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March 04, 2005
Help keep OhioLINK strong!
For the Case community, OhioLINK, the consortium of academic libraries in the state, has become a vital resource for research and teaching. The many services include subscriptions to electronic journals, online full-text databases, and the ability to check out books from other OhioLINK libraries and have them delivered here to Case.
OhioLINK is facing a crisis of funding due to the state's precarious financial status. The following communication was received today on an OhioLINK email list:
The next biennium operating budget is being debated in the Ohio House of Representatives this month. During this time it is critical that legislators, especially members of the Ohio House, receive letters in support of OhioLINK. So please continue to make your campus aware of the need for their support.
Tom [Sanville, OhioLINK Executive Director] will be testifying Tuesday, March 8, in front of the Ohio House of Representatives' Higher Education Subcommittee of the Finance and Appropriations Committee. It is extremely vital that members of this committee understand the importance of OhioLINK and how it benefits higher education and the state as a whole. The more letters in support of OhioLINK that these folks receive the better.
The members of the Higher Education Subcommittee of the Finance and Appropriations Committee:
Chair: Shawn N. Webster (R), District 53
Vice Chair: Jimmy Stewart (R), District 92
Members:
- Michelle G. Schneider (R), District 35
- James Peter Trakas (R), District 17
- Dale Miller (D), District 14
- Peter S. Ujvagi (D), District 47 (Ranking Minority Member)
The committee's home page is at:
http://www.house.state.oh.us/jsps/Committee.jsp?ID=11
For legislators' contact information visit
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/
If OhioLINK is important to your research and teaching, please consider taking time to communicate that importance to your state legislator, and especially to the committee chairs listed above.
Posted by tdr at March 4, 2005 11:12 AM
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