Board Games at CCPL - Did you know you can check out board games at the library? We also have TTRPG books and boxed sets! The weather outside is getting frightful, so stop by the library and plan your next cozy family game night. Once the weather warms up, be sure to check out the outdoor games available in our Library of Things! Video Games at CCPL - Get your game on with the library! Our collection includes games for PlayStation, Nintendo, and XBox (consoles not included). CCPL Events - Learn about the events and activities mentioned in this episode and all of the other fun you can find at the Clark County Public Library! The Information Place is a podcast of the Clark County Public Library in Springfield, Ohio. For more information about the library, visit our website at ccplohio.org.

    26 min
  2. 04/30/2025

    Episode 11 - The Butler Did It! Mystery Spotlight

    Your presence is requested at The Information Place. You'll be joining your host, Amanda, and other esteemed guests, Cathy Hackett and Allison Peck, for a delightful evening of murder, mystery, and mayhem. And we would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for those meddling kids! Mentioned in this episode: The Great Courses - The Libby app has more to offer than great eBooks. Available through Libby Extras, The Great Courses offers engaging and understandable lectures by esteemed professors, professionals, and experts in topics ranging from history, better living, science, language learning, and much more. Checking out a 7-day pass gives you access to the full The Great Courses Library Collection including The Secrets of Great Mystery and Suspense Fiction taught by Professor David Schmid, Ph.D.  Kanopy - Kanopy has over 30,000 documentaries, classic, and indie films available to Clark County Public Library cardholders. Looking for some of the British detective shows we mentioned in the episode? You're in luck! Death in Paradise, Midsomer Murders, and Father Brown are all available through Kanopy. Five Minute Mysteries - Check out this link to the Internet Archive for eighty-two stories from the Five Minute Mysteries radio show. Originally aired on the Mutual Broadcasting Network from August of 1947 to March of 1950, Five Minute Mysteries offered guest panelists the opportunity to play detective and guess the perpetrator before the solution to the crime was revealed at the end of the episode. CCPL Events - Learn about the events and activities mentioned in this episode including the Mental Health Resource Fair, Tunes-n-Tales: There Was A Party For Langston, and many, many more! The Information Place is a podcast of the Clark County Public Library in Springfield, Ohio. For more information about the library, visit our website at ccplohio.org.

    50 min

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A podcast of the Clark County Public Library located in Springfield, Ohio!