Assistive Listening Technology
The Library offers assistive listening technology using the Listen Everywhere App for all programs presented in the Library’s Flood Meeting Room. Download the free app for your Apple or Android device and connect your device to your hearing device of choice (earbuds, headphones or hearing aids).
3D Printing
The Hudson Library and Historical Society offers 3D printing services. 3D PRINTING SERVICES ARE TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE.
Family History Center
The Digital Family History Center, located on the second floor of the library, is equipped with the latest technology for digitizing your family’s history. The center features an array of technology to assist you in creating digital copies of your cherished family memories. Equipment available for use includes:
- VHS to DVD converter
- slide and negative scanner
- flatbed scanner
- slide station featuring a loupe and light table
- vinyl record converter
It is highly recommended that patrons make an appointment to use the equipment. An unannounced patron may be asked to return at a more convenient time so that he/she can receive an appropriate level of service. To make an appointment, sign up for a help session, or get more information call (330) 653-6658 x1010.
Help sessions with staff to learn how to use the equipment are also available but must be made at least 24 hours in advance.
The equipment is free to use, but patrons will need to have a storage device to save files. Patrons may bring their own storage device, use their own cloud service, or purchase a USB drive or blank DVD in the library.
Photo and film/slide scanners, digital video converters, and cassette converters are available for check out. Learn more »
Faxing
The Library’s Adult Services Department provides outgoing fax services for the public. No international faxing. Cost: First 10 pages free, then $0.50 a page. (Library-supplied cover sheets are available)
Foreign Language Collection
The foreign language collection is available courtesy of the Cleveland Public Library’s Foreign Literature department and the collection changes every three to four months. The collection includes over 1000 items including books, periodicals, and DVDs in languages including Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Spanish. There is also a small selection for children available in these languages.
We welcome your requests for particular types of items or for items in other languages. Visitors to the Hudson Library & Historical Society can also obtain books and DVDs in any of the 45 languages available at the Cleveland Public Library. We will gladly place orders for the materials you request: in most cases, your order will arrive within one week.
Golden Buckeye
Join the more than 2 million Ohioans who are enjoying discounts on meals and entertainment, merchandise, and services at more than 20,000 businesses throughout the state with the Golden Buckeye card.
Golden Buckeye applications are available at the Reference Desk on the second floor. You will need to show identification, such as a valid Ohio Driver’s License, a birth certificate, or another legal document showing your date of birth.
Homebound Services
When you cannot come to the library, let the library come to you! Selection and delivery services are available to Hudson residents who are unable to visit the Library in person due to extended illness, physical disability, or extreme transportation problems. Tell us what you like to read, watch, or listen to and we will choose the materials based on your interests and deliver them to you once a month. We deliver: books, DVDs, audiobooks, large print books, and music CDs. Please contact the reference desk to arrange a visit at (330) 653-6658 x1010.
Interlibrary Loans
The library provides interlibrary loan services for materials not found within the CLEVNET consortium of libraries. Patrons can request materials at the reference desk and will be notified when materials have been received. There is a limit of ten requests per patron per month.
In-Library Laptop Loans
Chromebooks are available for in-library use. Chromebooks may be checked out for up to two hours on the second floor of the building in the Reference Department. Chromebooks checked out in the Teen Department must remain in the teen room.
Laptop Loan Policy (.pdf)
Museum Passes
The library offers its cardholders free admission to select Northeast Ohio museums and cultural institutions. Museum passes are available on a reservation and first come, first serve basis. Current participating organizations include: Cleveland Museum of Art, Akron Art Museum, McKinley Presidential Library & Museum, Western Reserve Historical Society (including Cleveland History Center, Crawford Auto and Aviation Museum and Hale Farm & Village), Akron Children’s Museum and Akron Zoo. For more information and to reserve a pass visit our museum pass page.
Notary Services
Free notary service is available during most of the library’s hours of business, including evenings and weekends. Please call ahead to confirm availability:
(330) 653-6658 x1010. Notary service is not available 30 minutes before the library closes.
Notaries adhere to the Ohio Revised Code: Section 147. Ohio law requires that the person signing the document to be notarized must appear in person and present identification. The document must be presented in its entirety.
Notaries may not notarize more than four signatures per visit per day and reserve the right to refuse notarizing documents.
If a document requires a witness, you must be accompanied by any witnesses that are needed to complete the document. The witness must personally know the person whose document is being notarized. Witnesses cannot be provided by the Library, nor can they be solicited from Library patrons.
Library notaries do NOT notarize the following documents:
- Any type of Real Estate Documents or Mortage Documents (Signing agents for real estate documents require additional training. Library notaries are not trained as signing agents).
- Final Wills & Trusts
- Power of Attorney
- Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 Forms (I-9 forms cannot be notarized. The Hudson Library does not serve as an authorized agent for these forms)
- Copy Certifications (Ohio notaries can only notarize Copy Certifications by Document Custodian)
One-on-One Technology Tutoring
Virtual and in-person one-on-one technology tutoring sessions are available to all library patrons. Topics for sessions are based mainly on the classes that we teach at the library. Sessions must be scheduled by appointment. Please call 330.653.6658 x1010 to schedule a session. Please read our Technology Tutoring Guidelines to learn more.
Playhouse Square Discount Tickets
The library has partnered with Playhouse Square to offer library card holders an opportunity to purchase discount tickets through the theater district’s Corporate Exclusive Online (CEO) ticketing program. For more information, go to the library’s Playhouse Square page.
Printing
Printing is available on the second floor of the library. First 10 pages are free, then $0.10/page for b&w, $0.25/color. Wireless printing is unavailable at this time.
Tax Forms
During tax season, selected tax forms are available to library patrons free of charge on the second floor of the Library. If a tax form you need is not available at the library, we can print copies of forms found online. For more information on taxes, please see the library’s Taxes web page.
Wheelchair Availability
A wheelchair is available for in-house use. Ask about this service at the circulation desk on the first floor.
Wi-Fi
The library’s free high-speed internet signal has been extended even farther outside the building. Access the enhanced internet from the library’s parking lot 24/7, no password required.
Please note that the Wi-Fi may not allow VPN connections.
Internet hotspots are available for checkout so you can access the internet from home.