Snapshot 2002

Investing in ’s Students and Future “OhioLINK is probably the single best reason for studying and teaching in Ohio.” --Stephen L. Harp, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of History, University of Akron

Completing 10 Years 1992 - 2002 $$$ and Sense

Nationally Renowned Program’s Progress Still Hampered by Ohio Budget

The OhioLINK current and expected Where Do OhioLINK Expenses Go? operating budgets are not only curtailing new initiatives, but are also eliminating funding for currently provided information resources. With the latest 2.5% reduction announced January 2003, the OhioLINK F2003 operating budget is 8.4%- $640,300-below the F2001 level. OhioLINK-funded database licenses have been reduced. These expenses have been transferred to the libraries across the state, or database access lost. With library budgets also being reduced, the

impact of OhioLINK’s budget reductions F2003 Projected is doubly felt. Funding is not expected to increase in F2004/F2005, requiring further reductions. The OhioLINK capital budget for F2003-F2004 is sufficient to maintain F1992F1993F1994F1995F1996F1997F1998F1999F2000F2001F2002F2003 current capital-funded initiatives, but OhioLINK Growth in Services growth opportunities will be limited. Delivered Versus Growth in Budget The OhioLINK program has proven increasingly effective. Total annual 2002 Activity Levels funding in 2002 was only 83% more than Indexed to 1994. in 1994, while the number of delivered services and libraries served has grown dramatically. But, with budget cuts, the percentage of expenditures in content delivery decreased for the first time in 2002, from a peak of 75% in 2001, to 73%. Completing the tenth year of operations, the OhioLINK program has

proven that cooperation and statewide Combined Capital licensing of information resources not and Operating Budget

2 OhioLINK Snapshot But It Also Takes Library Funds OhioLINK Milestones Central Catalog Electronic Journal Center (EJC) Research Databases • Total cost of OhioLINK EJC content 1992 in 2002 $ 19.4 Million Central Catalog Live 2 Databases Added • Cost of EJC funded by OhioLINK $ 3.7 Million November 1992 • Cost of EJC funded by Libraries $ 15.7 Million • Average percent of EJC titles held 1993 1 Database Added in print by Ohio universities 25% • Estimated cost to duplicate the EJC in print at universities $ 77.6 Million 1994 Online Borrowing begins 20 Institutions Joined 16 Databases Added Reference Databases / General & Business Journals 5 Million Bib Records 1,000,000 • F2002 OhioLINK statewide Reference Searches license costs $ 3.1 Million • F2002 Cost of comparable access 1995 if licensed by individual libraries $ 9.7 Million 10 Million Bib Records 14 Institutions Joined 11 Databases Added Controlling Costs 15 Million Bib Records 10 Million Reference Searches Average Annual Journal Cost Increase for Typical Academic Research College Library Average Annual Cost Increase for Journals Licensed through OhioLINK 1996 12 Institutions Joined 16 Databases Added 7.7% 8.0% 8.0% 6.1% 500,000 Online Requests 4.5% 3.9% 1997 2001 vs. 2000 2002 vs. 2001 2003 vs. 2002 CRL Joined February 1997 only reduce the rate of increase in library costs 7 Institutions Joined 14 Databases Added but also extend the buying power of the individual 1,000,000 20 Million library budget. Large universities can buy more Online Requests Reference Searches research materials and small institutions gain access to resources formerly beyond their means. 1998 With higher education funding under 4 Institutions Joined 4 Databases Added pressure, the combination of healthy college and 1,500,000 30 Million university library budgets and the OhioLINK Online Requests Reference Searches program budget maximizes statewide purchasing Elec. Journal Center power and information resource availability. Access Live with 2 Publishers to the OhioLINK provided resources that cover the April 1998 breadth of available scholarship is essential to support 20 Million Bib Records 4,000,000 Documents Downloaded efforts to create a robust 21st-century Ohio economy. OhioLINK Snapshot 3 Central Catalog Research Databases 1999 20 Institutions Joined 26 Databases Added Service Improvements 2,000,000 40 Million Online Requests Reference Searches Digital Media Center Live with 2 More Resources, More Access Collections September 1999 OhioLINK’s tenth year illustrated a continuing 4 EJC Publishers commitment to improvement with the addition of Added new resources and services. 8,000,000 The Digital Media Center contains several Documents Downloaded new collections. Greek and Latin “squeeze” images, from The Center for Epigraphical and 2000 Paleographical Studies at The Ohio State 2 Institutions Joined 5 Databases Added University, are now available. Users can also search and download selections from the E. W. Scripps 2,500,000 50 Million Archive at Ohio University. The DMC’s Foreign Online Requests Reference Searches Language Videos database has diversified with the 5 EJC Publishers addition of four new language collections. A total Added of seven foreign languages are now represented. 1 DMC Collection In another program first, OhioLINK licensed a Added 3,000,000 Online 13,000,000 set of core databases with INFOhio, the K-12 library Requests Documents Downloaded program; and OPLIN, the Ohio Public Library Information Network. This set of Ebsco Publishing databases are now available to all Ohioans. 2001 OhioLINK users also gained additional 60 Million reference services. The Subject Cluster Search Reference Searches delivers, with a single search, results from a core 5 EJC Publishers of subject-specific databases, and “Chat with a Added Librarian” delivers live reference help via an online 5 DMC Collections Added chat link. 70 Million As the world of e-books continues to evolve, Reference Searches so does OhioLINK’s collection. In the summer of 2002, OhioLINK added Books 24 x 7 to fill the 2002 need for high-demand IT manuals. 4,000,000 Online 80 Million OLinks, a linking service that dramatically Requests Reference Searches increases the number of links between citations 3 EJC Publishers in the research databases and the relevant full- 4 Institutions Joined Added text articles, also debuted this year. 24 Million Bib 25 Million Four institutions, Cleveland Clinic College Records Documents Downloaded of Medicine, Franklin University, Lourdes College, and Myers University, joined OhioLINK in 2002. These new additions bring the total number of participating institutions to 83.

4 OhioLINK Snapshot E-Books

First Electronic Books See Heavy Use

The OhioLINK program is a leader in expanding information access through netLibrary E-Book Availability and Usage the emergence of electronic books. Growing use of a diverse collection of 14,000+ titles already demonstrates the users’ strong desire to select and use e-books. The collection is expanding slowly due to 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.

Fast Facts: E-Books Cumulative 2002 Heaviest Use Per Title 1078 671 Median Use Per Title 8 5 Average Uses Per Title 14.3 8.9

OhioLINK Supports Students and Faculty Use of Older Collections

Stephen L. Harp I have written two monographs and am researching a Associate Professor and Chair, Department of History third, any one of which would have been hard to pull off University of Akron without OhioLINK. Both my undergraduate and graduate students consider the system a lifeline, filling in “OhioLINK is probably the single best reason for all of the holes in our own studying and teaching in Ohio. Few states have ...My single biggest collection. Although our anything even remotely comparable. fear in leaving the interlibrary loan staff is In an older, densely populated state like ours, University of Akron absolutely superb, it would be OhioLINK makes it possible to use the older and moving to another impossible for them to order collections of Case Western Reserve University, and state is that of giving and process the large volume the liberal arts colleges, as well as the newer research up ‘my’ OhioLINK of books that we all now use collections at The and the through OhioLINK. As both regional state universities. The University of Dayton a teacher and a scholar, my has a virtual stranglehold on Catholic publications, single biggest fear in leaving the University of Akron and Bowling Green State University on popular culture, moving to another state is that of giving up ‘my’ and the University of Akron on rubber and industry. OhioLINK.”

OhioLINK Snapshot 5 Central Catalog

Central Catalog Continues Providing Increased Book Collection Utility

The size and diversity of the OhioLINK Number of Bibliographic Records Central Catalog continues to demonstrate a high level of book utilization. Now it is in the Central Catalog also increasing access to audio and video materials. This benefit is clearly seen as online borrowing showed even stronger growth in 2002. Some of this growth in resource sharing may be the result of decreasing book buying as library budgets tighten. The value of the OhioLINK central catalog is dependent on continued additions of new titles that can be shared across the state. Undergraduates continue to account for a greater percentage of overall activity. Traditionally, undergraduates rarely used inter-library loan (ILL). Their use of online borrowing is a special Online Patron Borrowing by Patron Type program achievement.

Filled Online Patron Borrowing Requests

6 OhioLINK Snapshot Central Catalog In 2002, the catalog included Ohio’s 17 public/research universities, 23 community and/or technical colleges, the , and 42 Percent of Items Held independent colleges. This statewide by Number of Libraries collection included more than 8.3 million unique records representing 24.7 million library holdings across the state. Collection growth was the slowest in OhioLINK’s 10-year history. Access to the OhioLINK Central Catalog allows participating libraries to diversify Fast Facts their collections by Participating Institutions purchasing items 1994...... 9 not already held 1995...... 14 within the system, 1996...... 33 1997...... 45 instead of 1998...... 53 purchasing 1999...... 74 duplicate copies of 2000...... 79 low-demand items. 2001...... 79 2002...... 83

OhioLINK Provides Quality Research Sources for Distance-Learners

Carol Nancarrow “Having OhioLINK as a shared resource for finding Associate Professor of English quality research materials makes this class possible,” Sinclair Community College Professor Nancarrow said. “If I had to depend on the chaos of the Internet, we just wouldn’t Every quarter, Professor Carol I feel like OhioLINK be able to do the quality of work that these Nancarrow requires her 50 distance- is my partner in students need to do. I feel like OhioLINK is learning students in English delivering a class my partner in delivering a class that is really Composition II, to write a research that is really essential to the academic future of my paper on a topic of their choice. She essential to the students.” shows students how to use Once the students have done their work, academic future of OhioLINK to access sources like OhioLINK also makes it easy for Professor Academic Search Premiere to support my students. Nancarrow to check their sources, which cuts their ideas. Having access to down on the temptation to plagiarize or OhioLINK also allows Professor Nancarrow to download papers. approve topics that would otherwise be quite “We do use the Internet for research in this class, but difficult to research effectively because they are very the students quickly see that they are much better off with current or rather obscure. OhioLINK in terms of quality and ease of use,” Professor Nancarrow said.

OhioLINK Snapshot 7 Central Catalog

OhioLINK Helps Busy Working toward equal borrowing and lending rates, Professor Stay Up-to-Date the OhioLINK program does not “raid” university collections. It works to enrich all its affiliated libraries Erdal Ozkan by enabling quick and easy borrowing and lending Professor, Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering Dept. between the college and university communities. The Ohio State University

“OhioLINK’s Electronic Journal Center has the greatest potential for improving the productivity level of our Comparison of Online Borrowing Supply and Demand graduate students and faculty members. by Institution Type One of my biggest Having access to Requests Made problems as articles in five a busy prestigious journals, 69.4% Universities faculty without even leaving member was my office was a keeping up dream for me and with the with OhioLINK’s help newest it came true. articles 23.4% Independent published in my area of expertise. No Colleges matter how much I tried to do this, the best I could do was to be able to locate and read technical articles within six months to one year of their publication 7.2% Two-Year Colleges date. Lately, I did not have any time at all to visit the library to check out materials. Thanks to OSU librarians Requests Received and OhioLINK, I am now six months 6.3% Two-Year Colleges 0.5% CRL to one year ahead of most of my colleagues and peers who are not using a similar service. Having access to articles in five prestigious journals, 23.2% Independent without even leaving my office was a Colleges dream for me and with OhioLINK’s help it came true. I am certainly a better informed, more enthusiastic researcher simply because I know what everybody else is doing in a timely manner. Thank you for re-energizing 70.0% Universities me to keep myself up-to-date with new information generated by scientists all around the world.”

8 OhioLINK Snapshot OhioLINK’s Research Databases 2002 “Top Ten”* Database Access Grows *Based on % of searches on OhioLINK main site. Does not include Central Catalog Through Joint Licensing statistics.

1. Electronic Journal Center -- 20.4% OhioLINK Saves Time and Money 2. Periodical J. Kelly Kissock Ph.D., P.E. Abstracts -- 13.4% Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 3. LexisNexis -- 9.3% University of Dayton 4. PsycINFO -- 7.1% 5. MEDLINE -- 5.9% “I am an associate professor of Mechanical OhioLINK is truly a 6. ISI -- 4.0% Engineering at the University of Dayton. I have used great service, one OhioLINK since my first days here. It is a truly great 7. ERIC -- 3.9% that vastly improves service, one that vastly improves my teaching and 8. ABI/Inform -- 3.5% my teaching and research. I would say that 75% of the resources I research. 9. WorldCAT -- 3.4% check out come from other libraries through 10. Education OhioLINK. The resources are always delivered on Abstracts -- 2.8% time. No single small school library can possibly stock the detailed resources needed to support advanced teaching and research. By linking all university libraries, OhioLINK leverages each Library’s collection several times. OhioLINK is the single most cost-effective state program I know of.”

Research database searching grows Number of Research Databases steadily and the OhioLINK program has added to its core, statewide collection in 2002. This was accomplished through an innovative and cost effective joint licensing program with the Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN) and the Information Network For Ohio Schools (INFOhio). At the same time, a small number of databases lost statewide access as a consequence of the state budget reductions. Nonetheless, Ohio higher education users’ need to research topics from anthropology to zoology increased. The program’s quality research databases are research. The statewide collection not free resources, but they are necessary continues to be licensed at discounted to support high quality scholarship and prices.

OhioLINK Snapshot 9 Research Databases

Users continue to gain better access while seeing more integration between citations, articles, images, and other data OhioLINK’s types as new information resources are added. Many of the 10-Year citation databases use a single interface, simplifying their use. In 2002, users could also access multiple databases in their “Top Ten”* area of interest by a single search. *Based on % of searches on OhioLINK main site. Does not include Central Catalog Research Databases Searches statistics.

1. Periodical Abstracts -- 17.5% 2. MEDLINE -- 13.2% 3. Electronic Journal Center -- 7.8% 4. PsycINFO -- 7.6% 5. LexisNexis -- 6.9% 6. ABI/Inform -- 4.7% 7. ERIC -- 4.3% 8. WorldCAT -- 4.0% 9. CINAHL -- 3.3% 10. ISI -- 3.0%

Growth in Electronic Full-Text Documents Downloaded 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 down- loads continue to grow. With the OhioLINK program’s diverse collection of full-text resources, 10.3 million documents were downloaded in 2002. This far exceeds the 125,000 (avg.) articles per year that are borrowed through traditional interlibrary loan.

10 OhioLINK Snapshot Electronic Journal Center

Percent of Print Held EJC Unparalleled Success from 26 Major in Expanding Scholarly Journals’ Use Publishers Average Number of EJC Journal Titles Owned Five years of in Print Compared to Average Number expanding access to OSU -- 54% UC -- 40% of EJC Journal Titles Downloaded in 2002 a growing set of scholarly research CWRU -- 30% journals reflects an insatiable demand OU -- 29.5% for this material. WSU -- 26% Traditionally, Ohio’s MU -- 24.5% major universities hold an average of KSU -- 23% only 25% of the UT -- 20% available scholarly BGSU -- 18% research journals. UA -- 18% Fast Facts: CSU -- 16% Total EJC Downloads

UD -- 11% • Since 1998: YSU -- 10% 7,076,425 • In 2002: 2,944,980 Number of General/Business and Scholarly Articles Downloaded Given the opportunity for direct, desktop delivery, university students and faculty will use, on average, over 85% 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 journal purchasing.

OhioLINK Snapshot 11 EJC

With over 4,700 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. The $19 million invested in EJC statewide licenses is equivalent to $77 million if purchased individually by our universities and a much larger amount if applied across all smaller colleges. Cumulative Number of Articles Annual Number of Articles Downloaded from Each Publisher Downloaded from Each Publisher ELSEVIER SCIENCE...... 3,706,925 All ALL OTHER PUBLISHERS...... 2,031,370 Others Wiley...... 654,325 Kluwer Academic...... 574,250 American Chemistry Society.....510,988 Academic Press...... 500,000 Elsevier Springer-Verlag...... 282,265 Science Blackwell Publishers...... 204,935 Emerald...... 162,990 Blackwell Science...... 147,095 Project MUSE...... 136,375 American Institute of Physics...... 54,628 Institute of Physics...... 39,725 Royal Society of Chemistry...... 29,928 BioOne...... 25,730 American Physical Society...... 23,785 Thieme...... 19,055 Association for Computing Machinery...... 3,340

OhioLINK Expands Access to Materials of Small Libraries Lois Thompson Rekowski, MLS, CAS Then in January 2003, library staff printed out Director of Library Services 25 OhioLINK paging slips in one day. Jefferson Community College “When the library clerk came to tell me how heavy the requests were I had one of those Lois Thompson Rekowski began OhioLINK has ‘moments.’ The realization of what working at Jefferson Community College, empowered the faculty OhioLINK had done for the college one of the smallest colleges and libraries in to make assignments stopped me in my tracks. The daily Ohio, in 1993. The college had few that actually require requests exceeded the circulation that I resources and a very limited library library work... would have had in some months in the collection of approximately 10,000 books. past, and it did not even include our in- “Our circulation was small; it averaged house circulation for that day. about 50 per month, but in reality it was higher in the OhioLINK has not only allowed our students to get the winter months,” Rekowski said, “In the summer, we materials they need, but it has empowered the faculty to were lucky to see 20 books a month go out. It was a make assignments that actually require library work, difficult situation, because much of the collection was something that wasn’t done in the past because we just older as well as being small in numbers and variety.” didn’t have enough resources.”

12 OhioLINK Snapshot EJC

The collection represents a significant core, but OhioLINK Helps Student Find many scholarly journals remain beyond our Rare Microfilm for Research reach. With the reduction in higher education funding, this unparalleled resource’s future Janet Rice McCoy progress is in jeopardy. Doctoral Candidate, School of Communication Studies Bowling Green State University

“My research OhioLINK is an EJC Monthly Article Downloads interest focuses on incredible asset the intersection of that enhances my religion, media research by adding and culture. Since both breadth and BGSU is a state depth. institution, it is frequently difficult to find materials in our stacks relating to the religion angle. OhioLINK, however, enables me to borrow materials from church-related institutions throughout the state including relatively rare microfilm of missionary periodicals from the 1800s. I have also used my BGSU library card to check out books in person at other OhioLINK institutions. Being able to return the books to BGSU rather than making a second trip to the lending institution saves both time and money. OhioLINK is an Jan Feb March April May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec incredible asset that enhances my research by adding both breadth and depth.”

Convenience of OhioLINK Helps Faculty Focus More Time on Teaching and Research

Dr. Ann C. Hall the Columbus Metropolitan Library, the State Library of English Division Chair Ohio, and numerous suburban libraries as part of a Ohio Dominican University research paper I was preparing. It was time- consuming and expensive. Now, I can order “OhioLINK has changed the way OhioLINK has my books online, and it has made a huge that my students and I do research. changed the way that difference in my research and my teaching. When I first began teaching full-time my students and I do My students’ work has improved, too. They at Ohio Dominican, I spent weeks research. have access to texts now, not just Internet traveling around to Ohio Web sites. I love OhioLINK—it’s made a Dominican’s library, Ohio State University’s library, world of difference to me and my students.”

OhioLINK Snapshot 13 Digital Media Center

DMC Growth and Diversification Continues

OhioLINK delivered its first images These diverse collections are from through the Digital Media Center (DMC) both commercial services and from Ohio in August 1999. OhioLINK continues to colleges and universities. The current be a pioneer in building statewide multi- DMC collections represent the tip of the media collections to support instruction iceberg. Vast collections held in Ohio’s and research with art and architecture colleges can benefit Ohioans through images, historic maps, archival materials, electronic access. and video demonstrations of physics principles and foreign language speakers. Most Popular DMC Collections: 2 1

Wright Brothers Collection This collection of more than 1,000 images was contributed by Wright State University. 3 Art and Museum Images The Art and Architecture images database contains over 80,000 digital images. It is a collection of digital images from AMICO (the Art Museum Image Greek and Latin Inscription Images Consortium) and Saskia, Ltd. as As part of the Social Sciences Database, this well as contributions from collection contains over 250 digitized OhioLINK institutions. squeezes (accurate paper impressions) of Greek and Latin inscriptions, contributed by The Ohio State University.

14 OhioLINK Snapshot DMC 4 5

Ohio Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations This collection consists of 40,000 large scale street This collection contains 600 demonstrations plans produced by the Sanborn Fire Insurance available for viewing and downloading. Each company from 1867 to 1970. illustrates a particular principle of physics.

Things to Come in 2003

• Education video collection, with over 300 • Further expanding the Digital Media titles, streaming over the Internet. Center to include additional archival and video collections from participating • Expanding the Electronic Journal Center’s OhioLINK institutions. publisher licenses. • Implementing the OhioLINK Central • Expanding collaboration with the Ohio Catalog’s “pick up anywhere” option to Learning Network and the Ohio improve access for distance-learners. Supercomputer Center. • Updating the Central Catalog’s interface to • Expanding the reference e-book collection. utilize the latest technologies available.

OhioLINK Governing Board Ex Officio Linda Dobb, Bowling Green State University Roderick G. W. Chu, Chancellor, Ohio Board of Regents Paul Gaston, Kent State University Dorinda Giles, Xavier University, TAC Alan Goodridge, University of Toledo Tom Sanville, Executive Director, OhioLINK Jeanne Jacobs, Sinclair Community College E. Garrison Walters, Ohio Board of Regents Stephen Kopp, Ohio University Del Williams, University of Akron, LAC Chin Kuo, Cleveland State University Perry Moore, Wright State University Anthony Perzigian, Candi Clevenger, Editor Fred Pestello, University of Dayton OhioLINK Update Elaine Pontillo, Stark State College of Technology 2455 North Star Road Paul Unger, Owens Community College Suite 300 Duane Wood, Cedarville University Columbus, OH 43221 www.ohiolink.edu (614) 728-3600 [email protected]

OhioLINK Snapshot 15 OhioLINK Institutions

KSU Ashtabula Lourdes College Baldwin-Wallace College Lakeland CC Medical College of Ohio Case Western Reserve Univ. Northwest Owens CC Cleveland Clinic COM Univ. of Toledo State CC Cleveland State Univ. Cuyahoga CC Ursuline John Carroll Univ. College Myers University Bowling Green BGSU KSU Geauga KSU Trumbull Terra CC Lorain CCC Notre Dame College Defiance College State Univ. Firelands Oberlin College Hiram College Kent State Heidelberg College Univ. Univ. Tiffin Univ. NEOUCOM Univ. of of Akron Youngstown State Findlay Univ. North College of Central Ashland Wooster Malone College KSU Salem Bluffton College Tech. Univ. OSU ATI/ Mt. Union College KSU E. Liverpool James A. Rhodes Ohio College/OSU OARDC Stark State College State College/OSU Northern Mansfield UA Wayne of Tech. Lima KSU Stark Univ. Marion Tech. College/OSU WSU Lake Marion Franciscan KSU Univ. of Kenyon College Tuscarawas Mt. Vernon Steubenville Nazarene University Jefferson CC Ohio Wesleyan Univ. Central Ohio Tech. Urbana Univ. Capital Univ. College/OSU Muskingum College Edison CC Columbus Coll. of Art & Design Newark Muskingum Area Belmont Tech. Columbus State CC Denison Univ. Clark State CC Franklin University Tech. College College Witternberg Univ. Mt. Carmel Coll. of Nursing OU Zanesville OU Eastern Ohio Dominican University Sinclair CC Antioch College Ohio State Univ. Univ. of Cedarville Univ. OU Lancaster Otterbein College Dayton Central State Univ. State Library of Ohio Wright State Univ. Wilberforce Univ. Miami Univ. Marietta College MU Hamilton Wilmington College Washington State CC MU Middletown Hocking OU Chillicothe College Athenaeum of Ohio Ohio Univ. Cincinnati Bible Coll. & Seminary Southern Cincinnati State Tech. & CC State CC College of Mt. St. Joseph Univ. of Cincinnati UC Clermont UC Raymond Walters Xavier University Univ. of Rio Shawnee Grande State Univ. & CC

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OhioLINK Benefits Higher Education • Maximizes the utility of Ohio’s • Delivers exceedingly cost-effective academic library collections. access to information. • Dramatically increases information • Increases Ohio’s ability to prepare students access at small and large institutions. and researchers for the information age.