February 2, 2026
Announcements
RSVP for Open CIRM meeting on Feb 6, 10AM
Please RSVP by Tuesday, February 3 at 5:00 p.m. for the Friday, February 6 meeting at 10 a.m. OhioLINK libraries’ staff are invited to attend an open CIRM Policy team meeting to better understand what’s going on in shared collection development & analysis. The agenda and WebEx login information will be sent on February 4 to those who RSVP. Please contact April Levy with questions.
ACS webinar for authors, Feb 10, 9AM
[Please share with your authors.] Authors are invited to learn about the new OhioLINK Read & Publish agreement with the American Chemical Society’s (ACS), which began January 1 (see more information below). Presenters from ACS will highlight the content that is available under the new agreement and how the publishing process works for authors, with time for Q&A. Please register for this Zoom meeting for authors to be held on Tuesday, February 10 at 9-10 a.m. A recording will be available.
The recording of the January 23 ACS webinar for librarians is now available in Ostaff Webinars & Video.
Webinar: How the Ohio State University Libraries is using AI to enhance digital accessibility, Feb 18, 3PM
Please register to hear Cory Tressler, Assistant Dean for Technology and Digital Programs at OSU Libraries, talk about how they are using AI for digital accessibility. In April 2024, the DOJ updated federal Title II digital accessibility rules. Facing the daunting task of remediating millions of pages of PDFs and generating Alt Text for hundreds of thousands of images in its collections, the University Libraries explored AI to enable automation to meet accessibility standards within the updated rules. Attendees will learn how the University Libraries is approaching this challenge and the results thus far. You can read more about the project in this recent article. You are welcome to share the invitation to register with other groups in your institution, such as IT. This session will be recorded and posted to the Webinars & Video page.
New on Ostaff: Alma LSP e-resources section
OhioLINK continues to make changes to Ostaff to help members find information. An Alma LSP section now appears at the top of the Ostaff landing page drawing attention to a new page highlighting Alma E-Resources.
OhioLINK libraries resume SearchOhio lending in February
OhioLINK and SearchOhio libraries will resume shared lending services this month using the new Clarivate Rapido Consortial Borrowing (Rapido CB) product. This is a new software product that SearchOhio developed with Clarivate. Because this will be Rapido CB’s very first go-live, we are taking a soft-launch, no-promotion approach that will slow requests, give staff more time to accommodate working with new software, and mitigate any unforeseen challenges that may occur during go live. There is more information on Ostaff.
Resource sharing staff and project leads are invited to register for a pre-go-live webinar on Thursday, February 5, 10-11 am to discuss the details. A recording will be posted to Ostaff. If you have questions, please talk with your Alma Project Lead, ICS representative or Resource Sharing representative. You can also contact OhioLINK support.
New American Chemical Society Open Access agreement
OhioLINK now has six OA agreements, with the latest being a new 3-year, cost-neutral American Chemical Society (ACS) hybrid open access (OA) publishing agreement that began January 1. Members have access to all ACS e-journals with the addition of 29 journal titles and OhioLINK authors affiliated with an Electronic Journal Center (EJC) participating institution can publish in any ACS hybrid journal without annual limits. Additional details can be found on Ostaff pages and through ACS webinars (more info and registration links below):
OhioLINK’s downloadable Open Access Agreements Summary Table (pdf) has been updated to include ACS information. As a reminder, this table provides an overview of all OhioLINK’s OA agreements and addresses what OhioLINK librarians told us were frequently asked, basic questions from authors. No Ostaff password required. Please feel free to share the link or download the PDF and post the summary on your library’s site.
As always, your CIRM representatives can answer any questions about this agreement—or any—OhioLINK collection package. You can find your rep in the CIRM roster or contact us at OhioLINK support.
OhioLINK members are ELUNA members
Just a reminder that all OhioLINK member institutions are ELUNA members. ELUNA is the user community for Ex Libris customers in North America. Members enjoy educational and networking benefits through webinars, regional meetings and an annual conference. ELUNA maintains a number of advisory and working groups whose members are selected through a nomination process, however ELUNA manages a number of listservs for broader discussion about each of the Ex Libris products. Members can also participate in collaborative testing, training, focus groups and many other customer-driven initiatives that are geared toward improving Ex Libris products. Save the dates: the 2026 ELUNA conference will be April 27 – May 1 in Los Angeles.
