[OPLINLIST] State Library Board resolution re: OPLIN and LBPH funding

[Jo Budler]

At the State Library Board meeting today, March 26, 2009, the Board
passed a resolution regarding the funding of OPLIN and the Library for
the Blind and Physically Handicapped.  You are all aware that the
Governor's budget recommendation was that these two services be funded
by the Public Library Fund rather than General Revenue Funds in the
upcoming fiscal biennium.  Both remain in the State Library budget.    

 

The State Library Board resolution itself can be found at 

http://library.ohio.gov/StateLibrarian/aboutus/board/resolutions/2009/fu
nding

 

The bottom line of this resolution is this: 

 

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that on this day, March 26, 2009, the State
Library Board, providing services and support to all types of libraries
in the state, including public libraries, and to state government,
respectfully requests that the Ohio General Assembly consider the
continuance of the statutory funding formula for local public libraries,
and not fund the expenses of Ohio Public Library Information Network
(OPLIN) or the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped out of
the Public Library Fund; and that funding for OPLIN and the Library for
the Blind and Physically Handicapped remain part of the General Revenue
Fund.

 

By the way, the State Library Board also passed a resolution re:
National Library Week.  It can be found under Board Resolutions 2009.  

 

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://www.library.ohio.gov <blocked::http://www.library.ohio.gov/> 

"The State Library of Ohio provides services and resources to assist
state government and libraries in providing the best service to all." 

 

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