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Ohio’s Academic Library Consortium
Leader in Print Sharing
OhioLINK, a statewide academic library consortium, helps Ohio’s
students, faculty and staff access high quality information at
the lowest possible cost. Founded in 1992, OhioLINK blazed a
trail by being one of the first statewide academic consortia for
sharing library resources.
OhioLINK was among the first in the nation to establish a
system for sharing physical resources among Ohio’s academic
libraries, including a system of five regional book depositories.
Recent initiatives at the depositories include:
Today, OhioLINK serves more than 600,000 students, faculty,
staff, and other researchers at 91 institutions, including the
State Library of Ohio. We manage a statewide union catalog
and delivery system for over 46.5 million library items, and
we help library users around the state access more than 125
databases, 10,000 scholarly journals and millions of electronic
articles, 80,000 electronic books, 40,000 electronic theses and
dissertations, and thousands of images, videos, and audio files.
Funded by the State of Ohio and the 91 consortium libraries,
OhioLINK negotiates on behalf of its members, giving them
aggregated purchasing power. OhioLINK is a member of the
Ohio Technology Consortium (OH-TECH), a division of the Ohio
Board of Regents.
• Shared depository catalog. The database represents the
holdings in three of the regional book depositories for eight
of Ohio’s public universities.
• Cooperative de-duplication. The depositories are
implementing a policy to preserve one print copy of each
journal title held in four of the five depositories to clear
space of duplicate copies.
Over the past 10 years, the shared print system has averaged
more than 600,000 patron-initiated borrowing requests per year
across the consortium.
Benefits of Working at OhioLINK
Where else can you work for 91 academic libraries
simultaneously? Join a team who helps acquire the highest
quality research and information for academic institutions around
the State of Ohio. We work closely with library staff on the front
lines of academic librarianship, and appreciate your innovation,
perspective, expertise, and willingness to problem solve.
Enjoy this camaraderie and challenge of working in the rapidly
changing field of librarianship, while also working with a
dedicated group of technologists at OH-TECH who provide the
infrastructure for OhioLINK.
We also know you have passionate work and life interests -- we
foster an environment conducive to academic inquiry, scholarly
communication, creative achievement, and lifelong learning.
Ongoing professional development is a priority of the organization.
Because The Ohio State University serves as OhioLINK’s fiscal
agent, OhioLINK employees also are considered Ohio State
University employees and enjoy all the same benefits of Ohio
State staff.
OhioLINK Values and Principles
• Enable cooperation, transparency, communication, and
shared decision making.
• Use resources in ways that serve both the collective good
and a member library’s individual priorities and needs.
• Share diverse, deep, and growing collections of current and
historical materials.
• Collaborate with nonacademic Ohio libraries and
information providers to serve the citizens of the state.
Manager, Shared Resources and Print Policy, OhioLINK
Join OhioLINK, an internationally recognized leader in resource
sharing and shared print management, as a senior staff member
responsible for charting the direction of shared print among
OhioLINK’s 91 member institutions.
OhioLINK has five regional high-density storage facilities serving
the public universities in Ohio, a shared depository union catalog
running Innovative, Inc ILS software, and a shared ILLIad system
for digital article delivery.
Major Responsibilities
In conjunction with the member libraries of OhioLINK, the
Manager of Resource Sharing and Print Policy provides
a strategic direction for existing OhioLINK shared print
initiatives as well as analyzing and recommending new
programs, partnerships, and initiatives, including initiatives
at the intersection of digital and print. This position serves in
a leadership role for member libraries in the development of
policies and procedures for shared print programs, for both the
regional depository system and among member libraries. The
manager coordinates data gathering and provides analysis of
print collections across the consortium to aid decision making
both on the local institutional level and at the consortial level.
This position is responsible for investigating, recommending, and
supporting OhioLINK participation in regional and national shared
print initiatives as appropriate. The Manager of Resource Sharing
and Print Policy supervises the Systems and Technical Services
unit, which includes the Coordinator of Catalogs, the Continuing
Resources and Database Management cataloger, the Metadata
and E-resource librarian, and the Electronic Serials Clerk.
Benefits
The Ohio State University offers competitive benefits, see:
http://hr.osu.edu/hrpubs/ben/fs-bensummaryreg.pdf.
Contact
Drew White, Human Resources, 1224 Kinnear Road, Columbus,
OH 43212, 614-292-2318
To build a diverse workforce Ohio State encourages applications
from individuals with disabilities, minorities, veterans, and
women. EEO/AA employer.
OhioLINK Member Institutions
KSU -Ashtabula
Cleveland
Toledo
Northwest
State Com.
Coll.
Defiance Coll.
• Lourdes Univ.
• Mercy Coll. of Ohio
• Owens Com. Coll.
• Univ. of Toledo
Terra State Com. Coll.
Bowling Green State Univ. (BGSU)
Lorain County
Com. Coll.
BGSU-Firelands
Oberlin Coll.
Tiffin Univ.
Heidelberg Univ.
Univ. of Findlay
Bluffton Univ.
WSU-Lake
North Central
State Coll./
OSU-Mansfield
Saint Mary Seminary
Ursuline Coll.
Coll. of Wooster
OSU-ATI/OARDC
Edison Com. Coll.
Urbana Univ.
• Air Force Inst. of Tech.
• Antioch Coll.
• Antioch Univ.
• Cedarville Univ.
• Central State Univ.
• Sinclair Com. Coll.
• Univ. of Dayton
• Wilberforce Univ.
• Wright State Univ. (WSU)
Miami Univ. (MU)
MU-Middletown
MU- Hamilton
Wittenberg Univ.
Clark State
Com. Coll.
Columbus
• Athenaeum of Ohio
• Cincinnati Christian Univ.
• Cincinnati State Tech. & Com. Coll.
• Coll. of Mount Saint Joseph
• Univ. of Cincinnati (UC)
• UC-Blue Ash Coll.
• Xavier Univ.
Univ. of Mount Union
Walsh Univ.
KSU-Salem
Malone Univ.
Stark State Coll./
KSU-Stark
KSU-East
Liverpool
KSU-Tuscarawas
Denison Univ.
OSU-Newark
Central Ohio Tech Coll.
• Capital Univ.
• Columbus Coll. of Art & Design
• Columbus State Com. Coll.
• Franklin Univ.
• Mount Carmel Coll. of Nursing
• Ohio Dominican Univ.
• The Ohio State Univ. (OSU)
• Otterbein Univ.
• Pontifical Coll. Josephinum
• State Library of Ohio
• Trinity Lutheran Seminary
Muskingum Univ.
Zane State Coll./
OU-Zanesville
Franciscan Univ.
of Steubenville
Eastern Gateway
Com. Coll.
Belmont Coll.
OU-Eastern
OU-Lancaster
Ohio Christian Univ.
Hocking Coll.
Wilmington Coll.
Ohio Univ. (OU)
OU-Chillicothe
Cincinnati
Hiram Coll.
Marion Tech Coll. /
OSU- Marion
Kenyon Coll.
Mount Vernon Nazarene Univ.
Ohio Wesleyan Univ.
Methodist Theological School in Ohio
Dayton
KSU-Geauga
KSU-Trumbull
Kent State Univ. (KSU)
NEOMED
Youngstown
Univ. of Akron (UA)
State Univ.
UA-Wayne
Ashland Univ.
Univ. of Northwestern Ohio
Ohio Northern Univ.
Rhodes State Coll. /
OSU-Lima
Lake Erie Coll.
Lakeland Com. Coll.
• Baldwin Wallace Univ.
• Case Western Reserve Univ.
• Cleveland Clinic Library
• Cleveland State Univ.
• Cuyahoga Com. Coll.
• John Carroll Univ.
• Notre Dame Coll.
Southern State Com. Coll.
UC-Clermont Coll.
Univ. of Rio Grande & Com. Coll.
Shawnee State Univ.
OU Southern
Application
For complete position descriptions for the above jobs and to
apply, please visit https://www.jobsatosu.com/postings/search
(keyword “OhioLINK”). Preference will be given to applications
received by the posted end date. All applications should be
submitted through the website listed above.
To build a diverse workforce Ohio State encourages applications from individuals
with disabilities, minorities, veterans, and women. EEO/AA employer.
Washington State Com. Coll.
Marietta Coll.