About the Library

Days Closed

Monday, September 2nd, 2024.  (Labor Day)

Monday, November 11th, 2024. (Veterans' Day)

Thursday, November 28th - Friday, November 29th, 2024  (Thanksgiving)

Tuesday, December 24th, 2024.  (Christmas Eve)

Wednesday, December 25th, 2024.  (Christmas Day)

Thursday, December 26th, 2024 - Tuesday, December 31st, 2024.  (Winter Break)

Wednesday, January 1st, 2025  (New Year's Day)

Thanks to the generosity of a Portsmouth family, the Shawnee State University Board of Trustees in October of 1997 named its library the Clark Memorial Library.  It is dedicated to Mr. and Mrs. Clyde W. Clark, long time Portsmouth residents and supporters of the University.

Mr. Clark was born in 1896. He, along with William A. Burke and James B. Miller, purchased controlling interest in the then-named Ohio Stove Company, which subsequently became OSCO Industries, Inc. Mr. Clark served the company as its chief financial officer and secretary from 1943 to 1975 and then continued on its board of directors until his death in 1975.

Mrs. Clark was also the major donor of the Clark Planetarium on the Shawnee State campus which has provided educational support for university students and astronomy programs for the community since 1998.