Transformative partnerships OhioLINK is pursuing cost-neutral transformative agreements to support open-access publishing, evidenced by a 3-year contract with the American Chemical Society. This presents an opportunity to introduce complementary open-access services, licensing optimization, and negotiating leverage with scholarly publishers.

Migration leverage The organization is migrating to Ex Libris Alma/Primo and has launched an OhioLINK branded mobile app. This indicates readiness for cloud-based library management solutions, mobile access enhancements, and integration services that can be offered to streamline implementation and user adoption.

Funding-driven expansion Recent GEER funding supports streaming videos and e-books for member institutions, signaling ongoing content expansion and digital resource provisioning. This creates demand for content delivery platforms, licensing, hosting, and analytics to track usage and impact.

Platform modernization Partnerships to unify resource-sharing experiences and multi-year platform modernization efforts (Music Center 2.0 and broader consortium integrations) point to opportunities in system integration, data standardization, and user experience improvements across libraries.

Scale and collaboration As a statewide consortium with 87 member institutions and a modest headcount, OhioLINK can benefit from scalable, cost-effective IT solutions, managed services, and security enhancements that support cooperative procurement, centralized support, and risk management.