[OPLINTECH] Fwd: [Ohlib] Ohio Digital Network Collections Debuts in DPLA

Fri Mar 2 14:05:51 EST 2018

A lot of people have put a lot of work into this project, and we at OPLIN
are happy that it's launched today!

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From: marshams at library.ohio.gov <marshams at library.ohio.gov>
Date: Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 1:15 PM
Subject: [Ohlib] Ohio Digital Network Collections Debuts in DPLA
To: "ohlib at lists.library.ohio.gov" <ohlib at lists.library.ohio.gov>

*Please excuse multiple postings…*

The State Library of Ohio is pleased to announce the launch of the Ohio
Digital Network <https://dp.la/search?partner%5B%5D=Ohio+Digital+Network>.
Today, over 90,000 new materials from Ohio Digital Network are now
discoverable in Digital Public Library of America <https://dp.la> (DPLA).
Led by the State Library of Ohio <http://library.ohio.gov> and in
partnership with Ohio Library and Information Network
<https://www.ohiolink.edu/> (OhioLINK*)*, Ohio Public Library Information
Network <https://www.oplin.ohio.gov> (OPLIN), and Ohio History Connection
<https://www.ohiohistory.org/>, the Ohio Digital Network builds on strong
digital collection efforts across the state including Ohio Memory and the
Ohio Digitization Hubs project. The State Library is one of the eleven Ohio
libraries and cultural institutions members with collections in the initial
launch of the* Ohio Digital Network*. As a part of DPLA, students and
teachers, researchers, and history buffs can now explore all of these rich
collections from across the state in one place alongside millions of
resources from the growing DPLA network of partners.

“The State Library of Ohio is very proud to have led the Ohio Digital
Network to this important point.  We are very appreciative of the
tremendous amount of work done by the many dedicated people in our partner
institutions across the state,” expressed State Librarian Beverly Cain.
“We look forward to working with them, and with our partners at DPLA, to
continue developing Ohio’s contributions to this culturally and
historically significant collection of resources.”

The collections shared by members of the Ohio Digital Network represent
stories that are both unique to Ohioans and part of our shared national
story. Materials such as the *Fishes of the Great Lakes
<https://dp.la/item/934cd611d00b76d0a63cb6cccb7f9a1a?back_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fdp.la%2Fsearch%3Futf8%3D%25E2%259C%2593%26q%3Dfishes%2Bof%2Bthe%2Bgreat%2Blakes&next=3&previous=1>*
poster,
*wartime propaganda posters
<https://dp.la/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&provider%5B%5D=Public+Library+of+Cincinnati+and+Hamilton+County&partner%5B%5D=Ohio+Digital+Network&q=%22war+posters%22>*
and *oral histories* about the May 4, 1970 Kent State shooting
<https://dp.la/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&provider%5B%5D=Kent+State+University&partner%5B%5D=Ohio+Digital+Network&q=%22oral+history%22>
shed light on turning point moments in twentieth century history.
Collections such as Kenyon College’s *Latino-American experiences* in rural
Knox County
<https://dp.la/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&provider%5B%5D=Kenyon+College&partner%5B%5D=Ohio+Digital+Network&q=LiRA>
and *Ohio’s LGBT communities
<https://dp.la/search?subject=Gay+Ohio+History+Initiative+%28GOHI%29>* from
the Ohio History Connection, represent the lives, work, and relationships
of local Ohioans, and ensure that the stories, voices, and experiences of
these communities are captured as part of our national heritage. Ohio
Digital Network also brings unique materials for gaming (old school, that
is) and ornithology enthusiasts too—the Cleveland Public Library’s collection
on the history of chess and checkers
<https://dp.la/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&provider%5B%5D=Cleveland+Public+Library&partner%5B%5D=Ohio+Digital+Network&q=John+G.+White+Collection+of+Chess+and+Checkers>
and * John James Audubon’s beautiful bird illustrations
<https://dp.la/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&provider%5B%5D=Public+Library+of+Cincinnati+and+Hamilton+County&partner%5B%5D=Ohio+Digital+Network&q=%22birds+of+america%22>*from
the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County are not to be missed.

“OhioLINK and its member libraries are extremely pleased to participate in
the initial launch of the Ohio Digital Network collections in the DPLA.
Ohio has a long history of collaboration among its library and cultural
heritage organizations,” stated Gwen Evans, Executive Director of OhioLINK.
“The breadth of digital collections contributed by our partners in Ohio and
the connections between those collections make the whole much more than the
sum of its parts.”

“OPLIN, the Ohio Public Library Information Network, was created when
Ohio’s public library community came together in a spirit of collaboration
and innovation, and I’ve seen this same energy and excitement invested in
the Ohio Digital Network,” said Don Yarman, Executive Director of OPLIN.
“We have built so many, amazing digital treasures over the past few
decades, and I am eager for Ohio’s libraries and cultural institutions to
reach this important milestone of contributing collection data to DPLA, and
sharing their wealth through this portal.”

The work of Ohio Digital Network
<https://dp.la/search?partner%5B%5D=Ohio+Digital+Network> is generously
supported in part by LSTA funds awarded to the State Library by the
Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Ohio Public Library
Information Network (OPLIN).

*Read more** at *library.ohio.gov/news/ohio-digital-network-collections-
debuts-dpla/

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