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St. Johns County Public Library Offers EnChroma Glasses for Color Blindness as Part of Color Accessibility Program

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Wednesday, December 11, 2019
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inventors of eyewear for color blindness and The St. Johns County Public Library System (SJCPLS), today announced that color blind patrons will be able to borrow EnChroma glasses at all six of the librarys branches.

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  • inventors of eyewear for color blindness and The St. Johns County Public Library System (SJCPLS), today announced that color blind patrons will be able to borrow EnChroma glasses at all six of the librarys branches.
  • The St. Johns County Public Library System is in the forefront of supporting accessibility and eager to serve the many needs of our community, said Library Director Debra Rhodes Gibson of St. Johns County Public Library System.
  • We are thrilled that The St. Johns County Public Library System and Barbara A. Kay Foundation recognize that providing access to color through EnChroma glasses will enrich the lives of color blind people throughout St. Johns County.
  • EnChroma continues to lead in advocating for color accessibility with the launch of the EnChroma Color Accessibility Program .

OhioLINK Breaks New Ground Creating Central Fund for Open Access Publications with Wiley

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Wednesday, June 12, 2019
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A Wiley Open Access Account will enable OhioLINK-affiliated researchers to use a central fund for Article Publication Charges (APC).

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  • A Wiley Open Access Account will enable OhioLINK-affiliated researchers to use a central fund for Article Publication Charges (APC).
  • OhioLINK is the first North American library consortium to centrally fund the creation and dissemination of open access research.
  • Piloting the implementation of a Wiley Open Access Account across the consortium will allow OhioLINK and its members to investigate the consortial challenges of the transformation of the publication and management of open access research.
  • OhioLINK-affiliated researchers will have access to Wiley Open Access and central funds environment beginning in the Fall of 2019.

OhioLINK Partners with Cengage to Help More Than 600,000 College Students Save Money on Course Materials

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Monday, November 5, 2018
Education in Ohio, OhioLINK, Cengage, Library consortium, Education, United States

BOSTON and COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Cengage, an education and technology company, and OhioLINK, a statewide academic library consortium, have partnered to make digital course materials more affordable for Ohio college students.

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  • BOSTON and COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Cengage, an education and technology company, and OhioLINK, a statewide academic library consortium, have partnered to make digital course materials more affordable for Ohio college students.
  • "Our partnership with OhioLINK underscores our continued commitment to increasing access to quality, affordable course materials," said Andy Gates, Vice President, Institutional Sales at Cengage.
  • "This agreement is a seamless way to lower the cost of materials at the course-level and provide first-day-of-class access.
  • The agreement leverages Cengage Inclusive Access, which reduces the course-by-course price of individual Cengage materials for the more than 600,000 students at OhioLINK member institutions.