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40 SOUTH
LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
THIRD STREET - COLUMBUS, OHIO 43215
VOLUME 6, No.7
OLA PRESIDENT, J. DENNIS DAY
CUTS THE RIBBON AT THE OFFI ­CIAL
OPENING OF THE 1976 OLA/
OL TA ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN Co­LUMBUS
OCTOBER 28TH. ARTHUR
TRESSE L, OlA EXHIBITORS' REP ­RESENTATIVE
FROM ENCYCLOPAE ­DIA
BR ITANNICA EDUCAT ION CORP.
AND DOUG McBREARTY , SA L ES
MANAGER FOR THE SHERATON, JOIN
IN THE CEREMONY .
A CENTRAL OHIO "FIRST"
THE 1976 OLA/OLTA ANNUA L CON­FERENCE
STAGED AT THE SHERA TON
CO LUMBUS HOTEL WAS THE SECOND LAR ­GEST
OlA CON FERENCE WITH AN ATTEN ­DANCE
OF 1159 . THE PREVIOUS LAR ­GEST
CON FERENCE WAS 1968 IN CLEVE­LAND
WHEN THE ATTENDANCE WAS 1166.
SEVENTY TWO COMMERCIA L EXH I BI TORS
WERE PRESENT AND TWENTY TWO PRO ­FESS
IONA L EX HI BITS WE RE ON DIS­PLAY
. JANE ANN McGREGOR, OVAL ,
WAS PROGRAM CHA I RPERSON, AND OON
SAGER , THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF COL­UMBUS
AND FRA NKLI N COUNTY WAS
LOCAL CONFERENCE CHA I RPERSON .
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EMPHASIS ON INVOLVEME i Q
Jane McGregor Lead '\:'...0£.>,(
JANE ANN MCGREGOR, CHI LDRENS
SERVICES SPECIALIST FOR THE OHIO
VALLEY AREA LIBRARIES (OVAL) AS ­SUMED
THE OFF ICE OF PRESIDENT OF
OLA AT THE CLOSE OF THE 1976 AN ­NUAL
CONFERENCE IN CO LUMBUS. SHE
SUCCEEDS J. DENNIS DAY, FORMERLY
OF TROY, NOW DIRECTOR AT SALT
LAKE CITY (UTAH) PUBLIC LIBRARY .
MISS McGREGOR HAS BEEN ACTIVE
IN OLA THROUGHOUT HER CAREER IN
OHIO SERVING IN MANY CAPACIT I ES.
SHE WAS FIRST ELECTED TO THE OLA
BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN 1968 - 71,
AND I,-IAS ELECTED VI CE PRES I DENT ­PRESIDENT
ELECT IN 1975. SHE IS
A GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
NORTH CARO LINA AND HAS SPENT
MOST OF HER CAREER IN CHILDREN'S
SERVICES .
MISS MCGREGOR EMPHAS I ZED IN
OHIO LI BRAR IES (DECEMBER 1975),
THAT OLA SERVES I TS MEMBERS
THROUGH ITS DIV ISIONS . SHE SAID ,
" MEMBERS SHOU LD BECOME INVO LVED
IN THE IMPORTANT AND EXCITING
WORK OF THE ASSOCIATION AND WORK
TOWARD THE ACCOMP LI SHMENT OF
GOALS FOR BETTER LI BRARY SERV ICE
TO THE PEOP LE OF OH IO.
CHARLOTTE LEONARD, COORD I NA ­TOR
OF CH IL DREN ' S SERV I CES , THE
DAYTON AND MON TGOMERY COUNTY
PUBLIC LIBRARY WAS ELECTED VI CE
PRESIDENT - PRES IDENT ELECT AND
JOANNE WO LFORD , OHIO UN I VERS ITY,
LANCASTER, WILL COMP LETE A TWO
YEAR TERM AS SECRETARY.
PRESIDENT ELECT, JANE McGREGOR,
WITH DR. EVELYN LUCKEY, COLUMBUS
PUB LIC SCHOOLS AND OLTA MEMBER,
AND JOHN WA LLAC H, D I RECTOR,
GREENE COUNTY PUB LI C LIBRARY.
OLA CONGRATULATES
OASl AND EMCO
A CONSO LIDATION OF THE OHIO
ASSOCIATION OF SCHOO L LI BRARIANS
AND THE EDUCATIONA L MED IA COUNCI L
OF OHIO WAS MUTUA LLY EFFECTED DU R­ING
A JO INT ANNUA L CONFERENCE IN
CLEVELAND OCTOBER 14-16, 1976.
MRS . I SABE LLE PRATT , COORD I NA TOR
OF LI BRARIES FOR F I ND LAY CI TY
SCHOOLS AND MR . MAX IE LAMBRIG HT,
ASSOC IATE PRO FESSO R AND DI RECTOR
OF LIBRARIES AT DEFIANCE CO LL EGE
WERE ELECTED CO - PRES IDENTS OF THE
NEWLY FORMED OH IO EDUCATIONA L LI­BRARY
MEDIA ASSOCIA TI ON . THE NEW
ASSOCIA TION (DELMA) OF OVER 2000
MEMBERS MARKS THE END OF SEVERA L
YEARS OF PLANNING TO COMB I NE THE
GOALS OF BOTH GROUPS .
OlA BOARD OF DIRECTORS SUMMARY OF MINUTES OE LMA/OLA/OLTA WI LL STAGE A CON ­CURRENT
ANNUAL CONFERENCE OCTOBER
27-29 , 1977 IN THE DAYTON CONVEN ­TION
CENTER.
M~Y 14, 1976
* ESTABLISHED COMMITTEE TO INVES ­TIGATE
FORMA LIZING LONG-STAND-J
ING INFORMA L PO LICY OF COO PERA ­TION
BETWEEN OLA- OASL.
* ApPROVED CONTRIBU TION OF $50.00
TO CO-SPONSOR AMERICAN CHEMICA L
ASSOCIAT ION TRAVE LI NG EX HI BI­TION
SPONSORED BY OHIO ' S SPEC­IA
L LIBRARY ASSOCIAT ION CHAP ­TERS
• RECE I VED REPORT OF LEG ISLAT I VE
DAY IN WASH I NGTON , D.C. AND
RECOMMENCED CONTINUED pARTIC I ­PAT
ION
* ApPROVED APPO I NTMENT OF J .
DENNIS DAY AS OLA REPRESENTATIVE
TO THE OHIO MU LTI TYPE I NTERLI ­BRARY
COO PERATION COMM ITTEE,
AND SUGGESTED SEVERA L MEMBERS
FOR APPO I NTMENT AS MEMBERS - AT­LARGE
(CONTI NUED BACK PAGE)
DELMA ' s F IRST VICE PRES I DENT,
JOHN P. KERSTETTER , SUPERVISOR
F ILM CUSTOMER SERVICE , AUDIO VIS­UAL
SERVICES, KENT STA TE UNIVERSI­TY
AND CHARLOTTE LEONARD, DLA
VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT ELECT ,
COORDINATOR CHI LDRENS SERV I CES ,
DAYTON AND MONTGOMERY COUN TY PUB ­LIC
LIBRARY, WI LL SERVE AS CON­FERENCE
CO - CHAIRPERSONS FOR THE
CONCURRENT CONFERENCE.