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LIBRARY SSOCIATION
THIRD STREET - I-~)LUMHU:', OHIO 43215
Vol. 7, No. 6
) MR. SHUBERT
White House
Conference Set
THE OHIO GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS
AUTHORIZED THE STATE L, BRARY BOARD
TO CALL AN OHIO WHITE HOUSE CONFER­ENCE
ON LIBRARY AND INFORMATION
~ E RVICES. SENATE JOINT RESO LUTI ON
26 , AUTHORIZING THE OHIO CONFERENCE ,
WAS APPROVED BY THE SENATE JU LY 28
AND BY THE HOUSE THE FOLLOWING DAY .
SENATOR OLIVER OCASEK (0 AKRON)
WAS THE PRIMARY SPONSOR IN THE SEN ­ATE
, AND SENATORS M. MORRIS JACK ­S8N
to CLEVELAND) AND HARRY MESHEL
(0 YOUNGSTOWN) WERE CO - SPONSORS .
REPRESENTATIVE BAR~EY QUI LT ER (0
TOLEDO) WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RE­SO
LUTION IN THE HOUSE .WHERE IT WAS
APPROVED IN THE LAST MOMENTS BE­FORE
RECESS. OlA ' s OWN A. CHAPM~N
PARSONS WAS ALSO INSTRUMENTAL IN
THE SUCCESS OF THE RESO LUTION .
SE LECTION OF A ~2 MEMBER COM­MITT
EE SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN SEP ­TEMBER,
AND CONFERENCE PLANNING HAS
ALREADY BEGUN. TENTATI VE PLANS
~L FOR A FALL 1978 CONFERENCE.
THE OHIO WHITE HOU SE CONFERENCE
IS PART OF A SERIES OF CONFERENCES.
THE NAT IO NAL PARLEY, SCHEDU LED FOR
OCTOBER 28 TO NOVEMBER 3, 1979 , IS
TO BE PRECEDED BY STATE AND TERRI­TORY
CONFERENCES WHICH WILL GENER-September,
1977
SHUBERT ACCEPTS NY POST
OHIO STA TE LIBRARIAN JOSEPH F.
SHUBERT HAS BEEN APPOINTED STATE
LIBRARIAN AND ASSISTANT COMM I SSION­ER
FOR LIBRARIES IN NEW YORK STATE .
DIRtCTOR OF THE STATE LIBRARY HERE
S INCE 1966, SH~BERT WAS FORMERLY
NEVAD~ STATE LIBR ARIAN AND ASSIS ­TANT
DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAN LI ­B~
ARY ASSOC I AT ION INTERNATIONAL
RE LA TIONS OFFICE . THE NEW YORK STA­TE
APPO I NTMENT WAS ANNOUNCED BY
COMMISS I ONER OF EDUCATION GORDON
AM9ACH~ SHU3ERT BEGINS HIS WORK IN
ALBANY OCTOBER 3.
SHUBERT1S SUCCESSOR AS STATE LI ­BRARIAN
OF OHIO WILL BE AP POI NTED
BY THE FIVE MEMBER STATE LI BRARY
BOARD HE ADED BY MRS . JANE STERIER
OF DAYTON. ACCORDING TO MRL STER­IER,
THt BOARD MEETS SEPTEMBER 13
TO ESTABLISH PROCEDURES FOR FILlIN(
THE VACANCY.
MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE
STATE LIBRARY BOARD DURING MR . SHU ­BERT'S
T ENU~E AS STATE LIBRARIAN
INCLU 9E ENAC TM ENT OF A NEW LAW GOV­ERNING
THE STATE LI BRARY IN 1969 ,
REGIONAL LI BRARY SYSTEM LEGISL A TIO~
IN 1969 AND 1975 , A SH IFT IN FINAN ­CIAL
SUPPORT FOR STATE LIBR ARY OP ­ERAT
IONS, AND DEVELOPMENT OF
RESOURCES. UNDER SHUBERT'S LEADER ­SHIP
THE STA TE LIBRARY HAS AUTO-
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"When I came to Ohio .. I had the good fortune to regret l.eaving
an exciting3 illtel'esting job 3 and at tJlat time be excited
about the resp onsibilities that lay ahead. The same is true
today; I shall miss the people and the services of the State
Library and again wish I could be in two places !"
ATE I DEAS FOR BETTER LIBR ARY AND
INFORMAT ION SERVICES AT THE LOCA L
LE VE L. WHILE PARTICIPATION IN
THE STATE CONFERENCE WILL BE BY
INVITAT I ON , THE STATE LIBR ARY WEL ­COMES
SUGGESTIONS OF OHIOANS WHO
COULD BE IN VO LVED IN THE CONFER ­ENCE
AND PRE LIMINARY EVENTS.
RAYMOND R. BROWN OF AKRQN , MEM­BER
OF THE STATE LIBRARY BOARD , IS
BOARD LIAI SON TO THE NAT IONAL AD ­VISORY
COMMITTEE ON THE WHITE
HOUSE CONFERENCE . JOSEPH F. SHU ­BERT
, STATE LIBRARIAN , IS A MEM­BER
OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
PERS NOMINEE
ARDATH DANFORD, ASSISTANT DI ­RECTOR
, TOLEDO LUCAS COUNTY PUB­LI
O LIBRARY, HAS BEEN NOM I NA TED
FOR THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIRE­MENT
SYSTEM BOARD OF DrRECTORS TO
REPRESENT THE MISCELLANEOUS GROUP
OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. OT HER GROUPS
ALSO HAVE MADE NOMINATIONS . LI­BRARIANS
HAVE HAD A REPRESENTATIVE
ON THE PERS BOARD SINCE 1938. MISS
DAN FORD , IF ELECTE D, WILL SUCCEED
DORI S WOOD, CLERMONT COUN TY 0 I S­TR
I CT LIBRARY, WHO WILL COM lETE
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JOHN THACKERY
DIES SUDDENLY
OLA IS SADDENED BY THE DEATH
OF JOHN T. THACKER Y, ASSISTANT
DI RECTOR , DAY ­TON
AND MONT GOM­ERY
COUNTY PUB ­LI
C LIBRARY,
AUGUST 25.THACK ­ERY
WAS FOUND
DEAD AT HIS DE
AND HAD NOT AP­PEARED
ILL AT A
STAFF MEET ING
SHORTLY BE FORE
HE DIED.
MR . THACKERY HAD BEEN ACTIVE
IN OLA S INCE 1951 AND SERVED AS
PRESIDENT IN 197 1. HE WAS PRES ­ENT
LY SERV ING AS LOCAL CONFERENCE
CHAIRPERSON FOR THE DE l MA / DlA
CONCURRENT CONFERENCE TO BE HELD
IN DAYTON.
TH ACKERY JOINED THE STAFF OF
THE DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY
PUBLIC LIBRARY IN 195 1. HE BECAME
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN 1963.