May 4, 2026
Announcements
Digital Accessibility and ADA II Compliance at EBSCO, May 13, 2PM
This is the third webinar in OhioLINK’s ongoing series on digital accessibility from vendors that provide shared content and services for OhioLINK. Please register for Digital Accessibility and ADA II Compliance at EBSCO: Progress and Updates on May 13 at 2-3pm. Amber Russell, EBSCO Principal Product Manager and accessibility leader, will provide an in-depth look at EBSCO’s ongoing efforts to meet ADA Title II compliance standards with updates on current initiatives. She’ll also cover the documentation customers need to support organizational compliance requirements, including ACRs (VPATs®), accessibility roadmaps, and accessibility statements.
Call for participants: Cataloging Long Term Project Team
Members told us they found the migration’s functional project teams professionally rewarding and effective, and requested the opportunity to continue working together. To sustain their momentum, LAC recently approved the formation of two new domain-specific, long-term project teams (LTPT). The first team to form, the Cataloging LTPT, will foster community discussions about cataloging in Alma via a dedicated Basecamp. Library staff involved in cataloging, or any staff interested in this practice area, can join by emailing OhioLINK Support. Watch for a call for an Analytics LTPT soon.
Recordings
How OhioLINK Works
If you are new to OhioLINK or need a refresher on OhioLINK’s governance, structure, and function, watch the updated “How OhioLINK Works” presentation. (The accompanying 2021 series for “How Policy Teams Work” and “How Implementation Teams Work” are also available.)
Professional
OpenCon 2026, May 15
Please join us for OpenCon Ohio 2026! Reimagining Learning: The Future of Open Education will be offered free via Zoom on Friday, May 15. Anna Mills, visionary leader in open education and AI will be the conference keynote speaker. Registration for the May 14th preconference is closed. More details at OpenCon Ohio 2026.
Learning Center conference at Wright State, May 18-19
Heartland College Learning Center Association (HCLCA), dedicated to supporting learning center staff in Ohio and Kentucky, invites those involved in student success and academic support to the annual conference, May 18-19 at Wright State University. Topics include:
- Incorporating ethical AI usage into learning support
- Establishing scalable support for gateway courses
- Building collaborations with faculty
- Supporting students in academic difficulty
- Partnering with learning centers at other institutions
- Building effective training and professional development for peer educators
See more at the conference website. Early bird registration through May 6; $175 thereafter. Includes parking, two lunches, and membership to HCLCA.
JSTOR Next Generation Tools, June 17, 2PM
Please register to join us on June 17, 2-3pm when OhioLINK welcomes Bruce Heterick, Senior VP, Open Collections & Infrastructure at ITHAKA/JSTOR, for a live demonstration of the latest JSTOR’s digital stewardship tools and a preview what's coming. There will be ample time for questions and discussion. JSTOR Digital Stewardship Services brings together a digital asset management (DAM) environment, discovery and use on the much-used JSTOR platform, long-term preservation using Portico, and metadata generation and collections processing support through the new AI-assisted collections processing tool, JSTOR Seeklight. The webinar will be recorded. It is not necessary to be an OhioLINK member to attend. Please forward this invitation to anyone you feel might be interested.
Part 4 of ACRL’s Choice360 podcast: Defining Shared Services and What’s Next for Library Consortia
Episode 467: Part 4 of 4 19:00, from ACRL’s Choice360. Amy Pawlowski joins the leaders of the PALCI, SCELC, and VIVA library consortia to discuss the state of US consortia. In this episode, guests discuss the shared services library consortia provide their members. Access all four episodes here.
