Library Updates

OhioLINK has selected Ex Libris Alma as the consortium’s next shared library services platform. The new cloud-based platform will enhance library user experiences and services, improve efficiencies for day-to-day operations, and streamline collaboration and consortia functionality. The implementation process for OhioLINK’s 117 member libraries is expected to take up to two years.

New Library System

As a member of the Ohio Library and Information Network (OhioLINK), the Central State University Library (along with all academic libraries in Ohio) migrated to a new Integrated Library System (ILS) in June 2025. The new system will enhance the discoverability of the library's collections.

What is a library system?

The library system Alma/Primo VE includes the online catalog which provides access to library resources including e-books, e-journals, articles, physical books, media, and more. It also controls day-to-day library operations such as checking out materials, cataloging, ordering, and receiving library resources. The library system generates the underlying data that drives business decisions and reporting.

What is changing?

The stand-alone CSU library catalog and OhioLINK catalog retired in June 2025. Both catalogs are replaced by a new discovery product, Primo VE that searches all library resources for Central State and OhioLINK including articles, books, e-books, journals, e-journals, media, and more.

What are the benefits?

  • The new library system enables one-stop-searching for Central State University and OhioLINK resources; users will no longer need to search both the Central State catalog and the OhioLINK catalog separately
  • Interlibrary loan will be integrated in the new library system
  • The new system is a secure, stable, cloud-based system, and is the most-used library software in academic libraries
  • This library system was purchased through OhioLINK capital funding with no implementation costs for Central State University; ongoing costs are commensurate with our current library system costs

Important dates

Spring 2026 (date TBD): SearchOhio borrowing and lending resumes.

Information for Faculty

  • If you have materials linked to Hallie (old library catalog) or other library resources, links will need to be updated after the new library system goes live on June 11, 2025

What is not changing?

  • A-Z Databases
  • Subject guides

Questions:

Please contact us if you have questions about the new library system. (937) 376-6106

Open Access (OA) Publishing Agreements

Faculty can publish open access research in journals from these publishers without payment of an Article Processing Charge (APC)

American Chemical Society (ACS) Hybrid OA for Authors
Information about OhioLINK's American Chemical Society Open Access agreement written for authors.
January 2026-December 2028

Elsevier Hybrid OA for Authors
Information about OhioLINK's Elsevier Open Access agreement written for authors.
January 2024-December 2027

Springer Hybrid OA for Authors
Information about OhioLink's Springer Open Access agreement written for authors.
January 2024-December 2026

Cambridge Journals (OA) Publishing: For Authors
Information about OhioLINK’s Cambridge Open Access agreement written for authors.
January 2025-December 2027

IOP Journals (OA) Publishing: For Authors
Information about OhioLINK’s IOP Open Access agreement written for authors.
January 2026-December 2028

Wiley (OA) Publishing: For Authors
Information about OhioLINK’s Wiley Open Access agreement written for authors. 
January 2024-December 2026

New library resources — Fall 2023

Access Engineering

An award-winning engineering reference and teaching platform that delivers world-renowned, interdisciplinary engineering content integrated with analytical teaching and learning tools.

Africa Commons: History and Culture

A comprehensive database for searching and discovering African materials from 1500 to today. It indexes organizations, collections, and documents from archives around the world.

CultureGrams

Provides country reports that deliver a one-of-a-kind perspective on daily life and culture, including the background, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people.

Naxos Music Library Jazz

One of the most comprehensive collections of jazz music available online. It offers over 264,923 tracks of jazz from more than 27,714 albums.

eBook Central

Full text e-books covering a variety of subjects. Includes OhioLINK's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) eBook Collection.

Social Explorer

Provides access and mapping tools for current and historical census data and demographic information.

JSTOR Collections

Arts & Sciences VIII
Journals covering art and art history, classical studies, education, history, language and literature, music, and philosophy.

Arts & Sciences IX
Journals covering anthropology, archaeology, business, economics, cultural studies, social and political sciences.

Arts & Sciences X
Journals covering finance, history of science, public policy and administration, sociology, technology, and medicine.

Arts & Sciences XI
Journals covering African American studies, art, and art history with American studies, Asian studies, and Latin American studies.

Arts & Sciences XII
Journals covering criminology, education, sociology, social work, psychology, political science, and law.

Arts & Sciences XV
Journals covering mathematics, history, Jewish studies, language and literature, and philosophy.