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NEWSLETTER ~I~E :0: ~
President's
Annual Report
1976
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40 SOUTH
LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
COLUMBUS, OHIO 43215
SPECIAL EDITION
r LEGISLATION
THE LEGISLATION COMMITTEE MET
NOVEMBER 21,1975, AND DEVELOPED
A LEGISLATIVE POLICY STATEMENT,
1976, WHfcH WAS APPROVED BY THE
OLA BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN DECEM­BER
1975. DURING THE YEAR THE
MEMBERSHIP WAS KEPT INFORMED BY
THE OlA-OlTA lEGISLATIVE NEWS­~
ETTER, OHIO LIBRARIES, A LEGIS­LATIVE
REPORT AT SIX REGIONAL
MEETINGS AND FOUR CLERK-TREASUR­ER
,CLINICS. A FEDERAL LEGISLA­TIVE
NEWSLETTER AND A LENGTHY
STkTE-FEDERAL LEGISLATION NEWS ­LET~'
rER WAS ISSUED JUNE 30, 1976.
~ ~OHN H. REBENACK, AKRON-SUM­IT
COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRAR Y, WAS
CHAIRPERSON OF THE LEGISLATION
COMMITTEE SUB-COMMITTEE FOR PLAN­NING
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY FINANCE
CONFERENCE MAY 17, AT THE HILTON
INN-WORTHI NGTON. EIGHTY THREE li­BRARIANS
AND TRUSTEES ATTENDED
THE CONFERENCE. THE PURPOSE OF
THE CONFERENCE WAS TO BRING TO­GETHER
LEAOERS AND REPRESENTA­TIVE
MEMBERS OF OlA AND OlTA TO
PREPARE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES ANO BOARDS
OF THE ASSOCIATIONS. ·CONFERENCE
PART ICIPANTS EXPLORED ALTERNA­TIVES
FOR FUNDING OHIO PUBLIC li­BRARIES
IN THE LIGHT OF NEEDS,
PRESENT STATUS OF DEVELOPMENT,
AND THE CHANGING SOCIAL, ECONOM­IC,
POLITICAL CLIMATE. CONFERENCE
PARTICIPANTS REACHED NO SOLUTIONS
BUT IDEAS WERE EXCHANGED AND MEM­BERS
OF THE COMMITTEE GAINED VAL­UABLE
INSIGHT WHICH WILL HELP IN
FUTURE PLANNING. fTHE KEYNOTE
ADDRESS WILL APPEAR IN THE OCTO­BER
OHIO LIBRARY TRUSTEE.)
ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR
WAS THE LEGISLATIVE OAY IN WASH­INGTON
ON APRIL 6. REPRESENTA­TIVES
OF OLA, OlTA AND OASl WERE
JOINED BY 160 LIBRARIANS AND
~ USTEES FROM ACROSS THE U.S.
~4 10 LEGISLATIVE KITS WERE PRE­SENTED
TO OHIO CONGRESSMEN AND
SENATORS, THOSE PERSONS PARTICI­PATING
REPORTED THA~ GOOD CON­TACTS
WERE MADE DURING THE DAY
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OCTOBER, 1976
J. DENNIS DAY
PRESIDENT
THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF OHIO
lIBRARIES IS PREPARED AS MY ANN­UAL
REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE
OHIO liBRARY ASSOCIATION. THE
1975-76 YEAR WAS AN EXCITING ONE.
THE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS, DI­VISION
OFFICERS, COMMITTEE CHAIR­PERSONS,
AND MEMBERS WORKED HARD
TO MAKE THE YEAR A SUCCESS. As
USUAL IN A VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATION
SOME WORKED HARDER THAN OTHERS.
ALTHOUGH I DID NOT ACCOMPLISH
ALL I HAD SET OUT TO DO DURI NG
THE YEAR, THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL
PROGRESS I N MANY AREAS.
THE YEA R BEGA N JUNE 1, 1975
AS THE OlA/OlTA STAFF AND I BEGAN
DISCUSSIONS TO REVIEW THE PAST
NINE MONTHS, TO EVALUATE ONGOI~G
PROGRAMS AND TO DRAFT OlA IN Ac­TION,
1976 ~JHICH WAS APPROVED BY
THE aLA BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN
SEPTEMBER.
OlA HIGHLIGHTS OF 1976 WI LL BE
PRESENTED IN THE FOLLOWING NEWS
STORIES, HOWEVER, A FEW EVENTS
STAND OUT IN MY MIND.
OlA BEGAN THE YEAR WITH A VERY
SUCCESS FUL MFlA CONFERENCE IN DE ­TROIT.
ROBERT H. DONAHUGH, suc­CEEDING
IRE NE HOADLEY AS PROGRAM
CHAIRPERSON, PUT TOGETHER A SU­PERB
PROGRAM WHICH ATTRACTED 600
OHIO LIBRARY STAFF AND TRUSTEES
AND NETED OlA $12,463. MR. PAR­SONS
AND MRS. SPENCER'S AB LE
HANDLING OF THE COMMERCIA L EXHIB­ITS
ADDEO SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE
FINANCIAL SUCCESS OF THE CONFER­ENCE.
SEVEN STATES SHARED IN THE
NET RECEIPTS. MFLA NEXT WI LL MEET
OCTOBER 30 - NOVEMBER 3, 1979 IN
THE MILWAUKEE (WIS.) CONVENTION
CENTER.
OlA IN ACTION CALLED FOR AD-DITIONAl
MEMBERSHIP WORKSHOPS TO
BE SPONSORED BY DIVISIONS AND
COMMITTEES. D,VISION II SPON­SORED
A FEBRUARY WORKSHOP "FOR
AOULTS ONLy!1 ATTENDED BY SEVENTY
TWO PERSONS. THE LEGISLATION COM­MITTEE
SPONSORED A PUBLIC liBRARY
FINANCE CONFERENCE FOR EIGHTY
THREE LIBRARIANS AND TRUSTEES IN
MAY AND DIVISION V SPONSORED THE
'!ALL IT TAKES Is MONEY" WORKSHOP
FOR SIXTY TWO PERSONS ALSO IN
MAY. THESE TWO WORKSHOPS WERE A
RESPONSE TO THE CHARGE OF DEVELOP­ING
ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF SUPPORT
FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
THE OlA-STATE lIBRARY-OSU AD­VANCED
MIDDLE MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP
ATTRACTED 28 PERSONS AND THE IN­TELLECTUAL
FREEDOM AND YOUR ll­BRARyl!
WORKSHOP WAS ATTENDED BY
THIRTY NINE OLA MEMBERS.
ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR
WAS THE NEW FORMAT AND PROGRAMS
OF THE REGIONAL MEET INGS DEVEL­OPED
BY WALLY WHITE AND HIS COM­MITTEE.
THE WORK OF SOME DIVI­SIONS
AND COMMITTEES MADE SO LID
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE OlA PROGRAM
AND THE ASSOCIATION. I
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