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UC researcher channels anthropology expertise to create effective designs (Jul 14, 2016)
UC anthropology professor earns master's degree in graphic design and designs OhioLINK Pelotonia jerseyAlisa Strauss, Ph.D.

Alisa Strauss, Ph.D., has an eye for harmoniously blending the unrelated – so much so that you might wonder how they ever existed separately. The University of Cincinnati anthropology professor has developed a novel technique to apply the concepts of human culture and behavior to her newest venture into graphic design, after earning a master’s degree in the subject... Read more

Animal lover takes fast track to veterinary degree (Jun 27, 2016)
Katelyn Durbin’s rapid academic progress may not have happened without programs offered by the Ohio Department of Higher Education (ODHE) and eStudent Services.

Katelyn Durbin finished high school with two years of college under her belt. She went on to complete two bachelor’s degrees and a minor in only three years at the University of Findlay. Her next step? Earning a doctorate in veterinary medicine concurrently with a master’s in public health – and she plans to do it in just four years... Read more

Volumes of academic literature give life to computational chemistry thesis (Jun 6, 2016)
Geremia uses OhioLINK to gather over 200 articles for master’s thesis at Wright State

As a voracious consumer of research publications for her master’s thesis, it is Kara Geremia’s dream that her own published research will become part of OhioLINK’s Central Catalog, listed among the hundreds of academic literature pieces that she referenced in her thesis work.

Geremia recently completed her master’s degree in computational chemistry from Wright State University. Geremia describes... Read more

OhioLINK Joins National Digital Stewardship Alliance (Jun 3, 2016)
OhioLINK has been approved for membership in the National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) by the Digital Library Federation Coordinating Committee.Columbus, Ohio (Jun 3, 2016) — 

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OhioLINK has been approved for membership in the National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) by the Digital Library Federation Coordinating Committee. Being part of the NDSA is one of many components of OhioLINK’s new Digital... Read more

Ferguson Researches Cure for Heart Disease with OhioLINK Resources (May 24, 2016)
Ferguson said that one of his key research tools is OhioLINK because it allows him to keep up-to-date, even on a daily basis, of the research going on in microbiology.

Through his research on anaerobic organisms that grow in the human intestine, Miami University Associate Professor of Microbiology Dr. D.J. Ferguson is working toward a cure for heart disease. Ferguson’s widely published research explores how these organisms break down common compounds during the digestive process. Some of the... Read more

eStudent Services relocates to OH-TECH building at 1224 Kinnear (May 16, 2016)
eStudent Services moves operations into the OH-TECH building with consortium members

Columbus, Ohio (May 16, 2016) — eStudent Services, a division of the Ohio Technology Consortium (OH-TECH) that provides innovative online support services for all students, has moved its operations into the OH-TECH building at 1224 Kinnear Road as of January 2016. eStudent Services joins the Ohio Supercomputer Center, OARnet and OhioLINK at the building, rounding out the consortium members of OH-TECH, a... Read more

Meet the Staff Profile: Judith Cobb (May 2, 2016)
Judith recently talked with OhioLINK about how library services have changed over the years, her accomplishment of teaching a workshop at the Library of Congress and her addiction to Candy Crush.Judith Cobb, OhioLINK’s digital curation coordinator, is the newest member to join the team. A librarian at heart, Cobb has spent many years working in library services. Prior to joining OhioLINK, Cobb spent over a decade at the Online Computer Library Center Inc., most recently as a product manager... Read more
Oberlin professor shares melanin research with undergraduate students (Apr 25, 2016)
Jason Belitsky, a professor of chemistry, shares the value of OhioLINK for resources and research with his students.

As a small institution, Oberlin College has much to gain from sharing. Jason Belitsky, professor of chemistry, knows this well, as he has shared both resources and research with his students. Belitsky imparts on his students the value of OhioLINK for journal articles and books. He assigns students an area to look up and guides them through using OhioLINK to find articles... Read more

eStudent Services to present at national tutoring and learning assistance conference (Apr 22, 2016)
Boyd, Wilson discuss Ohio’s eTutoring collaborative efforts at ACTLA

Columbus, Ohio – Representatives from eStudent Services will attend the Association of Colleges for Tutoring and Learning Assistance’s (ACTLA) 42nd annual convention April 20-23.

Karen Boyd, assistant director of the eTutoring Collaborative, and Mitch Wilson, program coordinator, have been invited to present their perspectives on the success of the Ohio eTutoring Collaborative. eStudent Services is a member-... Read more

Ohio’s eTextbook Pilot program final report released (Apr 12, 2016)

In 2013, Ohio schools received an opportunity to pilot digital texts and electronic educational content in the classroom and receive professional development on the implementation of these resources. The Electronic Textbook Pilot Project, funded by a $6 million state grant and administered by the Ohio Department of Higher Education, provided competitive grants to 271 K-12 educational institutions during the 2014-2015 school year. ODHE wanted to learn the benefits of using digital content,... Read more

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