Public Spaces
Meeting Rooms
Our meeting rooms are available to reserve. Here are a few facts about our meeting rooms:
Library activities (including programs, meetings, literacy tutoring, etc.) have priority over all other activities.
Programs "co-sponsored" by the Library are next in priority. "Co-sponsored" means that the Library participates with community groups in planning and presenting programs of an educational and cultural nature. Final authority for determining co-sponsorship lies with the Director. All programs must be open to the public at no charge.
Community groups wishing to have the Library co-sponsor a program must apply to the Library at least four weeks in advance of the proposed program in order to insure adequate planning and preparation. Applications may be submitted to the Public Relations Office at the John McIntire Library.
The meeting rooms are available for public gatherings of groups whose primary purpose is non-profit, civic, cultural or educational, when rooms are not being used for their primary purpose - library-related activities. All programs must be open to the public at no charge.
Prospective reservations may be made up to three (3) months in advance. Organizations may be limited to no more than four (4) reservations in a twelve (12) month period.
Meetings may be scheduled to occur only during hours when the Library is open to the public and end 15 minutes before closing time. Meeting rooms may be scheduled for 30 minutes prior to the meeting for set-up.
The Library reserves the right to deny use of the meeting rooms. Meeting rooms are not available for partisan political activities, for-profit organizations, or groups that have unlawful discriminatory membership requirements.
The Library retains the right to cancel a reservation for a meeting room. If cancellation is necessary, the Library will notify the group who has reserved the room for the time in question at least two weeks in advance of their reserved time period. Groups holding reservations are requested to notify the Library of any cancellation at the earliest possible date in order to free the meeting room for other groups.
Groups wishing to reserve meeting rooms should submit a completed Application For Use of Meeting Room/Auditorium Form to the Muskingum County Library System, Executive Secretary, 220 North Fifth Street, Zanesville, OH 43701, or Branch Supervisor for branch meeting rooms. Meeting rooms will not be booked for any group until a completed application has been received and approved by the Library. Organizations using the meeting rooms will be required to complete and submit an application requesting space each time a reservation is requested. Rooms will not be considered reserved for a group until the group reserving space receives a copy of the application form signed by the Director of Libraries.
All meetings must be open to the public.
No admission charge or request for donations can be made for any functions. No solicitation is permitted. Smoking is prohibited.
CHARGES:
REFRESHMENTS
Refreshments are not permitted in the meeting rooms without the expressed permission of Library administration. If Library administration permits refreshments, there will be a $20.00 non-refundable cleaning fee which is payable to the MUSKINGUM COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM and must be received at the Administration Office, 220 North Fifth Street, Zanesville, OH, 24 hours prior to the scheduled meeting.
AUDIO-VISUAL EQUIPMENT
A $20.00 fee will be assessed for the use and set-up of any Library Audio-Visual Equipment. The fee which is payable to the MUSKINGUM COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM and must be received at the Administration Office, 220 North Fifth Street, Zanesville, OH, 24 hours prior to the scheduled meeting
Auditorium
John McIntire Library has a 198 seat auditorium on the lower level featuring handicap access. It may be rented when it is not being used for library programs. Contact the Secretary at 740.453.0391, ext. 126 for more information.
