Some of the handouts from the 2011 Institute classes are (at long last!) now available on the 2011 Institute page. Anything that our instructors asked us to share online should be there!

The 2012 Planning Season is off and running! At the September Steering Committee Meeting we wrapped up 2011 business, our old officers stepped down, and our newly-elected officers took office. They are:

Maria Vega: Chairperson
Matthew Heller: Vice-Chair in charge of Site Coordination
Michael Bradshaw: Vice-Chair in charge of Programming
Kara Pennella: Secretary/Treasurer
Tanya Ellenburg-Kimmet: Immediate Past Chairperson

The schedule for remaining Steering Committee meetings for the 2012 planning season is as follows:

1. October 28, 2011
2. January 20, 2012
3. March 30, 2012
4. May 25, 2012
5. June 22, 2012
6. (July 22 – July 24: OLSSI 2012 @ Wright State University)
7. Sept. 28, 2012

As usual, these meetings will be held at the State Library of Ohio in Columbus.

If you'd like to come, drop us a line at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it so we know to expect you. We’ll forward you directions, or you can visit our Meeting Schedule for a map!

We’d love for you to join us and help plan OLSSI 2012!

Maria Vega, newly elected OLSSI Chairperson, takes office:

And here, Madam Chair outlines her goals for the coming year:

We have a whole bunch of pictures from OLSSI 2011 up on our Facebook group! Come check them out!

A great big thank you to our fantastic attendees for making OLSSI 2011 a success! We, your OLSSI staff, thoroughly enjoyed making new friends and seeing familiar faces again. We hope that you are feeling energized and full of new ideas for your libraries!

We are still gathering together our pictures but look for those to be here soon! If you have some that you'd like to submit, send them to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

If you enjoyed yourself at OLSSI, please consider joining the Steering Committee. (It's almost as much fun as OLSSI itself!) Our next meeting will be Friday, September 16, 2011 at the State Library of Ohio in Columbus. We would be thrilled to have you there!