<div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:center"><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><img src="cid:ii_k16kibnz0" alt="unnamed.png" width="189" height="104" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><b><i><font color="#ff0000" face="arial, sans-serif">You know how you get the same questions, over and over again, at your library? So do we! </font></i></b></div><div style="text-align:center"><i><b><font color="#ff0000" face="arial, sans-serif">In an effort to help answer some FAQs, OPLIN will periodically publish these mini how-to guides.</font></b></i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i><b><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></b></i></div><div style="text-align:center"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif" size="6">"What are the OPLIN databases?"</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div></div><div>Not every brand of facial tissue is Kleenex. Not every brand of gelatin is Jell-O. And not every statewide database is just from OPLIN.<br><br>Don’t get me wrong–OPLIN spends a lot of money on all those databases we’ve come to depend on, such as the EBSCO suite. But, in truth, those purchases are only viable because OPLIN partners with both InfOhio and OhioLink to do it, and the State Library of Ohio provides a good chunk of LSTA funding as well. Buying database access for over 11 million people isn’t cheap, and it takes the resources of all four organizations to make it happen. In fact, there is an official partnership for this, called<a href="https://www.oplin.ohio.gov/lco"> Libraries Connect Ohio</a>. All of those databases that are purchased by the LCO partnership constitute the basis of the <a href="https://ohioweblibrary.org">Ohio Web Library. </a><br><br><b>So, there are Ohio Web Library databases, really, rather than OPLIN databases</b>. (I know, OPLIN is a little easier to say, but it’s not really correct.)</div><div><br></div><div><i>Want to learn more about the databases? <a href="https://www.oplin.ohio.gov/content/databases">See here</a>.</i></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif">-- <br><b>Laura Solomon, MCIW, MLS</b><br>
<i>Library Services Manager,</i> Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN)<br>
(614) 752-0792 (voice) | (614) 728-5256 (fax)<br>
<a href="mailto:laura@oplin.ohio.gov" target="_blank">laura@oplin.ohio.gov</a> | <a href="https://oplin.ohio.gov" target="_blank">https://oplin.ohio.gov</a></font></div></div><div dir="ltr"><span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>