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              Ohio Libraries
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VOLUME 7, No , 1
ALSO, METRO, OClC FUNDING NOT INCLUDED IN BUDGET
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~&~ GOVERNOR RHOD ES' BUDGET FOR THE 197 8-
1979 BIENNIUM (STARTING JULY 1, 1977 ) DOES
NO T I NC LUDE THE FUNDS NEEDED FOR ALSO AND
METROPO LITAN LIBRARY SYS TEM DE VELOPME NT.
SOME $3 . 3 MILL ION REQUESTED BY THE STAT E
LI BRARY FOR LIBRARY DE VE LOP MENT WAS CUT
FROM THE STATE LIBRARY BOARD'S BUD GET RE­QUES
T. THE GOVERNOR RECOMMEND S THAT A TOTA L
OF $2 . 9 MI LLION IN STATE FU NDS FOR FY 1978,
AND $3 MIL LI ON FY 1979 BE APPROPRIATED TO
THE STA TE LIBR ARY BOARD FOR OPERATIONS AND SlATE AID. TH IS COMPARES TO
AN ESTIMATED EXPEND ITURE OF $2 . 6 MILLION IN THE CURRENT YEAR (FY 1977).
- COLUMBUS, OHIO 43215
FEBRU'RY, 1977
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MEM BERSHIP CAMPA I GN HE AD QUARTERS
96 SOUTH GRANT AVENUE
CO LUMBUS OH . 3215
DEAR COL LEAG UE:
FEDERAL LSCA FUNDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRO VIDE THE BA SIC SUPPORT FOR THE LI- EA CH YEA R A NEW MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
SRARY DEVE LOPMENT GRANTS (MULTICOU NTY COOPER~TION) P ~OGRAM UNLESS THE RE VIEWS THE CURRENT MEMBERS HI P ROLLS
LEGISL ATURE CAN BE CO NVINCED OF THE VA LU E OF THESE PROGRAMS. TO FI ND SOME NEW WA Y OF RE TAINING
STA TE FUNDS
FEDERAL FUNDS
RECE IPTS FOR SERVICES
TOTA L
STATE LI BRARY BUDGET
BIENNIUM
1976 -1 977
$ .,993,%1
5,76 6,6.6
625 ,170
$11,387,119
BIENNIUM
197 6-1 979
$ 5, 913,625
5,200 , 000
637,000
$ 11,751 , 142
THE GOVERNOR RECOMMENDED LESS TH AN HALF OF THE FU NDS REQuEGTED BY THE
STATE LI BRARY BOARD FOR THE STATE AID PROGRAM.
AREA LIBR ARY SERVICE
ORGANIZATION OVAL
MA INTENANCE STA TE AID
INTERLIBRARY LOAN
STA TE LI BRARY
BOARD REQUEST
$ 1,.07,652
62 , 600
.7 , 652
675 , 555
2,5.9,.19
4,963,278
SERVICE TO BLIND/HAND ICAPPED
ADDITIONAL 3 ALSOs AN D 8 METROS
TOTAl $
GOVERNOR 'S
RECOMMENDAT iON
$ 703,925
62 , 600
.7,652
675 , 555
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$ I, 709,932
PRESE NT MEMBERS, AND ATTRACT I NG NEW
ONES. THE FACT TH AT THIS ASSOCI ATION
HA S BEEN IN EXISTENCE S INCE 1895 IS
TES TIMONY TO THE SUCCESS OF THOSE
EFFORTS .
BUT SURVIVA L IS NOT ENO UGH. IF LI­BRARIES
ARE TO BE MEANINGFU L, THEN
THIS ASSOCIATION MUSTc CON TI NUE TO
GROW. DURING THE PAST SEVE RAL YEARS
WE MANAGED TO EITH ER HO LD OUR MEM­BERSHIP
AT OR NEAR THE SAME LEVE L,
OR EXPER IEN CE SOME SMALL GROWTH.
THAT I S NO T ENOU GH. HE CANNOT MAKE
A SUBSTANT IAL IMP ACT IF WE DO NOT
EXPERIENCE GROWTH .
TH AT GROWTH IS BUI LT UPO N RENEWA L
OF YOUR MEMBERSHIP. IT DOES LI TT LE
GOOD TO GAIN SEVERAL HUNDRED NEW
MEMBERS EACH YEA R IF SEVERA L HU N­DRED
OLD MEMBERS FAIL TO RE NEW
THEIR MEMBERSHIP. To COUNTERACT THA T
PROBLEM THE MEMBE RSHIP COMMITTEE IS
GO I NG TO MAKE A CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO
THE TOTA L AVAI LAB LE FOR THE STATEW I DE SERVICE TO BLI ND AND HANDICAPPED I NSURE EVERYONE RENEWS THE IR MEMBER -
READERS IS $8 75, 555 AND IS BASED UPON REIMBURSEMENT RATES ADOPTED IN SHIP .
APR IL 1 97~ . OF THIS AMOUNT $2 ~1 ,038 WILL BE REIMBURSED TO THE CINCINNATI
AND CLEVE LAND PUBLIC LI BRARIES TO COVER THE COST OF SERV I NG A PREDICTED
~4 PER CE NT I NCREASE IN READERS OYER THE TWO YEAR PERIOD.
THE $2 .1 MI LL ION IN ALSO FU NDS REQUESTED BY THE STA TE LI BRARY BOARD
BUT NOT RECOMMENDED BY THE GOVERNOR WO~ L D PROVIDE FULL FUN DING FOR OVAL,
AND WOU LD ENAB LE THREE ADDIT IO NA L ALSOs TO BE ESTAB LISHED IN THE NEW BI ­ENNIUM
: JANUARY 1978; APRI L 1978 AND JANUA RY 1979. THE $1.1 MI LLI ON RE­QUESTED
BY THE STATE LIBRARY BOARD, BUT NOT RECOMMENDED BY THE GOVERNOR
FOR METROPO LITAN LI BRARY SYSTEMS WOU LD PROVIDE BASE FUND I NG FOR EIGHT
SUCH SYSTEMS, EACH PRO JECTED AT $90 , 000 PER YEA R.
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THE GOVERNOR DID NOT RECOMMEND IN HIS BUDGET THE $~OO , OOO REQUESTED
~ THE BOARD OF REGENTS FOR ADDING TO THE OC Le DATA BANK LI BRARY HO LD­I
NGS OF TEN UNI VERSI TY LIBRARIES .
THE NUMBER OF THE BUDGET BILL IN UNKNOWN AT IHIS TIME, HO WEVER , I
AM SURE THE EDUCATION SECTION OF THE HOUSE FINANCE COMMITTEE WI LL COM ­MENCE
HEARINGS VERY SOON. THE MEMBERS OF THE EDUCATION SECTION ARE AS
CO NTINUED P. 2
WE HOPE YOU WI LL TAKE ADYANTAGE OF
TH IS SECOND REM INDER TO RENEW YOUR
MEMBERSH IP. IF YOU DO NOT , THEN WE
HI LL BE IN CONTACT WITH YOU FOLLOWING
THE NEX T NOTICE TO DETERMINE THE
CIRCUMSTANCES. WE NEED YOU AND WE
HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE
THE INVESTMENT IN THE ASSOCIAT ION
THAT YOU MADE IN 1976. You ARE NEED ­ED
AS MUCH I N 1977.
TH ANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
SINCERE LY,
DONA LD J. SAGER , CHP.
a LA MEMBERSH IP COMMI TTEE
(MEMBERSHIP TO DATE - i 228).