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Curbside Service
Curbside Service2 Curbside Pick-Up Service at the Scott County Public Library!

Library staff are committed to providing everyone with safe access to library materials. If you don’t feel comfortable coming inside the building, we offer curbside pick-up service. You may place selected items on hold through the online catalog available on our website —OR—call the library directly and a staff member will assist you. You will receive a phone call when the requested items are available. At that time you can tell us whether you will come inside the building to pick them up, or you prefer to schedule a pick-up time and date.

Let us help you keep your mind active through reading, listening, and viewing a wide variety of library materials!

Scott County Public Library Now Offering Porch Delivery Service!

Are you unable to get to the library safely? The Scott County Public Library Outreach Services Department is excited to announce their new Porch Delivery Service. Patrons who are unable to visit the library due to age, illness, injury, or hospital recoveries can now have library materials such as books, audiobooks, CDs, & DVDs delivered to their homes.

SCPL Outreach Manager, Mercedes shares, “We understand that those designated as vulnerable populations by the CDC or those who are caretakers to vulnerable individuals, have a more difficult time getting to the library. Our Porch Delivery Service is contactless and our staff wear gloves and masks when delivering items to your front door.”

If you require additional information about this service, please email the Outreach Services manager at: Mercedes@scottpublib.org

The notary service is by appointment only at this time. Please call the Scott County Public Library (502-863-3566) to confirm availability. Please have your documents completed, but do not sign until the notary is present. The library will not provide witnesses, and witnesses may not be solicited from patrons using the library. A witness must personally have known the signer prior to the notarization. Photo identification for all signers and witnesses is required. The following types of photo ID are acceptable if they are not expired:

Valid driver’s license or identification card issued by a U.S. state United States passport
Other U.S. government-issued identification card that includes a picture and the signature of the person.

All signers must be present at the time of the notarization.

The Preservation Station is an amazing free service that offers our patrons the opportunity to preserve family memories by turning old VHS tapes, cassettes, and photographs into digital DVD or CD files. Come check out this self-service station where you can protect your memories, make storage and transportation easier, and have those walks down memory lane available at your fingertips.

At this time, the use of the 3D Printer to the public is suspended until further notice due to Covid-19.

3D printing is available at the Scott County Public Library at a price of $0.10 per gram of material used, rounded up to the nearest gram.

Printing is available on a first come, first served basis and is done by Library staff.
Priority printing is given to Library programs and events.
Persons wanting to print should bring their file on a USB flash drive to the Library during open hours. Staff will add the model to the printing queue.
File must be submitted in. STL format. Object must be smaller than 10″ x 10″ x 10″
Due to the popularity of the printer, we can only print items that require less than 6 hours printing time.
Only one print request at a time will be accepted. (Print job must be picked up before submitting another print request.)
Patrons will be notified by email or phone when print job is finished. All files will be deleted at that time. The Library recognizes that an original design is the property of the designer and designs will not be duplicated for others.
Items printed from Library 3D printers that are not picked up within 7 days will become property of the Library. Items must be picked up by the individual who printed them.

The Library’s 3D printers may be used for lawful purposes only. The public will not be permitted to use the Library’s 3D printers to create material that are:

Prohibited by local, state or federal law.

Unsafe, harmful, dangerous or poses an immediate threat to the well-being of others. (Such use may violate the terms of use of the manufacturer.)

Obscene or otherwise inappropriate for the Library environment.

In violation of another’s intellectual property rights. For example, the printers will not be used to reproduce material that is subject to copyright, patent or trademark protection.