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   Dr. Briggs left assets to be used by the Trust for the acquisition of books and materials for a reading room in Ironton. His desire was that Ironton would have a public library for the benefit of its residents.  In 1893, in Memorial Hall, the library was opened to the public as Briggs Library Institute. The Trust diminished greatly by the 1930s depression, but in the 1970s local patrons replenished the Trust so that capital gains from investments could be set aside for Library materials and building upkeep.

Title of Position: Public Services Clerk
Normal Schedule of work: 35 hours per week. M-Th 3:00-8:00, Sat 10:00-3:00. Closed Fridays
coordinating schedules with the Branch Manager.
Rate of pay: 11 dollars or more per hour depending on qualifications and experience. This position will
earn vacation, sick leave, personal leave, and holidays.
Qualifications: High School Diploma/GED; AND four (4) years of public library operations experience; OR

The mission of the Briggs Lawrence County Public Library is to serve the informational, educational, and lifelong-learning and entertainment needs of all the citizens of Lawrence County, and to provide these services in a professional, friendly manner, and in a clean and safe environment.

Below is a PDF file of the Board of Trustees of the Briggs Lawrence County Public Library's bylaws.

Circulation

Established patrons can check out a maximum of twenty (20) items at a time, in any combination of categories listed below, with a maximum number of the following items per category being checked out at any one time:

-Books, depending on subject matter, availability or collection size, can be checked out up to the maximum number of 20 items per patron at a time.

Patron Code of Conduct

1. Use of the Briggs Lawrence County Library’s public access computers and the access to the Internet provided by the Library are privileges, and users of these privileges must abide by the Library’s policies and rules for their use.

2. All persons using the Library’s computers and Internet access agree that they will not engage in any activity on the computer that constitutes a violation of Library policy, or a violation of local, state and/or federal law.

     In January 1937, the Ohio River Valley was hit by a massive flood. Unfortunately for the inhabitants of Ironton, the city lies on a high flood plain which is 5,000 feet wide upstream and 2, 500 feet wide downstream. This led to major flooding throughout the city. Seventy-five percent of Ironton was underwater for ten days. Over this time period, 3,000 dwellings, 295 stores, 12 schools, 1 hospital, and 15 industrial establishments were flooded. Of the approximately 16,621 residents of Ironton, 13,300 were displaced by the flood waters.