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OhioLINK brings its Electronic Book Center into the 21st century (Jan 5, 2021)
BiblioBoard’s robust technology platform offers improved user experience, digital accessibility, and mobile compatibility for Ohio’s higher education students and faculty Jan 6, 2021

COLUMBUS, Ohio – OhioLINK, Ohio’s statewide academic library consortium, has partnered with BiblioBoard to implement a major update to its electronic book platform. Released December 30th, the modernized Electronic Book Center (EBC)... Read more

Last Mile Enhancement Program brings tenfold increase in broadband speed to 40 Ohio colleges and universities (Dec 21, 2020)
Students, faculty to benefit from faster connectivity, expanded accessCOLUMBUS, Ohio (Dec 21, 2020) — 

Ohio Department of Higher Education (ODHE) Chancellor Randy Gardner and OARnet have announced the $12.1 million Last Mile Enhancement Program to increase broadband speeds by 1,000% at 40 Ohio colleges and universities.

The award will also enable all 87 OARnet-connected... Read more

OhioLINK awarded Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) funds to bridge COVID-created gaps in higher education instructional materials and library resources (Dec 21, 2020)
Funds to purchase statewide licenses for streaming video, e-books, and other materials bolster remote research and support for courses not usually taught onlineDec 21, 2020

COLUMBUS, Ohio (December 21, 2020) OhioLINK, Ohio’s academic library consortium, has received $2.5 million from the Ohio Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) funds through the Ohio Department of Higher Education. The funds will be used to purchase digital resources for Ohio colleges, such as streaming video and e-... Read more

OhioLINK is awarded Ohio Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Competitive Grant (Dec 15, 2020)
Funding will expand pilot program begun in 2017 to create a more diverse and inclusive library workforceDec 15, 2020

COLUMBUS, Ohio (December 15, 2020) — OhioLINK announces that the State Library of Ohio has awarded grant funding to support OhioLINK’s 2021-2022 effort to expand its diversity initiative. OhioNET will be the program partner. Funding for the Ohio Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Competitive Grant comes from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Library... Read more

OARnet elevates Fullmer to chief technology officer, Wise to director of networking (Dec 1, 2020)
Changes to organizational structure enhance OARnet’s capabilities and efficiencyCOLUMBUS, Ohio (Dec 1, 2020) — 

The Ohio Academic Resources Network (OARnet) announced today the promotion of Mark Fullmer to chief technology officer and the appointment of Aaron Wise as his replacement as director of networking, effective immediately.

Reflecting Fullmer and Wise’s expertise and leadership, these changes are key to ensuring OARnet’s... Read more

Chancellor Gardner appoints Pawlowski as OhioLINK executive director (Oct 27, 2020)
Nationally recognized consortium leader will serve OhioLINK’s 117 member academic libraries and continue efforts to increase access and affordability for Ohio’s college studentsCOLUMBUS, Ohio (Oct 27, 2020) — 

Ohio Department of Higher Education Chancellor Randy Gardner has named Amy Pawlowski executive director of OhioLINK, Ohio’s academic library consortium, effective immediately. Pawlowski joined OhioLINK in 2013 as deputy director for... Read more

Virtual Fall SUG Conference Brings Academics Using OSC Together (Oct 23, 2020)
OSC users meet virtually for conference due to COVID-19COLUMBUS, Ohio (Oct 23, 2020) — 

The Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) hosted the Statewide Users Group (SUG) conference virtually on Thursday, adapting the biannual conference to an online environment after the spring edition of the event was cancelled due to the coronavirus. The Zoom gathering consisted of committee meetings, a keynote address, updates from OSC and breakout meetings.... Read more

OSC Deploys $4.3 Million Supercomputer Expansion (Oct 13, 2020)
OSC'S Pitzer Cluster undergoes expansion, promoting new state-of-the-art featuresCOLUMBUS, Ohio (Oct 14, 2020) — 

The Ohio Supercomputer Center’s (OSC) most efficient supercomputer system, the Pitzer Cluster, just received a major upgrade—in the middle of a global pandemic.

Over the summer, the two-year-old, liquid-cooled cluster gained nearly 400 nodes and 20,000 cores, increasing the system to more than 650 nodes and almost... Read more

Pandemic Modeling: COVID-19 Projection Models Equip Ohioans (Aug 13, 2020)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Aug 13, 2020) — 

As citizens around the world first caught wind about the COVID-19 virus, almost no one predicted that it would become an international pandemic with such far-reaching effects. Wasiur KhudaBukhsh, a president’s postdoctoral scholar at the Mathematical Biosciences Institute at The Ohio State University, was no exception.

“I was in Marseilles, France in February this year and there was a conference... Read more

Statewide Print Lending Resumes August 10 (Aug 10, 2020)
As lending resumes in time for fall semester, OhioLINK continues to support members during COVID-19 with critical resources and knowledge sharingAug 10, 2020

OhioLINK is pleased to announce that print borrowing among member institutions will resume on August 10th. The statewide print lending service, which temporarily halted operations amid response to COVID-19, will again support students and faculty as they return to campus for fall. Statewide, patrons borrowed on average more than 25,000... Read more

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