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VOL. 7, No. 'i
OlA VP
RECEIVES AWARD
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MI SS LEONARD
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MISS CHARLOTTE LEONARD, COOR­DINATOR
OF CHILDRENIS SERVICES AT
THE DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY
'PUBLIC LIBRARY HAS RECENTLY RE­CEIVED
THE IISILVER GERTIE AWARD'I.
THE kWARO IS GIVEN EACH YEAR BY
THE DEPARTMENT OF TEACHER EDUCA_
TION AT MIAMI UNIVERSITY AND THE
OHIO COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENG­LISH
LANGUAGE ARTS FOR SPECIAL OR
OUTSTANDING CONTRISUTIONS IN
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.
MISS LEONARD IS CURRENTLY VICE
PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT ELECT OF
OlA.
MEA CULPA •••
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THE MAY I SSUE OF ,
OHIO liBRARIES LISTED ~~
II NCORRECl NAME OF ,...
LONG-TIME OlA MEMBER WHO AT­TENDED
THE CENTRAL REGIONAL MEEt­ING.
SR. THOMAS AQUIN KELLY, 0",10
DOMINICAN COLLEGE IS SHOWN IN THE
INSET PHOTO. OUR APOLOGIES,
SISTER •••
JUNE 1977
6$ CUT E'CH YEAR OF B,ENN,UM
State A id Reduced $132,816
STATE liBRARY BUDGET-HELP IS NEEDED
SUB. H .. B. 191, THE STATE BUOGET
FOR THE NEXT BIENNIUM (JULY 1, 1977-
JUNE 30, 1979) AS P,SSEO BY THE HOUSE
f1AY 4, INCLUDES AN INCREASE IN STATE
FUNDS FOR OPERATION OF THE STATE LI­BRARY.
OPERATING FUNDS WERE PLACED
AT THE RECOMMENDED GOVERNOR'S LEVEL,
BUT STATE AID WAS REDUCED $132,816
FOR THE TWO YEARS. THIS IS A CUT OF
APPROXINATElY EIG~T PER CENT FOR
EACH YEAR OF THE BIENNIUM.
SUMMARY: liN MILLIONS)
CURRENT NEEDED Gov l s. HOUSE
BIENNIUM 197 6-1979 RECOMMEND. BUDGET
ST,nE LIBRARY
OPERATIONS $ 3.7 $ ".2 $ ".2 $ ".2
LIBRARY Alo 1.3 ".9 1.7 1. 6
lOTAL STATE
GENERAL REVENUE $ ".993 $ 9.1 $ 5.9 $ 5.6
THE GOVERNOR HAD RECOMMENDED A VERY LIMITED STATE AID PROGRAM .. HE IN·
CLUDEO NO NEW ALSO MONEY AND NO METRO FUNDS, 'NO ONLY FIFTY NINE PER CENl
FUNDING FOR OVAL, THE FIRST ANO ONLY P'RTIALLY FUNOEO ALSO. THE HOUSE 01
REPRESENTATIVES EIGHT PER CENT CUT IN STATE AID FUNDS AFTER THE GOVERNOR
HAD SUBMITTED A LIMITED PROGRAM 'IS SERIOUS.
IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT MEMBERS OF THE OHIO SENATE BE INFORMEO OF THESE
SERIOUS CUTS, AND ALERTED THAT OVAL IS ONLY PARTIALLY FUNDED AND FUNDS AF
NEEDED FOR ADDITIONAL ALSOs AND METROPOLITAN SYSTEMS.
PLEASE CONTACT SPECIFICALLY THE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITl
HARRY MESHEL, D-YOUNCSTOWN, CH.
JOHN T. MCCORMAK, D-EuCLID, V-CH.
HILLIAM f. BOWEN, D-CINCINNATI
KENNJ;:'TH R. Cox, D-BARBERTON
f-1. MORRI S JACKSON, O-CLEVELAND
KENSEY MILLESON, O-FREEPORT
ROBERT E. OISHAUCHNESSYt O-COLUMBl
MARl GENE VAL[QUETTE, 0- OLEDO
STANLEY J. ARONOFF, R-CINCINNATI
PAUL E.. G[LLMOR, R-TIFFIN
THOMAS A. VANMETER, R-AsHLAND
CALL THEM AT HOME, WIRE, OR WRITE THEM ADDRESSED TO THE OHIO SENATE,
STATE HOUSE, COLUMBUS, OH ,.3215.
THIS C'" NOT BE PUT OFF! I WANT YOU TO 00 IT NOW. WE WILL NOT HAVE
ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO DIRECT SlATE FUNDS TO LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT IN OHIO
FOR TWO MORE YEARS.
SARAH I. CODY, CHAIRPERSON
OLA LEGISLATION COMMI'TTEE