Tuesday, May 16, 2006
OVAL Ohio Library News Digest
KnowItNow 24X7 Campaign Launched to Reach Nighttime, Business and Hispanic Users in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2006--KnowItNow 24X7, the busiest virtual reference service in the world, launched a campaign to increase its number of more then 10,000 users each month.
Business Wire via YAHOO! Finance. 5/15/06. http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060515/20060515006081.html?.v=1
Capitol Corridors
… New TEL opposition
Count U.S. Reps. Mike Turner, R-Centerville, and David Hobson, R-Springfield, as among those lining up to oppose Republican gubernatorial candidate J. Kenneth Blackwell's tax and expenditure limit proposal.
Dayton Daily News. 5/15/06. http://www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/localnews/daily/0515capcor.html
Ohio State Cartoon Library Buys Early McCay Art
NEW YORK Ohio State University's Cartoon Research Library has acquired five original hand-colored drawings done by Winsor McCay for his "Tales of the Jungle Imp" comic.
Editor & Publisher. 5/15/06. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/syndicates/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002502628
Official blasts TEL proposal
AUGLAIZE COUNTY — “The Tax and Expenditure Limitation (TEL) Amendment proposal is one of the worst state constitutional amendments in not only Ohio's history, but the history of the United States,” a state association representative says.
Evening Leader. 5/16/06. http://www.theeveningleader.com/articles/2006/05/15/news/news.01.txt
Hawks nest outside Maag
YOUNGSTOWN — Budding ornithologists can get a close-up look at how hawks care for their young by visiting the Maag Library at Youngstown State University.
Vindy.com. 5/15/06. http://www.vindy.com/content/local_regional/293714032546187.php
Librarian helped author decipher code
Retired Ohio University-Chillicothe librarian Stan Planton and best-selling novelist Dan Brown met almost 10 years ago and developed a friendship.
Zanesville Times Recorder. 5/16/06. http://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060516/NEWS01/605160301/1002
COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2006--KnowItNow 24X7, the busiest virtual reference service in the world, launched a campaign to increase its number of more then 10,000 users each month.
Business Wire via YAHOO! Finance. 5/15/06. http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060515/20060515006081.html?.v=1
Capitol Corridors
… New TEL opposition
Count U.S. Reps. Mike Turner, R-Centerville, and David Hobson, R-Springfield, as among those lining up to oppose Republican gubernatorial candidate J. Kenneth Blackwell's tax and expenditure limit proposal.
Dayton Daily News. 5/15/06. http://www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/localnews/daily/0515capcor.html
Ohio State Cartoon Library Buys Early McCay Art
NEW YORK Ohio State University's Cartoon Research Library has acquired five original hand-colored drawings done by Winsor McCay for his "Tales of the Jungle Imp" comic.
Editor & Publisher. 5/15/06. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/syndicates/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002502628
Official blasts TEL proposal
AUGLAIZE COUNTY — “The Tax and Expenditure Limitation (TEL) Amendment proposal is one of the worst state constitutional amendments in not only Ohio's history, but the history of the United States,” a state association representative says.
Evening Leader. 5/16/06. http://www.theeveningleader.com/articles/2006/05/15/news/news.01.txt
Hawks nest outside Maag
YOUNGSTOWN — Budding ornithologists can get a close-up look at how hawks care for their young by visiting the Maag Library at Youngstown State University.
Vindy.com. 5/15/06. http://www.vindy.com/content/local_regional/293714032546187.php
Librarian helped author decipher code
Retired Ohio University-Chillicothe librarian Stan Planton and best-selling novelist Dan Brown met almost 10 years ago and developed a friendship.
Zanesville Times Recorder. 5/16/06. http://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060516/NEWS01/605160301/1002
