March 24, 2011

OhioLINK Snapshot 2010

The 2010 OhioLINK Snaphot (pdf) is now available online and "ready for viewing." This document provides information concerning the benefits of collaborative licensing, effecient borrowing with the OhioLINK central catalog, the Electronic Journal Center (EJC) and Digital Media Bookshelf, and the Digital Resource Commons.

Take a few minutes to learn more about OhioLINK and the advantages available to Ashland University students, faculty, and staff. Ashland University Library is an OhioLINK member institution.


"OhioLINK is a consortium, which by its very definition suggests the efficient pooling of resources for the benefit of many. Once digital materials like journals and e-books are purchased, they are held locally, meaning OhioLINK will always own the rights to their distribution. This arrangement, unique even in the library world, allows the member libraries to more efficiently plan the development of their own collections, assuring that the group-purchased content will always be available to their students, faculty and researchers." - OhioLINK Snapshot 2010

March 16, 2011

Scheduled Downtime for ProQuest Databases

ProQuest® will be performing infrastructure maintenance from Saturday, March 19, 2011, at 10:00 p.m. to Sunday, March 20, 2011, at 10:00 a.m.  Affected databases include:

American Periodicals Series, Dissertation Abstracts (ProQuest Dissertations & Theses), PAIS International, ProQuest Newspapers (Wall Street Journal), Safari Books Online, Sanborn Digital Maps, and parts of the OhioLINK Electronic Books Center.

March 8, 2011

LexisNexis Academic Scheduled Downtime

"LexisNexis services, including LexisNexis Academic, will be unavailable because of maintenance work related to the change to Daylight Savings Time from Standard Time. The service interruption is scheduled for:

Sunday, March 13, 2011 from 3 a.m. EST to 5 a.m. EDT. (07:00 to 09:00 GMT/UTC)."

March 4, 2011

Library Hours: Spring Break

Library spring break hours begin Saturday, March 5, 2011.
  • Saturday 3/5 and Sunday 3/6: Closed
  • Monday 3/7 through Friday 3/11: Open 8 am to 5 pm
  • Saturday 3/12 and Sunday 3/13: Closed


A complete listing of Library hours and updates is available on the Library web site. Regular hours resume on Monday, March 14th. Have a safe and enjoyable spring break!