Since 2001, the Ohio Public Library Information Network has offered financial assistance to public libraries interested in implementing filtering technology for managing public access to the Internet. In the current biennium budget, the State Legislature allocated additional funds to OPLIN for this purpose, stipulating that these funds, "...

OPLIN offers a free service that allows libraries to send notification messages directly to patrons' cellphones via standard Short Message Service (SMS) "text messages" instead of sending messages to their e-mail accounts.

Actually, this is about the "not" OPLIN Connectivity Survey.

Remember that we now collect data about Ohio public libraries continuously through http://oplin.org/datacenter and ask that you make changes there whenever things change in your library. This replaces the annual Connectivity Survey.

The Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN) is seeking nominations for its Board of Trustees. The OPLIN Board consists of eleven members appointed by the State Library Board (ORC 3375.65). These members are library directors, staff, and past or present trustees of public libraries.

The OPLIN Board has one vacancy to complete an unfinished term ending June 30, 2011, with the option to be reappointed for two additional three-year terms.