District 15 of OLA met Tues., Oct. 7, hosted by Eastern Oklahoma State
College Library. Seventeen librarians attended with representation from
Wilburton, McAlester, Heavener, Quinton, and Poteau.
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We enjoyed supper and a program by the EOSC Drama Department
promoting their production of To Kill a Mockingbird. Karen Neurohr
shared information about the Oklahoma Reads Oklahoma program, and
various members shared news about what is happening in their libraries.
There were drawings for door prizes and no one left empty-handed! We
concluded the evening with a tour of the EOSC Library, led by Director
of Library Services Mary Edith Butler. Their soft music on the 2nd floor
and "Spotlight on the Staff," an ongoing display that highlights various
employees of EOSC and their hobbies and personalities are terrific!
District 15 is comprised of four counties- Pittsburg, Haskell, Latimer,
and LeFlore. This is our second meeting since March 4, when Kay Boies,
Sharon Saulmon, Ellen Duecker, and Wayne Hanway came to promote OLA and
give members in our area an opportunity to organize and network with
each other.
At the March meeting, hosted by Carl Albert State College, attendees
voted to try to meet twice a year. It is difficult for many of us to
travel to OKC or Tulsa for meetings, and there is a lot of enthusiasm
for getting together in southeastern Oklahoma. Fourteen of us met again
on April 29, hosted by Buckley Public Library in Poteau.
We all agreed that it takes some effort in our busy lives to attend an
evening meeting after working all day, but the benefits are well worth
it. We hope to meet again in the spring of 2004.
Karen Neurohr, Library Director,
Carl Albert State College |