What you can do

So what can you do to save your library?

Ohio Library Council has some great suggestions on its website. You don't even have to live in Ohio to do some of these things.

I'm going to lift directly from OLC's site for the following. Hope they don't mind!

Contact your legislators! Let your state legislators and the governor know what your library means to you! Locate your State Representative or State Senator.

Governor Ted Strickland
614-466-3555
contact online
Post a message on Governor Strickland's Facebook page.

Senator Bill Harris,
President of the Senate
614-466-8086
SD19@senate.state.oh.us

Senator John Carey,
Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee
614-466-8156
SD17@senate.state.oh.us

Representative Armond Budish,
Speaker of the House
614-466-5441
District08@ohr.state.oh.us

Representative Vernon Sykes,
Chairman of the House Finance Committee
614-466-3100

Spread the word!

After contacting your legislators, help us spread the word to your family, friends, neighbors and colleagues. Here are some suggestions:

Update your Facebook status.

_____ contacted my elected officials to help save Ohio libraries and you should too. Find out more: http://www.saveohiolibraries.com

Post a tweet on Twitter.

I contacted my elected officials to help save Ohio libraries and you should too. Find out more: http://www.saveohiolibraries.com

Change your profile picture on Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites.

Right click on the Save Ohio Libraries image, save it to your desktop, and upload as your profile picture to show your support of Ohio libraries!

Send an email to your family, friends, neighbors and colleagues!

"Ohio libraries are in jeopardy. I contacted the governor and my legislators to let them know what my library means to me. Find out how you can help, too: http://www.saveohiolibraries.com"