OhioLINK

The Ohio Library and Information Network (OhioLINK) is a consortium of Ohio’s college and university libraries and the State Library of Ohio. Serving more than 600,000 students, faculty, and staff at 121 institutions, OhioLINK’s membership includes 16 public universities, 24 community/technical colleges, 50 private colleges and the State Library of Ohio. OhioLINK serves faculty, students, staff and other researchers via campus-based electronic library systems, the OhioLINK central site, and Internet resources.

OhioLINK’s goal is to provide easy access to information and rapid delivery of library materials throughout the state. OhioLINK offers eight main electronic services: a union library catalog, research databases, a multi-publisher Electronic Journal Center, a Digital Resource Commons, a multi-publisher Electronic Book Center, a Finding Aid Repository, a music center, and an Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center.

OhioLINK, a cooperative venture of university libraries and the Ohio Board of Regents, grew out of a 1987 recommendation by the board’s library committee that "the state of Ohio implement, as expeditiously as possible, a statewide electronic catalog system."

In response to this recommendation, the board established a steering committee representing librarians, faculty, administrators and computer systems managers from campuses throughout Ohio. After meetings, public hearings, and conferences, the committee prepared and distributed a planning paper (November 1988); a Request for Information (February 1989); and a Request for Proposal (August 1989) to initiate a statewide electronic system.

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