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Vol. 10, No.6
from the desk of . • •
A. Robert Rogers, President
Supp lementa l State Support for
the Public libraries of Ohio
There have been s i gn i ficant new devel­opments
since my last communication on th is
topic. The idea that supp lementa l state
support shou ld be related to standa rds,
rathe r than statew ide aver­ages
of li brary in come from
the loca l s it us intangible
tax, was suggested by the
l eg islat ion Committee on
June 24 and again at the
Open Hea ri ng on Mini mum Sup­port
Subs i d ies for Public li­bra
ri es on J uly 25 . As a
result, an Ad Hoc Committee
of the OlA Boa rd (Mar ian
Parker, Theresa Trucks is and myself) met in
Medina on August 1. We are presenting the
statement which fo llows to the OlA Board on
September O. These ideas wi ll also be di s­cussed
at our Annual Conference and may
help us focus on this i mpo rtan t aspect of
Ol A's legislative program for the coming
year.
SUPPLEIiENTlll STATE SUP PORT FOR T:,E PUB l I C
liBRAR IES OF OHIO
Cri te ri a for dete rmining the adequacy
of public library se rvices are cont ained in
Interim Standards for the Public librari es
of Ohio (Columb us : Oh io Library Assoc iati on,
19/9). The estimated cost of implementing
these standards is $12 .00 per capita in
1979 do ll ars. It is expected that both the
standards themselves and the costs of im­plementation
wi 11 be revie"ed periodically.
To enable pub li c libraries to meet these
j5 tandards, i t is proposed that supplemental
state s upport be gi ven in amounts sufficient
that the combination of publi c li bra ry in­come
f rom the c l ass ified property tax (local
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Septembe r 1900
OlA IN ACTION
September
6-8 OlA leade rship Seminar
Mohican State Park lodge
12 Di v . I - library Sc.rvice to
Older Adults fF Meet . EO
16 Div. IV, A-V TF Meeting
Worthington P.L.
l!l loca 1 Arrangements Commi ttee
for OlA/OlTA Conf., C.O.
19 "People Come In Spec ial Flavors"
I% rkshop, Dayton Mont. Co . P.l.
(Spon. Di v. I-H)
22 Div. VI, Action Council Meet., E. C.
26-27 AASl - Louisvill e , KY .
October
2-4 DELMA Convention, Stouffers Inn
On The Squa re, Cleve land
22 Pre Conference Ho rkshop
"Crec:tive Program Packag i r.g for
Older Disabled Adults: A training
workshop for librarians and ser­vice
provi de rs". She raton Columbus
Hotel. (Spon . Div. I-TF)
22 Pre Confe rence Wo rkshop
"Hho le YA Cata log: Servicing the
Ado 1 escent" . Co 1 umbus She raton
Hote l. (Spon. Div. 1)
23-25 OLA/ OLTA Annual Confe ren.ce
Sheraton Columbus Hotel
23 OlA ooard of Directors Meeting
(at Conference)