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State Library History Timeline Traveling Library (reprint) PDF Books for People 1817-1967 (reprint of article from The Wonderful World of Ohio, Dec. 1967) PDF |
A State Library of Ohio Timeline of Events
1817
 Click to view larger imageEstablished by Governor Thomas Worthington as the Ohio State Library  Click to view larger image of original catalogJohn L. Harper was appointed as the first State Librarian and purchases first collection
1818
General Assembly established regulations for the Library to operate under the Governor
1823
Zachariah Mills was appointed first full-time State Librarian
State Library’s first catalogue was published
1824
Legislature recognized the Library as a state institution and established an annual $200 salary for a three-year appointment as Librarian
1844
Governor, Secretary of State & the Librarian composed a Board of Commissioners created by the legislature
1845
Moved to the State Capitol
1853
Reorganization shortened the librarian’s term & opened the facility to the public
1860
Law Library collection was separated & became the Supreme Court of Ohio Law Library
1896
General Assembly passed the Garfield Law
 Click to view larger imageCharles B. Galbreath began the first of three terms as State Librarian & ushered the Library into the 20th century Board of Library Commissioners, appointed by the Governor with Senate approval, replaced the Board of Commissioners & appointed future Librarians
Traveling Library program began
1897
Rutherford B. Hayes edited the first list of State publications
 Click to view larger image 1908
Library development program began
1910
Legislative Reference Department was established
1917
Summer Library School began with State Librarian Charles B. Galbreath serving as secretary
1921
Governmental Reorganization Act made the Library a division of the Department of Education
Board of Commissioners increased from three to five members
Herbert S. Hirshberg was the first professional librarian appointed to head the agency
1926
Governor Donahey vetoed an appropriation, closing the State Library, which reopened with a volunteer staff
1927
State Library officially reopened
1933
 Click to view larger imageMoved to the Ohio Departments Building State Aid to Public Libraries Law added responsibility for developing county-wide libraries
1935
Grants to local libraries began with $100,000 approved by the legislature
1937
Work began on the first union catalog of large public libraries in the country
1955
State Library Board became an independent agency authorized by ORC 3375.01
1956
Federal Library Services Act supplied funds for rural library service centers and bookmobile programs
1957
House Bill 27 granted the authority to distribute Ohio documents to depository libraries
1960
First regional library service center opened
Subsidy for National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped began
1961
Shirley Sippola was appointed first director of the SEO Regional Service Center in Caldwell
1962
Bookmobile service began in eight counties in Southeast Ohio, with 6557 miles logged the 1st year
1963
Little Hoover Commission recommended the Library be closed
1965
Federal Library Services & Construction Act funds allowed renewed library development efforts
1967
The Ohio State Library became known as the State Library of Ohio
Statewide library services master plan was developed
Report recommended legislative action to change the Board composition, which had not altered since it was established in 1955
1969
Governor Rhodes signed the Ohio Library Development Plan into law
F. Ward Murrey became the 5th director of SEO, after starting out as a part-time employee there in 1961
Talking book machines began using cassette tapes
1973
Traveling Library program ended
Microfilm Automated Catalog operations began
1975
Rhodes Tower Library Center opened
1979
Senate Bill 205 granted the authority to distribute legislative publications
1980
After repeated flooding, SEO moved from Olive Shopping Lane to a space on Marietta Road, which the State Library purchased 11 years later
1981
Distribution of talking book machines was reassigned to the Library
1986
Four SEO libraries formed a consortium for shared circulation
1988
SEO became a Talking Book lending agency
1989
Major renovation & expansion to five floors of the Ohio Departments Building
Riffe Research Center opened
1990
Library Service for the Blind administrative costs became fully funded by the Library
1994
Began materials lending and borrowing through OhioLINK 1996
Michael S. Lucas became State Librarian & accompanied the Library into the 21st century
Federal Library Services & Technology Act was passed
1998
SEO expanded its services to all Ohio public libraries
Mobile computer training lab went into service
Flooding at SEO caused the destruction of over 7700 books
2000
Moved from the Ohio Departments Building
2001
Reopened to the public in the Jeffrey Mining Center
2002
Expanded space at SEO was dedicated
SEO bookmobile service ended
2004
Jo Budler became State Librarian
2005
Southeastern Ohio Library Center changed its name to SEO Library Center (Serving All Ohioans)
2006
SEO Annex was acquired as a gift of the SOLO Regional Library System
2007
Christine Tucker retired and Dianna Clark became the 7th director of SEO
Genealogy collection was transferred to the Columbus Metropolitan Library
2008
Columbus branch of the Kent State University School of Library & Information Science relocated to remodeled space in the State Library, the first such partnership since 1889
2009
State Library set to begin distributing talking book machines with digital technology
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