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III U LETIN
Vol. 2 No. 1 Summer • 1986
President's Message
This issue of the OBLA Bulletin repeats STATISTICS OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES
some statistics contained in the last Bulletin. In the DuPage Library System
In comparing our own library with others in
the DuPage Library System, we rank some- 75th 25th
what better than average but nowhere Average Percentile Percentile Oak Brook
near the top—in various measures of library Transactions per FTE* 11,907 15,212 8,760 12,682
performance. We certainly have the re- Transactions per capita 7.7 10.1 6.0 7.2
sources — with an assessed valuation per Percent of adult transactions 57 60 53 56
person more than double that on any other FTE* per 1,000 population 0.68 0.82 0.53 0.57
library in the system — to improve those Volumes added per capita 0.26 0.30 0.21 0.27
Volumes held per capita 3.7 4.4 2.6 4.4
performance measures. Percent of budget for library materials 17 20 13 19
Your Library Association is about to begin
a systematic study of the library needs of the
Village. We will review all the information
currently available and seek additional input
from you,the users of our library.We will be
deliberate and as objective as possible in Membership Drive •The African Queen by C. S. Forester;
doing this. •The Spy Who Came In From the Cold by
The budget for the Library is part of the Under Way John LeCarre;
Village budget.The library, unlike most lib- •Third Man by Graham Green;
raries in the state, does not have indepen- The Oak Brook Library Association has •The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien;
dent taxing power.If it is going to cost money begun its 1986-87 membership drive. The • The Maltese Falcon by Hammett,
to improve our library,the money will have Library Association hopes to increase its cur- Dashiell;
to be provided for in the Village budget. rent membership of almost 400 by 15 per- • Dr. Zhivago by Boris Pasternak.
If we as Village residents are satisfied with cent during the 1986-87 drive,OBLA mem- The library's new audio cassette collec-
what we have, nothing more need he done. bership chairperson Lucia Sutton said. tion offers a fine selection of classical,popu-
If we are dissatisfied,then we must begin the Renewal letters were mailed to the current lar, jazz and rock music as well as humor,
process of convincing our Village trustees membership in May and a general mailing to short stories and foreign languages. Besides
that the Village budget must provide for the village residents was completed in June. being of great value to the visually handicap-
same quality in our library that we insist on More than 225 current members have ped, the tapes are ideal for commuters and
for our police and fire departments and other already renewed their memberships. for vacation travel.
village services. Membership support allowed OBLA to
Thomas B. Doyle, President donate the 15 volume McGraw Hill Encyc- ,
lopedia of Science and Technology to the
library in 1985.The widely acclaimed refer- 4 , ,,
Evergreen Series ence set is used by more than 20,000 librar- f
ies and learning institutions. "'... i'
Scheduled for If you have not yet renewed your mem- r
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October 9 bership, please do so soon.
The Evergreen Series,programs in the fine OBLA TO �
arts sponsored by the Library Association, CONTRIBUTE BOOKS
will hold its Fall concert on Sunday,October .=
19.The concert will be held as 3 p.m.instead ON TAPE TO LIBRARY a
of the usual 4 p.m. because of an evening
event scheduled at the Oak Brook Bath &
Tennis that same day,program chairman Dr. As part of its ongoing support of the Iib :4111
Reynold Gottlieb said. rary,the Oak Brook Library Association will
The spring program featured the flute and contribute a selection of Books on Tape to
harp duo of Mary Stolper and Stephen Hart- the library's new audio cassette collection.
mann.Almost 100 villagers attended the free Among the first titles to be ordered are:
concert to hear works of Boccherini, Rach- •The Hound of Baskervilles by Arthur
maninoff, Granadas, Ibert, Bach and Saint- Conan Doyle; Stephen Hartman,harpist,Mary Stolper,flutist and Tom
Saens. •Turn of the Screw by Henry James; Doyle at the Spring Evergreen Series.
Profile Statement of Purpose,
Goals and Objectives
The friendly smile of Nancy Williams has .
Definition:
welcomed visitors to the Oak Brook Library
for 14 years. Officially Nancy is a library �, The Oak Brook Free Public Library,
which was founded by your Associa-
technical assistant, a para-professional re tion, belongs to all of the citizens of
sponsible for anything (and everything) ......
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" from reference to repair." Oak Brook. Since 1971 it has been
Nancy enjoys the variety of work her posi- operated as a department of village
government.There is a three member
tion requires and"meeting people on a per-
sonal basis — something you can do be- Library Commission which advises
cause the library is small." the Village Board of Trustees. The
The mother of four sons, Nancy resides OBLA is an independent entity dedi-
with her husband Patrick in Lombard.
cated to assisting the Village in the
8 enhancment and growth of the Lib-
rary.
OBLA• Board of Directors Statement of Purpose:
The OBLA exists to serve the com-
Thomas B. Doyle, President Display Case munity through developing educa-
Margaret Claffy "Thank You" tional programs, implementing pro-
Joseph Fullan jects, and providing funding neces-
Reynold Gottlieb sary for the enhancement and growth
Linda Rogan OBLA secretary, Peg Claffy, who is also of the Library.
Lucia Sutton responsible for securing collections for the Short Range Goals:
Anne Vekich display case in the library, would like to (1) Initiate an educational cam-
Marilyn Wittemann thank those who have shared their treasures paign to stimulate citizen interest and
with us in 1986. They include: awareness of the library needs of this
• Hedy Nutini —flower oil paintings; community.
OBLA•Bulletin •Cecilia Martin—collection of American
(2) Continue to support current
glass; OBLA programs such as the Evergreen
Marilyn Wittemann, Editor
•Anne McNeil — artifacts from Peru; Concert Series and the library automa-
Patricia Doyle, Design
•Jeff and Brian Hermann—butterfly col- tion project.
lections; (3) Establish on-going liaison with
OAK BROOK PUBLIC LIBRARY •Joan Salvato — Republican Women's the Village Board of Trustees for the
1200 Oak Brook Road Club memorabilia. purpose of exchanging ideas regard-
Oak Brook, IL 60521 If you have a collection you would be ing the future of the library.
willing to share,please call Peg at 789-1814. Long Range Goals:
654-2222
(1) Double the Association's pre-
sent membership of approximately
LIBRARY HOURS ^� 400 resident families.
Monday—Thursday 10:00— 9:00 p.m. s I(11',1.%i (2) Develop a program aimed at in-
Friday— Saturday 10:00— 4:00 p.m. 1�i/j ,I'1�ii / ;-/oe corporating the library needs of this
Pit �bV community into a set of action propos-
als.
OAK BROOK LIBRARY ASSOCIATION NON-PROFIT ORG.
P.O. BOX 3131 U.S. POSTAGE
PAID
OAK BROOK, ILLINOIS 60522-3131 PERMIT NO. 371
OAK BROOK, IL
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