About ALAO

ALAO and OCA

Founded in 1867, the Ohio College Association (OCA) is a voluntary association of more than 80 of Ohio's private and public, two- and four-year non-profit colleges and universities. The OCA's purpose is to promote the cause of higher education within the State of Ohio and to encourage inter-institutional communication and cooperative endeavors on the part of both independent and public non-profit colleges and universities.

One way the OCA strives to promote such institutional communication and cooperation at many levels is through a diverse group of statewide higher education professional organizations called OCA Sections. The Academic Library Association of Ohio is one Section of OCA, and as such, receives Association assistance in the form of bookkeeping, membership database management, auditing, a permanent mailing address and phone number, mail services, meeting coordination, and program planning.