[OPLINLIST] Sent on behalf of Jo Budler - Library Partnership Summit

[Ashlee Clark]

Dear Leaders of Ohio's Library Communities:

In many respects all Ohio libraries share the same customers.  Many
school library users become university library users.  Many students use
the public library as well as their school or university library.
Public library customers want resources from academic libraries.  As
leaders, we seldom have an opportunity to interact with each other as a
multi-type library community.  The Library Partnership Summit will
provide that opportunity.

At the Library Partnership Summit, leaders of Ohio's library communities
will identify opportunities for shared projects and initiatives.  The
Summit begins Sunday evening with a reception, dinner and a speaker.  On
Monday, a panel discussion will outline opportunities (and challenges)
for collaboration, followed by small group discussions.  In these groups
you will identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in
the library community as a whole.  Included in this will be a discussion
of "Where do we go from here?" so we can decide how to maintain the
momentum that this Summit is sure to generate!

Please mark your calendars and plan to attend the statewide Library
Partnership Summit on May 20 and 21, 2007.  This Partnership Summit will
include directors from academic and public libraries and K-12 library
leaders.  This Summit is being planned collaboratively by the State
Library, OHIONET, OhioLINK, OPLIN, and INFOhio.  This effort is also
being supported by ALAO, OELMA, OLC, Kent State University and the
Regional Library Systems.

The financial support of several partners will help keep the cost of
attending minimal in order to include a wide range of participants and
viewpoints.  A successful Summit will foster ongoing conversations and
projects which will help us all in the future.

The Library Partnership Summit will be held in Columbus.  Additional
details will be released in early 2007.

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Jo Budler, State Librarian
State Library of Ohio 
274 East First Ave, Suite 100, Columbus, OH  43201
Phone:  614-644-6843; 800-686-1532 (Ohio only)
Fax: 614-466-3584
http://winslo.state.oh.us
"The State Library of Ohio provides services and resources to assist
state government and libraries in providing the best service to all."