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Are you interested in providing an affordable digital materials collection to your patrons? If yes, contact Nicole Merriman at the State Library of Ohio, nmerrima@sloma.state.oh.us, by Tuesday, December 16, 2008 to inquire about enrolling in the Ohio eBook Project. All libraries in Ohio that can meet the enrollment requirements [...]
Call for Papers
2009 Library Research Round Table Forums at ALA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL
The Library Research Round Table (LRRT) will sponsor two Research Forums at the 2009 American Library Association Annual Conference in Chicago, IL (July 9 – 15). The LRRT Forums are a set of programs at the [...]
I am always interested in what is happening in other states. It is usually depressing news these days, about the economy!
But here is something from Idaho that I thought might be of interest to public librarians in Ohio. It is about their Statewide Resource Sharing system: LiLI Express, Libraries Linking Idaho.
I always say that our [...]
The FY2009 E-Rate application filing window opened December 2, 2008 and will close February 12, 2009. Program forms have not changed from last year. If you applied for FY2008 funding, Forms 470 and 471 are exactly the same and should be familiar to you.
January 15, 2009 is the last POSSIBLE date to post a [...]
The Buckeye Children’s Book Award Council announces the winners of the 2008 Buckeye Children’s Book Award and the Teen Buckeye Book Award. The following titles were chosen in an online voting process by young readers all across the state of Ohio. For Grades K-2: Bow-Wow Bugs a Bug, by Mark Newgarden and [...]
Notice to all Public Libraries applying for E-Rate:
The Funding Year 2009 (FY2009) application window will open at Noon on Tuesday, December 2 and will close at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, February 12, 2009. This is a 73 day window.
Other items of note from SLD:
On November 21, the FCC released Public Notice (FCC 08-265). This notice includes [...]
DigCCurr 2009: Digital Curation Practice, Promise and Prospects
April 1‐3, 2009, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
http://www.ils.unc.edu/digccurr2009/registration
The School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina is pleased to announce our second digital curation curriculum symposium. DigCCurr 2009: Digital Curation Practice, Promise and Prospects is part of the Preserving Access to Our Digital Future: Building [...]
November 23, 2008 – Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
The Palatine to America Library has been closed. The library collection contains over 5000 books, journals, and other print material. The collection is being relocated to the Columbus Metropolitan Library in Columbus, Ohio. It is anticipated the Palatine Collection will be available for use sometime in the first [...]
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH [...]
Six Ohio public libraries have been ranked number one in their population categories, in the 2008 Hennen American Public Library’s Ratings (HAPLR) report. The 2008 number one libraries include: Columbus Metropolitan Library, Washington-Centerville Public Library, North Canton Public Library, Twinsburg Public Library, Columbiana Public Library, and Grand Valley Public Library.
“Ohioans [...]