Investing in Ohio s Students and Future Thank you for OhioLINK -- a world-class idea that out-of-staters envy. --Thomas Suddes, Teaching Fellow, Ohio

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1 Investing in Ohio s Students and Future Thank you for OhioLINK -- a world-class idea that out-of-staters envy. --Thomas Suddes, Teaching Fellow, Ohio University

2 $$$ and Sense Nationally Renowned Program s Progress Stalls with Ohio Budget The OhioLINK appropriation in the current State of Ohio biennium operation budget will not only curtail new initiatives, but it will also eliminate currently provided information resources. Entering the tenth year of operations, the OhioLINK program has proven that cooperation and statewide licensing of information resources benefit colleges and universities of all sizes. The economic power to license for all of Ohio higher education has not only reduced the rate of increase in library costs but also has extended the buying power of the individual library budget. Large universities can buy more research materials and small institutions gain access to resources formerly beyond their means. In 2002, the OhioLINK program s tenth year of operation, the immediate impact of the budget reduction will be a reduction in expenditures for electronic content. Increasingly, the budget has been spent on content delivery, leveraging our efficiently created technical infrastructure that delivers services purchased by the OhioLINK program. The expenditure on the OhioLINK program has proven increasingly effective over ten years of operation. Its total annual funding is only 85% more than in 1994, compared to growth in institutions served and in services of 300% to 1200%. Where does the OhioLINK budget go? F1992 F1993 F1994 F1995 F1996 F1997 F1998 F1999 F2000 F2001 F2002 F2003 OhioLINK Growth in Services Delivered Versus Growth in Budget F2003 Projected Combined Capital and Operating Budget 2 OhioLINK Snapshot

3 Cost Effective Purchasing Power Electronic Journal Center (EJC) Total cost of OhioLINK EJC content in 2001 Average percent of EJC titles held in print by Ohio universities 25% Estimated cost to duplicate the EJC in print at universities Reference Databases F2001 OhioLINK statewide license costs F2001 Cost of comparable access if licensed by individual libraries Controlling Costs $ 16.4 Million $ 65.6 Million $ 4.4 Million $ 13.8 Million OhioLINK Milestones Central Catalog 1992 Central Catalog live November Online Borrowing begins Univ. of Akron, Case Western, Bowling Green St., Central State, Univ. of Cincinnati, MCO, Miami, Wright State, Youngstown State January Million Bib Records NEOUCOM May 1994 State Library of Ohio June 1994 Research Databases ABI/Inform & Periodical Abstracts November 1992 Newspaper Abstracts March ,000,000 Reference Searches Dissertation Abstracts July 1994 Average Annual Journal Cost Increase for Typical Academic Research College Library Average Annual Cost Increase for Journals Licensed through OhioLINK 7.7% 6.1% 8.0% 4.5% 2001 vs vs Columbus State & Shawnee State September 1994 Univ. of Dayton October 1994 Cleveland State January 1995 OCLC First Search (3) August 1994 Medline, CINAHL, HealthSTAR, CANCERLIT, AIDSLINE, PsycINFO and RLG Eureka (5) September 1994 Art Index November 1994 Education Index January 1995 As higher education funding is under pressure, the combination of healthy college and university library budgets and the OhioLINK program budget maximize statewide purchasing power and information resource availability. Access to the OhioLINK provided resources that cover the breadth of available scholarship is essential to support efforts to create a robust 21stcentury Ohio economy. Univ. of Toledo February Kent State, Owens, & Southern State March Million Bib Records Bio. & Agri. Index, Biography Index, & Library Literature February 1995 Applied Science & Tech., Book Review Digest, Cumulative Book Index, Essay & General Literature, Index to Legal Periodicals & Books March Continued -- OhioLINK Snapshot 3

4 E-Books First Electronic Books See Heavy Use The OhioLINK program is a leader in expanding information access through the emergence of electronic books. A diverse collection of 12,000+ titles already demonstrates the users strong desire to select and use e- books. The collection was expanding but with new budget constraints, users are now limited in the number of books available to them. Plans remain to expand access, if it is affordable, in this highly effective program. netlibrary E-Book Availability and Usage Dr. Jacquelyn Yates Assistant Professor, Political Science Kent State University - Salem OhioLINK Resources Support Regional Campus Scholarship To do assigned reports on political science topics, Dr. Yates directs students to KentLINK, OhioLINK, and the research databases. OhioLINK provides access to resources far beyond what my students would be able to get in our regional campus library, allowing them to range more widely and successfully in their quest for material for their reports. Dr. Yates area of research is employee ownership, and she is affiliated with the Ohio Employee Ownership Center. The Center investigates how employee ownership can contribute to anchoring jobs, smooth leadership succession, and create capital income for workers, in addition to the wages they earn. Through OhioLINK, I have been able to find all the books and articles I need -- much of the material was scattered around the State s universities. For me, teaching at a regional campus, OhioLINK is a dream come true. I would never have been able to locate all the resources that OhioLINK has provided, much less arrange to borrow or purchase them. The cost in time and money would have been prohibitive. Because of OhioLINK, my colleague, John Logue, and I have recently completed two books on employee ownership. The first, The Real World of Employee Ownership to be published by Cornell University Press, provides a comprehensive study of employee ownership focused on Ohio. The second studies employee ownership worldwide. Research such as represented in these two books could not have been completed without OhioLINK. It would have been just too ponderous a task. OhioLINK offers a compassionate, just, and merciful system. It is designed with users in mind -- working smoothly and efficiently for the user... Because of OhioLINK, my colleague and I have recently completed two books on employee ownership. 4 OhioLINK Snapshot

5 Central Catalog Central Catalog Continues Providing Increased Book Collection Utility Number of Bibliographic Records in the Central Catalog Online Patron Borrowing by Patron Type The size and diversity of the OhioLINK Central Catalog continues to demonstrate a high level of book utilization. Now it is also increasing access to audio and video materials. This benefit is clearly seen as online borrowing showed strong growth in Undergraduates continue to Fast Facts Participating Institutions account for a greater percentage of overall activity. Traditionally, undergraduates rarely used interlibrary loan (ILL). Their use of online borrowing is a special program achievement. Filled Online Patron Borrowing Requests OhioLINK Snapshot 5

6 Central Catalog Percent of Items Held by Number of Libraries In 2001, the catalog included Ohio s 17 public/research universities, 23 community and/or technical colleges, the State Library of Ohio, and 38 independent colleges. This statewide collection included more than 7.9 million unique records. Access to the OhioLINK Central Catalog allows participating libraries to diversify their collections by purchasing items not already held within the system, instead of purchasing duplicate copies of low-demand items. OhioLINK and Dedicated Professor Deliver Interesting French Translation Material Leanne Wierenga Associate Professor of Languages Wittenberg University Professor of French Leanne Wierenga wanted to create a new French literature translation course and was looking for a theme that would really grab students. Professor Wierenga states, On a lark, although I knew very little about the topic, I picked French fairy tales. Fairy tales would provide For developing new courses at a small liberal arts school like Wittenberg, OhioLINK is crucial. interesting material for the students to translate. Without further thought or preparation, she committed to teaching the course. Though she knew something about the medieval origins of some common fairy tales and that Frenchman Charles Perrault is responsible for popular stories like Little Red Riding Hood, she realized in a panic that there were large gaps in her knowledge and that the course was a mere two weeks off. Since no one at Wittenberg had taught this material before, she did not expect to find much on it in the campus library. What was she to do? She did what many Ohio professors do today; she turned to OhioLINK. Within days, Professor Wierenga had a stack of books from around the state and quickly discovered fascinating new aspects. As she got more involved, Professor Wierenga found she needed information on myth and symbol, literary criticism, and psychological interpretation of fairy tales. Wittenberg s Thomas Library had some of the commonly read works, but she needed more. Again she turned to OhioLINK and discovered Jack Zipes, Marie- Louise von Franz, Raymonde Robert, and others. And, as students are taught to do, she carefully combed through the bibliographies of her OhioLINK books and discovered and ordered even more books! Professor Wierenga eventually attempted to buy some of her favorites and asked the library to do so, as well. She discovered that you can t get them through Amazon.com. Many valuable books on the topic were obscure or out of print, and OhioLINK remains her only access to them. For developing new courses at a small liberal arts school like Wittenberg, OhioLINK is crucial! It is not just those millions of volumes. The quick delivery that OhioLINK offers is important. So is the ability to keep the books for six weeks (assuming a renewal). 6 OhioLINK Snapshot

7 OhioLINK Delivers--Anytime, Anywhere Dean Fraga Biology Department College of Wooster I think OhioLINK is fantastic. I have used it frequently to find papers I need for grant preparation, classroom activities, and manuscripts. I find it to be an enormous time saver, and I appreciate being able to search the databases from home. Comparison of Online Borrowing Supply and Demand by Institution Type Requests Made 7% Two-Year Colleges 22% Independent Colleges 71% Universities 73% Universities 19% Independent Colleges 8% Two-Year Colleges Requests Received Working toward equal borrowing and lending rates, the OhioLINK program does not raid university collections. It works to enrich all its affiliated libraries by enabling quick and easy borrowing and lending between the college and university communities. Central Catalog Cuyahoga, Lakeland, & Sinclair April 1995 OSU & Ohio U May Million Bib Records Edison State & Lorain November 1995 Cinci. State & Oberlin December 1995 Ohio Northern January 1996 Hocking & Ohio Wesleyan February 1996 Clark State & Terra April 1996 Rio Grande May ,000 Online Requests Belmont, Cedarville, & Mt. St. Joseph September 1996 Denison, Kenyon, Ohio Wesleyan, & Wooster November 1996 Capital & Xavier January 1997 CRL & Northwest St. February 1997 Jefferson March 1997 MVNC April ,000,000 Online Requests Research Databases -- Continued -- Ohio Capitol Conn. May Million Reference Searches Britannica Online September 1995 ERIC & BioethicsLINE January 1996 Biological Abstracts April 1996 Oxford English Dict. May 1996 English Verse Drama & Medical Electives June 1996 English Poetry & Gale(2) July 1996 Compendex, PAIS, A Matter of Fact, Am. Heritage Dict., Columbia Ency., Thesaurus, ARTFL September 1996 RILM January MLA, Am. Poetry & African-Am. Poetry February Million Reference Searches -- Continued -- OhioLINK Snapshot 7

8 Research Databases Searching Growth Continues Despite First Database Reductions OhioLINK s 2001 Top Ten * *Based on % of searches on OhioLINK main site. Does not include Central Catalog statistics. OhioLINK Supports Federal Grant Applications Dr. Brian B. McSpadden Gardner Department of Plant Pathology The Ohio State University, OARDC Notably, grant and manuscript reviewers for the top journals expect researchers to be aware of the most recent work published in a larger number of journals...without the resources provided by OhioLINK, I would have to spend two to three times as much effort to get the same results. For example, this fall I was able to submit two grant applications on separate subjects partly because of the time saved in doing library research. Those applications will be..., I find OhioLINK an essential tool for obtaining competitive extramural funding from the USDA and NSF. partcularly competitive, because I was able to include references to work published within one month of the submission deadline. Therefore, I find OhioLINK an essential tool for obtaining competitive extramural funding from the USDA and NSF. 1 Electronic Journal Center % 2 Periodical Abstracts % 3 LexisNexis % 4 PsycINFO % 5 ISI % 6 ABI/Inform % 7 ERIC % 8 MEDLINE % 9 WorldCAT % 10 SIRS % Research database searching has grown steadily as the OhioLINK program has added to its core, statewide database collection. This essential collection continues to be licensed at discounted prices. In 2001, users saw the first decline in database availability. This will continue in 2002 with Ohio s projected budget. Nonetheless, Ohio higher education users need to research topics from anthropology to zoology increased. The program s quality research databases are not free resources, but they are necessary to support high quality scholarship and research. 8 OhioLINK Snapshot Number of Research Databases 2002 Projected

9 OhioLINK s 10-Year Top Ten * *Based on % of searches on OhioLINK main site. Does not include Central Catalog statistics. 1 Periodical Abstracts % 2 MEDLINE % 3 PsycINFO % 4 LexisNexis % 5 Electronic Journal Center % 6 ABI/Inform % 7 ERIC % 8 WorldCAT % 9 CINAHL % 10 ISI % Users continue to gain better access while seeing more integration between citations, articles, images, and other data types as new information resources are added. Many of the citation databases use a single interface, simplifying their use. 25,000 Other Sources 32,000 Digital Art Images 71,000 Digital Satellite Images 75,000 Digital Historic Maps 90,000 E-Books 200,000 Literature Distribution of 6.5 Million Full-Text Documents Downloaded 368,000 SIRS Researcher 1,345,000 General Interest and Business Articles 2,733,000 Electronic Journal Center 1,490,000 LexisNexis Universe Research Databases Searches In 1995, the OhioLINK program first delivered full-text general interest articles to users via library print stations. As the presence of the WWW increases and OhioLINK expands full-text resources and desk-top delivery, document downloads continue to grow. With the OhioLINK program s diverse collection of full-text resources, 6.5 million documents were downloaded in This far exceeds the 125,000 (avg.) articles per year that are borrowed through traditional interlibrary loan. OhioLINK Snapshot 9

10 Central Catalog Continued -- Ursuline August 1997 Ohio Dominican September 1997 Washington State & Wittenberg January 1998 Hiram February ,500,000 Online Requests John Carroll September Million Bib Records Ashland, Antioch, Athanaeum, Baldwin- Wallace, Bluffton, Defiance, Franciscan, Heidelberg, Malone, Mt. Carmel College of Nursing, Mt.Union, Muskingum, Tiffin, Otterbein, Univ. of Findlay, Wilberforce, Wilmington January ,000,000 Online Requests Research Databases The Bible in English June th Cen. Eng. Fiction July 1997 STAT-USA August 1997 SIRS October 1997 ISI (3), Eds. & Adap. of Shakespeare, & Lexis-Nexis Universe November 1997 English Prose Drama December 1997 Congressional Universe January Elec. Journal Center with Elsevier & Academic Press April Million Reference Searches ABELL, BAL, & Harpweek September ,000,000 Documents Downloaded 1999 America: History & Life, Business & Ind., Contemporary Women s Issues, Disclosure Global Access, Hist. Abstracts, Soc. Abstracts January 1999 EJC Project MUSE March Million Reference Searches -- Continued -- Campus Librarian Uses OhioLINK Resources to Help Appalachia Stan Planton Head Librarian Ohio University - Chillicothe It s often said that information is power, says Stan Planton. As information professionals, librarians should be powerful, but frequently we re identified with arcane pursuits, rather than with dynamic activities that help real people in the real world. As Head Librarian at Ohio University s Chillicothe campus, Planton has proven that OhioLINK can play a pivotal role in community and regional development. Ilpo Koskikallio, a Finnish economic development expert, read a story about the collaboration of Planton and a Russian financier in Forbes. The two had worked to develop business relationships between Chillicothe and Russia with Planton doing much of his research using OhioLINK resources. Soon, Koskikallio was in Chillicothe meeting with local economic development agencies. Koskikallio had connections with South African businesses, and Planton was soon involved in multinational negotiations for housing projects, delivery of earthmoving equipment, and wine sales, connecting international companies with local and regional firms. His skill in finding and OhioLINK databases were able to supply a piece of information that was both relevant and timely to an international negotiating session, a real war and peace issue, turning warheads into peaceful power. managing information obtained through OhioLINK was crucial to these ventures eventual success. Planton and OhioLINK resources became involved in another regional project when the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC), which produces fuel for commercial nuclear power plants, decided to close its Piketon, Ohio, plant, one of the largest employers in Southern Ohio. The plant s closing would mean economic disaster for thousands of workers. In an effort to prevent economic calamity in the Piketon area, Planton used OhioLINK databases to research alternative uses for the plant s facilities and workers. He provided information to the Governor s office and to others involved in negotiating the plant s survival. Piketon employees, whose lives would be most affected by plant closure, depended on him for up-to-date, authoritative information. Planton also tells of receiving a telephone call from the USEC home office. USEC was negotiating on the U.S. government s behalf with Russia. At stake was the delivery of a large quantity of uranium downblended from bombs. The caller asked if Planton had any sources that might reveal changes in the Russian negotiating position, and indeed he did. OhioLINK databases were able to supply a piece of information that was both relevant and timely to an international negotiating session, a real war and peace issue, turning warheads into peaceful power, says Planton. Appalachian Ohio is considered a disadvantaged area with few information resources, says Planton, And here we are at Ohio University, with outstanding communication capability and great access to current information, largely due to OhioLINK. When we hear about efforts to improve the area, we have an obligation to help. 10 OhioLINK Snapshot

11 Electronic Journal Center Percent of Print Held from 26 Major Publishers OSU -- 54% UC -- 40% CWRU -- 30% OU % WSU -- 26% MU % KSU -- 23% UT -- 20% BGSU -- 18% UA -- 18% CSU -- 16% UD -- 11% YSU -- 10% Number of General/Business and Scholarly Articles Downloaded EJC Unparalleled Success in Expanding Scholarly Journals Use Average Number of Journal Titles Owned in Print Compared to Average Number of Journal Titles Downloaded Four years of expanding access to a growing set of scholarly research journals reflects an insatiable demand for this material. Traditionally, Ohio s major universities hold an average of only 25% of the available scholarly research journals. Fast Facts Total EJC Downloads Since 1998: 4,812,060 In 2001: 2,732,920 Given the opportunity for direct, desktop delivery, students and faculty will use, on average, over 80% of the available journals, a much wider range than is available on each campus through individual library purchases. From Ohio s largest research university to the smallest community college, all institutions have benefited from cooperative purchasing. OhioLINK Snapshot 11

12 EJC With over 4,000 titles, the EJC has more than quadrupled the buying power of Ohio higher education for 17 publishers (commercial and non-commercial) across a wide range of disciplines. Cumulative Number of Articles Downloaded from Each Publisher Elsevier Science All Others ELSEVIER SCIENCE...2,780,690 ALL OTHER PUBLISH- ERS...2,031,370 Wiley...461,130 Kluwer Academic...387,365 Academic Press...381,670 American Chemistry Society...220,000 Springer-Verlag...190,280 Emerald...104,860 Blackwell Publishers...90,965 Project MUSE...53,910 Blackwell Science...49,260 Institute of Physics...25,450 American Institute of Physics...25,200 Royal Society of Chemistry...19,765 American Physical Society...12,580 Thieme...9,070 BioOne...6,350 Barbara Padgett, M.A. Division of Surgical Research Department of Surgery Medical College of Ohio (MCO) OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center an Efficient Research Tool I would be lost without OhioLINK. I use the Electronic Journal Center on an almost daily basis. It saves me a lot of time and effort that would be otherwise taken up by running back and forth to the library to copy articles, and it saves our department considerable money that would otherwise be expended in ordering reprints, reports Padgett. An employee of MCO for 23 years, she has a variety of assignments, including locating relevant research literature for the faculty. Padgett is also able to retrieve books through online I use the [OhioLINK] Electronic Journal Center on an almost daily basis. borrowing for the faculty. One of my bosses just finished a book on the history of the pancreas, and I was able to find and request books that answered many, many questions for him, saving both of us time and effort. I don t know how we ever functioned as an academic department before OhioLINK! It has really transformed my job. I notice, too, that OhioLINK resources are becoming easier to use all the time, making it more efficient to find articles, says Padgett. She also says that the increasing number of linked services has been very helpful. She can now do searches on MEDLINE and give her boss the listing of references with abstracts plus a fulltext copy of a number of the articles. This allows him to begin working with the full-text material while waiting for the other materials to be delivered. Padgett says,...this immediate availability has meant that he is using a wider selection of material than ever before. 12 OhioLINK Snapshot

13 Central Catalog Research Databases The collection represents a significant core, but many scholarly journals remain beyond our reach. With the reduction in higher education funding, this unparalleled resource s progress is in jeapardy and future progress is questionable. OhioLINK Resources Assist Statehouse Project Joel Flint Researcher and Curator of the Ohio Statehouse Ohio Historical Society s Statehouse Education and Visitor s Center Within two days, I had a copy from OhioLINK EJC Monthly Article Downloads Jan Feb March April May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov The Statehouse recently opened a room to honor George Washington Williams, the first African American legislator in Ohio. During the research part of this project, when I particularly needed a copy of Franklin s biography of Williams, all of the copies in the various local libraries were checked out. Within two days I had a copy from OhioLINK. This service has also been useful in a number of other occasions, providing access to materials otherwise not accessible locally, says Flint, I also used OhioLINK s Central Catalog to locate biographical information pertaining to Ohio s other 71 African American legislators who have served the State since Williams. Such information is frequently in disparate locations and not easily obtained. Dec 1999 ABC PolSci, Bib. of -- Continued -- Hist. of Art, Chicano DB, FRANCIS, GeoRef, GPO, Hand Press Books, Hndbk. of Latin Am. Studies, Humanities Abs., Index to For. Legal Periodicals, Index to Hispanic Leg., Index to 19th Cent. Am. Art Periodicals, Inside Information Plus, OCLC ArticleFirst, OCLC ContentsFirst, OCLC NetFirst, RLIN, Russian Acad. of Sciences Biblio., Union List of Periodicals, & World Almanac August 1999 Notre Dame of Ohio October 1999 Cincinnati Bible & Marietta December Urbana Univ. February ,500,000 Online Requests 3,000,000 Online Requests Digital Media Center with Saskia & AMICO, EJC Wiley, EJC Springer-Verlag, EJC Kluwer Academic September ,000,000 Documents Downloaded ITKnowledge & MathSciNet January 2000 INSPEC & ATLA Religion April 2000 EJC MCB University Press, EJC Royal Society of Chemistry May 2000 EJC Inst. of Physics June 2000 AccessScience, DMC Landsat 7, EJC American Chemical Society July Continued -- OhioLINK Snapshot 13

14 Digital Media Center DMC Expands into Physics and Language Videos and More Cumulative Number of Art & Architecture Image Downloads OhioLINK delivered its first images through the Digital Media Center (DMC) in August, It continues to be a pioneer in building statewide multi-media collections with art and architecture images, historic maps, archival materials, and video demonstrations of physics principles and native foreign language speakers. These diverse collections are from both commercial services and submitted from Ohio colleges and universities. The current DMC collections represent the tip of the iceberg. Vast collections held in Ohio s colleges can benefit Ohioans through electronic access. Cumulative Number of Satellite Image Downloads 2000 Historic Maps 2001 Detail of the Ohio State Capitol in The map is one of the Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps. History Social Studies A print of the 1900 Wright glider drawn by Orville Wright. The print is part of the Wright Brothers Collection at Wright State University A Corbelled Ballcourt Archway, at Coban, Honduras. The image is part of a Mayan archaeology image collection from Oberlin College. 14 OhioLINK Snapshot

15 Central Catalog Continued -- Research Databases 50 Million Reference Searches EJC American Institute of Physics September 2000 Things to Come in 2002 Adding new, real-time chat reference services and other forms of help to OhioLINK resources. Expanding the Central Catalog to include additional independent colleges. Continuing to expand online borrowing into different types of materials, including video tapes and CDs. Further diversfying the Digital Media Center to include additional archival and video collections from participating OhioLINK institutions. Expanding electronic books, theses and dissertation collections. Improving off-campus access to all OhioLINK resources for all OhioLINK patrons. Improving the website usability and user interface for OhioLINK services. Evaluating user needs and perceptions of library services. CCAD December ,000,000 Documents Downloaded 60 Million Reference Searches EJC Blackwell Science January 2001 EJC Thieme February 2001 EJC Blackwell Publ., DMC Sanborn Maps March 2001 EJC ACM April 2001 DMC Historic & Archival Collections May 2001 DMC Social Studies, EJC BioOne September 2001 DMC Physics & Foreign Lang. Videos November Million Reference Searches 80 Million 2002 Reference Searches 4,000,000 Online 20,000,000 Requests Documents Downloaded OhioLINK Governing Board Ronald Crutcher, Miami University Linda Dobb, Bowling Green State University Paul Gaston, Kent State University Terry Hickey, University of Akron Chin Kuo, Cleveland State University Perry Moore, Wright State University Anthony Perzigian, University of Cincinnati Fred Pestello, University of Dayton Peggy Peterson, Washington State Comm. College Elaine Pontillo, Stark State College of Technology Paul Unger, Owens Community College Duane Wood, Cedarville University Ex Officio Roderick G. W. Chu, Chancellor, Ohio Board of Regents Bill Baker, University of Findlay, TAC Joe Branin, The Ohio State University, LAC Tom Sanville, Executive Director, OhioLINK E. Garrison Walters, Ohio Board of Regents Kristan Collins Runyan, Editor OhioLINK Update 2455 North Star Road Suite 300 Columbus, OH (614) OhioLINK Snapshot 15

16 OhioLINK Institutions Defiance College WSU Lake Miami Univ. MU Hamilton MU Middletown Edison State CC Sinclair CC Univ. of Dayton Northwest State CC Athenaeum of Ohio Cincinnati Bible Coll. & Seminary Cincinnati State Tech. & CC College of Mt. St. Joseph UC Clermont Univ. of Cincinnati UC Raymond Walters Xavier University Medical College of Ohio Owens CC Univ. of Toledo Bowling Green State Univ. Antioch College Cedarville Univ. Central State Univ. Wright State Univ. Wilberforce Univ. Wilmington College Univ. of Findlay Bluffton College Lima Tech. College/ Ohio OSU Lima Northern Univ. Urbana Univ. Clark State CC Witternberg Univ. Southern State CC Terra CC Heidelberg College Tiffin Univ. Marion Tech. College/OSU Marion Ohio Wesleyan Univ. Central Ohio Tech. Capital Univ. College/OSU Columbus Coll. of Art & Design Newark Columbus State CC Denison Univ. Mt. Carmel Coll. of Nursing Ohio Dominican College Ohio State Univ. Otterbein College State Library of Ohio OU Chillicothe Shawnee State Univ. BGSU Firelands Lorain CCC Oberlin College North Central Ashland Tech. Univ. College/OSU Mansfield Kenyon College Mt. Vernon Nazarene College OU Lancaster Rio Grande Univ. & CC Baldwin-Wallace College Case Western Reserve Univ. Cleveland State Univ. Cuyahoga CC John Carroll Univ. Notre Dame College College of Wooster OSU ATI/ OARDC UA Wayne Muskingum College Muskingum Area Tech. College OU Zanesville Hocking College Ohio Univ. Univ. of Akron Lakeland CC Ursuline College KSU Geauga Hiram College Kent State Univ. NEOUCOM Youngstown State Univ. Malone College Mt. Union College Stark Tech. College KSU Stark KSU Tuscarawas Marietta College Washington State CC Belmont Tech. College OU Eastern KSU Ashtabula KSU Trumbull KSU Salem KSU E. Liverpool Franciscan Univ. of Steubenville Jefferson CC OU Southern OhioLINK Benefits Higher Education Maximizes the utility of Ohio s academic library collections. Dramatically increases information access at small and large institutions. Delivers exceedingly cost-effective access to information. Increases Ohio s ability to prepare students and researchers for the information age.