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 SLJ editor visits Ohio
Result: Feature article in February 2000 issue

Renée Olson, editor-in-chief of School Library Journal, spent several days in September 1999, traveling throughout Ohio with Theresa M. Fredericka, INFOhio Executive Director. Olson met with students, school library media specialists, classroom teachers, school administrators, Ohio Department of Education and other state officials, and leaders of Ohio's library community, all to learn more about INFOhio, the Information Network for Ohio Schools. Her visit was based on an invitation to visit Ohio from Ellen M. Stepanian, Director of Library Media for Shaker Heights City Schools.

Olson's research and interviews -- and all those miles -- have resulted in a feature article and an editorial about INFOhio in the February 2000 issue of School Library Journal. Each is also available on SLJ Online. The article's headline is  "Coming Soon to a School Near You." The editorial is titled "The Good Fight."

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" I know that all those involved in INFOhio are pleased about SLJ's recognition of our dreams and efforts to make INFOhio a reality in the lives of students and teachers throughout Ohio," affirms Fredericka. "I am especially grateful to all those who helped explain INFOhio's story to Renée when she was in Ohio. It was a whirlwind trip, but the only way to explain the vast nature of what we are doing. Thank you to everyone who helped with Renée's visit; your participation was essential to making this national coverage of INFOhio possible."

INFOhio acknowledges and especially thanks representatives of the following:
Bell & Howell Information and Learning (bigchalk.com)
Brodart Automation
Encyclopaedia Britannica
DRA - Data Research Associates
Kent State University School of Library and Information Science
Martha Holden Jennings Foundation
Management Council of the Ohio Education Computer Network
NetWellness
Ohio Educational Library/Media Association
OCLC/OHIONET
Ohio Library Council
OhioLINK
OPLIN
State Library of Ohio

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Susan Buckbee, Curriculum Director for Twinsburg City Schools (left); Twinsburg Media Director Kathy Fredrick; and SLJ editor-in chief Renée Olson discuss the pros and cons of Twinsburg High School's recently-opened library resource center.

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Roxanne Hammer (left), Media Director for Triway High School (Wayne County), makes a point about INFOhio's uses in her district. SLJ editor-in chief Renée Olson (center) takes notes while Stuart Workman, Director of TCCSA and Chairperson of the Management Council of the Ohio Education Computer Network provides the network background for INFOhio.

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Denise Hathaway, Library Media Specialist, Springfield High School (left); Susan Bache, Library Media Specialist, Springfield Middle School; SLJ editor-in chief Renée Olson; George Tombaugh, Executive Assistant for Education for Governor Bob Taft; and  Roger Nehls, Deputy Superintendent, Ohio Department of Education, pose after discussing several aspects of INFOhio at the building, district, and state levels.

Photos taken by Terri Fredericka.

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Last Updated on January 13, 2002

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