[OPLINLIST] Fwd: Christine Morris is the new Digital Resources Manager at OPLIN

[Laura Lee Wilson]

Congratulations Christine!  ~LLW



Laura Lee Wilson, MLIS, CPL
Library Director

Huron County Community Library
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Willard, OH 44890
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On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 12:30 PM Don Yarman via OPLINLIST <
oplinlist at lists.oplin.org> wrote:

> Some attendees at the OLC Convention heard this news, but I'm pleased to
> officially welcome Christine Morris to the OPLIN staff. Please see the
> press release below.
>
>                     Don Yarman
>                     Director, Ohio Public Library Information Network
>                     2323 W Fifth Ave Suite 130, Columbus OH 43204
>                     don at oplin.ohio.gov | 614.728.5250
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>
> October 27, 2021
>
> [image: Photo of Christine Morris]The Ohio Public Library Information
> Network (OPLIN) recently announced that Christine Morris is the new Digital
> Resources Manager at OPLIN. The Digital Resources Manager will oversee
> OPLIN's non-web and non-network services to public libraries, including
> subscription reference databases and E-Rate program assistance. Notably,
> the Digital Resources Manager will be responsible for the statewide launch
> of the Northstar Digital Literacy program (
> https://www.oplin.ohio.gov/services/northstar).
>
> Ms. Morris most recently served as Deputy Director at OhioNet, and her
> background also includes experience at Columbus Metropolitan Library,
> Portage County District Library, and Washington-Centerville Public Library.
> She holds a BA in Economics and International Studies from Bowling Green
> State University, an MLIS from Kent State University, and an MA in Public
> Policy and Management from Ohio State University.
>
> “I am delighted to have Christine bring her experience and talent to
> OPLIN," said Don Yarman, OPLIN's Executive Director. "She comes to us with
> a broad and detailed understanding of library services in general and the
> Ohio library landscape in particular. She will be instrumental in helping
> each library system make the best use of OPLIN’s services in their
> communities.”
>
> “I’m grateful for the opportunity to return to my first library
> love--public library service,” Morris said. “The team at OPLIN is
> tremendous, and I am looking forward to contributing to the success of
> Ohio's public libraries in this new capacity. I hope that all of the public
> libraries are as excited as I am about the Northstar initiative.”
>
> ______________________________________
>
> OPLIN is an independent agency within the State Library of Ohio supporting
> public access to online information since 1995. The agency is defined by
> Ohio Revised Code section 3375.64, and was created “…for the purpose of
> ensuring equity of access to electronic information for all residents of
> this state.” OPLIN accomplishes this mission primarily by maintaining
> high-speed connections to the internet in Ohio public libraries, and by
> facilitating the finding, retrieving, and sharing of digital information,
> such as the information available to all Ohioans in the Ohio Web Library (
> ohioweblibrary.org <https://ohioweblibrary.org/sources/>).
>
>
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