WHEREAS,  the Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN) will continue to provide outstanding Internet service to the Ohio public library community and its 8 million patrons, by cooperatively purchasing broadband connections for the 251 public libraries through State of Ohio purchase instruments;

If you apply for E-rate discounts on a T1 circuit that is purchased from the statewide SOMACS contract (e.g. to a branch library), there are some changes to that contract starting July 1.

Q: How do I know if I have a SOMACS T1?
A: You will be getting monthly bills from AT&T (actually Ohio Bell Telephone dba. AT&T Ohio) for $400 for each T1 circuit to your branch(es).

Q: What is changing?

In addition to the regular Spanish version of the World Book encyclopedia, which is intended for a younger audience, World Book has now released Hispanica, a Spanish resource intended for older grades and adults.  (Please see the attached PDF for details).  We have added the link to the full listing of Ohio Web Library databases at http://www.oplin.org/databases.  However, if you would like to link to it directly, you can by using the URL http://oplin.org/worldbook-his.

 Are you thinking of upgrading your library's website?

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