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<div align="center"><b><tt>OPLIN 4Cast #109: Everything you need to
know about July 1<sup>st</sup>
<o:p></o:p></tt></b><br>
<tt>June 30, 2008</tt>
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<tt><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></tt>
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<tt>This early edition of the <i style="">OPLIN 4Cast</i> foreshadows
the OPLIN website and database changes <b style="">effective tomorrow
morning at 8:00 AM</b>.<span style=""> </span>We think you and your
patrons will be
pleasantly surprised at how intuitive and useful the new websites and
databases
are.<br>
<br>
As always, we welcome your feedback.</tt>
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<tt><b style="">1.<span style=""> </span>The new place to search
databases &
articles<o:p></o:p></b></tt>
<br>
<tt><b style="">Before:</b><span style=""> </span>The user would go
to oplin.org and either
type their search term into the OneSearch box, or they would click on
the
“databases” link down the side and then conduct their search.</tt>
<br>
<tt><o:p> </o:p></tt>
<br>
<tt><b style="">Now:</b><span style=""> </span>Users will be directed
to <a href="http://ohioweblibrary.org/">http://ohioweblibrary.org</a>
for a new
search interface that will bring back not only their search results,
but a list
of sources and other possible subjects to assist with narrowing the
search.</tt>
<br>
<tt><o:p> </o:p></tt>
<br>
<tt><b style=""><br>
</b><img src="cid:part1.01060801.01020800@oplin.org"
v:shapes="_x0000_s1027" align="left" height="90" hspace="12"
width="204"><b style="">NOTE</b> - A new Ohio Web Library logo should
replace any instance of
the OPLIN logo on your web pages.<span style=""> </span>The
new image, which should be linked to <a
href="http://ohioweblibrary.org/">http://ohioweblibrary.org</a>
, can be found here:
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<br>
</tt><tt><o:p> </o:p>
<br>
</tt><tt>Low resolution (for on your web page) <br>
<a href="http://www.oplin.org/oplin/logos/owl_logo.gif">http://www.oplin.org/oplin/logos/owl_logo.gif</a>
<br>
<br>
High resolution for print materials or for enlarging: <br>
<a href="http://www.oplin.org/oplin/logos/owl_logo_hires.tif">http://www.oplin.org/oplin/logos/owl_logo_hires.tif</a><span
style=""> </span><br>
</tt>
<tt>(Someone had difficulty with that link because of browser
settings, so if you need to, you can use this link instead:<span
style=""> </span><a
href="http://oplin.org/oplin/logos/owl_logo_hires.zip">http://oplin.org/oplin/logos/owl_logo_hires.zip</a>
)
<br>
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align="left" height="89" hspace="12" width="255"><br>
</tt><!--[endif]--><tt>Additionally, there is a widget available for
use on your
web page.<span style=""> </span>Simply paste this code as one
line where you want it to appear, and users can conduct searches right
there
from your web page.
<br>
</tt><tt><o:p> </o:p>
<br>
</tt><tt><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><script
language="JavaScript" src=<a
href="http://oplin.org/common/owl_widget/owl_search.js">"http://oplin.org/common/owl_widget/owl_search.js"</a>></script></span>
<br>
</tt><tt><o:p> </o:p>
</tt><br>
<tt><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></tt>
<br>
<tt><b style="">2.<span style=""> </span>Oplin.org is now just for
you!<o:p></o:p></b>
<br>
</tt><tt><b style="">Before:<span style=""> </span></b>All
information for librarians and the
public was mixed together in one web page.<span style="">
</span><br>
</tt><tt><o:p> </o:p>
<br>
</tt><tt><b style="">Now: </b><span style=""> </span>Since the public
doesn’t know what an “OPLIN”
is, we moved their tools away from oplin.org, to <a
href="http://ohioweblibrary.org/">http://ohioweblibrary.org</a> and
now the
only thing left on <a href="http://www.oplin.org/">www.oplin.org</a>
is
information <i style="">you</i> will need about OPLIN
products, services and support.
<br>
</tt><tt><o:p> </o:p>
<br>
</tt><tt>There is a new layout and design and a very handy search box
to help you find exactly what you need.
<br>
</tt><tt><o:p> </o:p>
<br>
</tt><tt><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b>
<br>
</tt><tt><b style="">3.<span style=""> </span>More for you at
ExploreOhio<o:p></o:p></b>
<br>
</tt><tt><b style="">Before:<span style=""> </span></b>Discover <st1:State
w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State>
was the source for authoritative <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Ohio</st1:place></st1:State>
information.<span style=""> </span>Often, though, it was
confused with the Ohio Department of Travel and Tourism. <br>
</tt><tt><o:p> </o:p>
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src="cid:part3.05070801.07050104@oplin.org" v:shapes="_x0000_s1028"
align="left" height="58" hspace="12" width="180"><b style="">Now:<span
style=""> </span></b>We changed the name and
the look, but you will still find all of the same great info!<span
style=""> </span>After July 1st<span style=""> </span>at 8:00 AM,
check out <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://exploreohio.org">http://exploreohio.org</a>
<br>
</tt><!--[endif]--><tt><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b>
<br>
</tt><tt><o:p> </o:p>
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</tt><tt><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b>
<br>
</tt><tt><b style="">4.<span style=""> </span>Statewide Databases are
changing.<o:p></o:p></b>
<br>
</tt><tt><br>
1.) [NEW PURCHASE] <i style="">Facts on File Science
Online</i> will be <a href="http://www.oplin.org/facts">http://www.oplin.org/facts</a><br
style="">
<br>
</tt><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]-->
<!--[endif]--><tt>2.) [NEW PURCHASE] <i style="">Worldbook</i>
will be <a href="http://www.oplin.org/worldbook">http://www.oplin.org/worldbook</a><br
style="">
<br>
</tt><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]-->
<!--[endif]--><tt><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.) [NEW
PURCHASE] <i style="">Worldbook Kids</i>:<span style=""> </span><a
href="http://www.oplin.org/worldbook-kids">http://www.oplin.org/worldbook-kids</a><o:p></o:p></span>
<br>
</tt><tt><o:p> </o:p>
<br>
</tt><tt><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.)
[NEW PURCHASE] <i style="">WorldBook Spanish</i>: <a
href="http://www.oplin.org/worldbook-spa">http://www.oplin.org/worldbook-spa</a><o:p></o:p></span>
<br>
</tt><tt><o:p> </o:p>
<br>
</tt><tt>5.) [UPGRADE] <i style="">Wilson's
Biographies Plus Illustrated</i> is being upgraded to <i style="">Wilson's
Biography Reference Bank</i>, and the link will stay the same:
<a href="http://www.oplin.org/bios">http://www.oplin.org/bios</a> <br>
</tt><tt><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b>
<br>
</tt><tt>6.) [UPGRADE] <i style="">Learn-A-Test</i>/<i style="">Learning
Express</i> has been enhanced to
include computer skills training.<span style=""> </span><br>
Additional software (available free online) is necessary for this to
work.<span style=""> </span>You will be prompted to install it if
it’s
not already on your machine.<span style=""> </span>If you have
any questions during installation, please contact the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">OPLIN</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Support</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
at 1-888-966-7546
or at <a href="mailto:support@oplin.org">support@oplin.org</a>. <br>
</tt><tt><o:p> </o:p>
<br>
</tt><tt><b style=""><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Unless you
have chosen to subscribe to these next three titles on your own, please
remove all links to them from your website.<o:p></o:p></span></b><br>
</tt><tt><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><br>
</tt><tt><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">7.)
[UNSUBSCRIBED] <i style="">Ohio Capitol Connection </i>will no longer
be available as a statewide database.<span style=""> </span>OPLIN
will be including a search of the ohio.gov domain, however. This should
provide basic access to <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Ohio</st1:place></st1:State>
government documents that are freely available on the Internet.<o:p></o:p></span><br>
</tt><tt><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">If
you wish to continue access to OCC on your own, contact the vendor:<o:p></o:p></span><br>
</tt><tt><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rotunda,
Inc.<o:p></o:p></span><br>
</tt><tt><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">21 W. Broad
Street, Suite 1000</span></st1:address></st1:Street><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br>
</tt><tt><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Columbus</span></st1:City><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">, <st1:State
w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">43215</st1:PostalCode></span></st1:place><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br>
</tt><tt><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">614.227.5820
(phone)<o:p></o:p></span><br>
</tt><tt><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">614.228.5897
(fax)<o:p></o:p></span><br>
</tt><tt><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a
href="mailto:info@rotundacollection.com">info@rotundacollection.com</a><o:p></o:p></span><br>
</tt><tt><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><br>
</tt><tt><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">8.)
[UNSUBSCRIBED] <i style="">Encyclopedia Britannica</i> (which includes
<i style="">Annals of American History, Encyclopedia Universal </i>and<i
style=""> World Data Analyst</i>) <o:p></o:p></span><br>
</tt><tt><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span>
<br>
</tt><tt>9.) [UNSUBSCRIBED] <i style="">Access
Science </i><br>
</tt><tt><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b>
<br>
</tt><tt><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b>
<br>
</tt><tt><b style="">Footnotes:<o:p></o:p></b></tt>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><tt>Since their use has been very
minimal lately, OH! Teach, OH! Kids and OH! Teens no longer exist.<span
style=""> </span>Instead, we will recommend links to Internet Public
Library.</tt></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><tt><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">If any of your links to OPLIN
have "controller.php" in them, they will not work after June 30<sup>th</sup>.<span
style=""> </span>You can find replacement links here: <a
href="http://oplin.org/databaselinks">http://oplin.org/databaselinks</a></span></tt></li>
</ul>
<tt><o:p></o:p></tt><tt><o:p> </o:p></tt>
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<td style="padding: 3.75pt;"> <tt>The <em><b>OPLIN 4cast</b></em>
is a weekly compilation of recent headlines, topics, and trends that
could impact public libraries. You can subscribe to it in a variety of
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><tt>-- <br>
Bobbi Galvin<br>
OPLIN Customer Relations & Support<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:galvinbo@oplin.org">galvinbo@oplin.org</a><br>
P: 614.728.5252 | F: 614.728.5256<br>
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">2323 W. 5th Avenue</st1:address></st1:Street>
| <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">Suite</st1:Street> 130</st1:address><br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Columbus</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">43204</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><br>
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