> >Janet E. Rupert wrote: > >> A state agency is forcing the SLO out of its building in downtown >Columbus... >> > >Greetings Janet and all, > >Not finding any stories about the State Library of Ohio/Supreme Court >building >situation on the Columbus DISPATCH Web site, I inquired and they found >the >original story did not get archived for the Web. However, your >letter-to-the-editor which ran 9 January still can be accessed at ><http://www.dispatch.com/panarchive/1999-0-9/editorials/sata09edw.html>. > >That's a start and I hope many folk follow your suggestion to write in >support of >the library. With enough focus on the library situation, perhaps a >better >solution can be found. I suspect some of the Ohio newspapers may do >followups if >they are reminded often enough that there is interest. Ohio library and >genealogical group members e-mailing their concerns regularly to all >sorts of >media and legislators should get their attention. > >I thought you and others may be interested in this update e-mailed to me >today by >an editor at the DISPATCH: > >>...The remodeling of the >>library building for Supreme Court use will take until 2002 to >complete. In >>the meantime, the library is still in place. One of our reporters >>speculates that the state library will eventually move in the existing >>Supreme Court library space at another of the state office buildings in >>downtown Columbus. > >Best wishes for getting some help for the library...and thanks for >caring. > >Charlotte Sellers <csellers@hsonline.net> >Reference Assistant & Webspinner <csellers@japl.lib.in.us> >Jackson County Public Library <http://www.seymour.org/jcpl.htm> >303 W 2nd Street / Seymour In 47274 >