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NE ETTER of the OHI? LIBRARY ASS~XIATION
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OHIO LIBRA Y ASSOCIATION
PROPOSED LO G RANGE GOALS
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Access to cu rrent and hi stor ic cultural,
ed ucational, i nformationa l, and recreat iona l
resource s .
Assistance f rom knowledgeable and eff i­c
ien t staff.
Admin i st rative and financial accountab il ­i
ty for quality service .
1. To achieve legislati on contributing to
t he development of qua l i ty library
se rvi ce.
2. To develop and pub l ish standards which
-; include eva luation met hods.
J. To mobil i ze a v igorous pub 1 i c re 1 a t ions
program to stimu late and en! 1st s upport
for qual i ty I ibrary se r v ice.
4. To inform and ed ucate the membership and
the publ ic in all aspects of inte llectual
freedom.
5 . To promote cooperation and resource shar­ing
among libraries, li brary cooperatives
and I ibrary staff.
6 . To cooperate with other assoc ia tions and
organizat ions in achieving mut ual goals.
7. To provide gu ide li nes for mode l person­nel
admin istration .
8. To offer cont inuing educat ion oppo rtu n i­ties
for all library staff .
9. To sec ure group benefits to attract and
retain qua l ified staff .
10. To initiate and support research.
11. To pursue active in volvement of members
in assoc iation activit i es .
These goal s shou ld be rev iewed every three
years, and the achievement of these goa ls
s hou ld be evaluated annuall y in the report of
the president.
\he Goals are to be published in OHIO £1-
jRARIES for membership comment and final
board action during fall conference .
FROM THE DESK OF ..•
CHARLOTTE LEONARD, President, OLA
Plans are complete for the Leadership Sem­inar
in Sept ember when the e lected and appoin ­ted
members come together to prepare for the
future. Thi s is an exc i ting t ime of review i ng
past accompl ishments, eva l uat i ng the progress
So far, and brainstorming for the yea r ahead.
The total membership is go i ng to have the
opportunity to have a say concer ning the over ­al
l directi on OLA wil I be tak i ng as they d i s ­cuss
the financi a l needs of the o rganization
at the fall conference. The Assoc ia t ion Fi­nancial
Support Study Comm i ttee ha s s umbitted
their careful ly tho ught -out recommendat ions
for discuss ion . Th ei r proposa l s for changes
in the dues s tru ctu re if accepte d wi 11 in­vo
l ve amending the constitution . The Organi­zat
ion Commi ttee has prepared the proper
amendment for membership act ion.
We all kn ow from personal experience the
toll exacted f rom in flation. The associati on
wil I have to ca ll upon the dwind l ing reserve
i t now has to keep going i f no cha nges are
made th is year. Certainly, there wi 11 be a
s low- down of real progress for the future if
addit ional i ncome i s unavailable .
Think about all of this and th ink about
the shape you want your assoc i at ion to take
in the years ahead. Your input at t he fR1 1
conference this year is of extreme importance.
ACADEMIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF OHIO
12 Noon ·
1 :50 p.m. ALAO Luncheon and Business Meeting
Presiding : Ann Voorhees, President, ALAO
The ALAO Lun cheon and Business Meeting was
omi tted from the OLA/OLTA Confe rence Mea l Func ­tions
reser vat ions form. Please compl ete the
f orm on page 4 and return to t he OLA/O LTA off­ice
to reserve a mea I for the 1 uncheon and
business meet i ng .