Affordable Learning Open Course Redesign Grants will help an additional 30 faculty members explore teaching with no-cost-to-student course materials. See the announcement for the full list of grant recipients.
News Releases
Oct 5, 2022
OhioLINK has used additional Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) funding to purchase four new collections of shared digital books and streaming video. The new library resources support a broad curriculum for teaching and learning. Faculty can utilize two of the new collections for no-cost-to-student teaching materials, augmenting OhioLINK’s digital library of more than 180,000 digital books and other electronic information resources available to students and faculty at institutions across the state.
Sep 8, 2022
OhioLINK has completed a strategic planning process that will guide the statewide academic library consortium’s work with members through the next three to five years.
Jul 13, 2022
The update adds new search functionality and an improved user experience to a collection of streaming music offered as part of OhioLINK's core digital library for teaching and learning.
Jul 13, 2022
OhioLINK marks its 30th anniversary in 2022. This paper, the second of two parts, reviews the organization’s history through selected formative milestones and provides observations about the evolution of the consortium from its current executive director, revealing the importance of expanding cost-effective and easy access to scholarly resources, economies of scale, pushing technology, and a focus on the user.
Jun 15, 2022
An Integrated Library System (ILS) is the backbone of library operations and used to manage circulation, acquisitions, and cataloging, as well as to generate the underlying data that drives library business decisions and reporting. OhioLINK will leverage cooperative purchasing power and shared technical expertise to cover the cost of the software and the migration process for its member institutions.
May 25, 2022
In Times Higher Education, Amy Pawlowski and Gwen Evans talk about how library teams can prepare and protect their digital services from cybersecurity threats. Key takeaway: be prepared to rethink your systems and service providers in the event of a cyberattack.
May 5, 2022
Based on a recommendation from OhioLINK’s Database Improvement and Discoverability (DIAD) Policy Team, OhioLINK has removed the alternative subject headings added to its Central Catalog in April 2021 in favor of using the updated Library of Congress subject headings.
Apr 29, 2022
OhioLINK marks its 30th anniversary in 2022. This paper, the first of two parts, reviews the organization’s history through selected formative milestones and provides observations about the evolution of the consortium from its current executive director, revealing the importance of expanding cost-effective and easy access to scholarly resources, economies of scale, pushing technology, and a focus on the user.
Mar 11, 2022
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