<div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:center"><img src="cid:ii_kcgi8w5a0" alt="unnamed.png" width="164" height="90" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br></div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><div style="text-align:center"><div><b><i><font color="#ff0000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br>Thanks to OPLIN's Infrastructure Specialist, Jessica Dooley for these great tips!</font></i></b></div><div><i><b><font color="#ff0000" face="arial, sans-serif">OPLIN will periodically publish these mini how-to guides.</font></b></i></div><br style="text-align:start"><div style="text-align:start">A common issue we run into, especially when working with libraries on their websites, is that the library might not have access any more to the library's domain registrar. So, if your library bought a special domain name (e.g., "<a href="http://examplelibrary.org/" target="_blank">examplelibrary.org</a>"), your organization might have trouble later if the person who had the login information for the domain seller leaves your library. <b>Here are some best practices to help prevent that situation:</b></div><div style="text-align:start"><ul><li style="margin-left:15px">Make sure the email address used to register the account isn't also paid for by the same account. Also, make sure the email messages from the domain registrar go to more than one staff member, or to a library alias email. <br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Put the email credentials and provider credentials in sealed envelopes in multiple places (including filing where no one cleans out, for fear of auditors)<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Make renewal calendar reminders for as many years as your preferred calendar services allows<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Only buy 1 year terms for your domains, so renewals hopefully never pass out of all existing staff memory. Being forced to renew annually can prevent a lot of this kind of problem!</li></ul></div></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"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">-- <br><b>Laura Solomon, MCIW, MLS </b>(She/her)</div><div dir="ltr">
<i>Library Services Manager,</i> Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN)</div><div dir="ltr">
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