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              Ohio Libraries (}o6 Cl'tfb '-NEWSLETTER of the OHIO LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
ON-LINE FOR TOMORROW
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Vol. 9, No.1
from the desk of ...
Hannah McCauley, President, OlA
Do libraries need a strong united voice
speaking out for their cause to legislators,
state and local officials, or can each go it
all alone lobbying for their individual con­,
c erns? Can individual 1 ibraries provide
> "" standards, recommend job classification and
. salary goals for Ohio that will carry author­itative
weight with their boards and govern­ing
bodies? Can individual libraries provide
all the continuing education opportunities
needed by their staff as well as exposure to
new ideas and programs just within their own
wa 11 s?
) If past history and the example of other
so-called interest groups show us anything,
itls that Itunited we standll and "divided we
fall ." How often we hear, why should I join
my professional organization, what good does
it do? The benefits are enormous and they
accrue over the years. OLAls voice is a re­spected
and listened to voice in the state
legislature. The standards and guidelines
developed with blood, sweat and tears by the
members do influence boards; and learning ex­periences
offered through conferences, work­shops,
studies, etc. do provide benefits in­dividually
and collecti ve ly to our members.
Every library in the state benefits from
the leadership that OlA provides and it can
provide that leadership only becau se of the
members who join.
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Coming to MFLA'
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~ The excit ent is beginning' f r the 1979
Conference of e Midwest ~Ei'd tion of li­brary
Associatio JMFlA)' i lwaukee. It
wi 11 begin October 31 Tfhe MFlA Board voted
no pre- or post-conferences) and run to No­vember
3. As in Detroit in 1975, there will
be a State Day when the Ohio library Associ­ation
can hold its meetings. There are also
plans for an Ohio banquet for honors, awards,
etc.
Meeting at the ALA Midwinter Conference
in Washington, the MFlA Board members were
busy getting their act together incorporat­ing
suggestions from the six states to give
breadth and depth to the meetings and pro­grams.
The original program has been increased
with additional programming for children's li­brarians,
trustees and continuing education.
Continued p.3
Many peopl e are busy right now making a lot
of things happen. The planning for the Spring
regional meeting is well underway and looking
good. The new public library standards are
about to go to the editor. Many new task for­ces
have been organized. The legislative Com­mittee
is preparing an omn ibus bill to pre­sent
to the legi s l ature on specia l concerns
of the libraries. OlA cont inues to fight the
meas ured telephone rate . Severa l workshops
are in the planning stage. The recommended
j ob c lassi f icat ions and sa lary goals for Ohio
are being rev i sed .
We are told by Washington, the state, and
even in the counties that we are too quiet, All thi s and much more is going on. let's
we 're not no i sy enough about our needs. I,e 11, share these activities wi t h all. As a membe r
.I t takes a crowd to be noisy, and the old of OlA ' you are rece'lving this message, so
saying that numbers count is true . Too many why are you be ing preached to? I ask you to
people want to let Tom and Jane do it. As agress ivel y go out and recruit members for
OlA, yours and the i r profess ional associ a tion. Tarzan1s playmate said, liMe, Jane", live got
? d0 it. We can't stand on the outside and There is no que s ti on in my mind that we must ha ve a strong vo ice and that the only way it ~omplain about nothing being done, we've got
can be heard is through a strong profess ional
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