INFOhio is licensing and renewing high-quality, digital, instructional content for the 2018-2019 school year that all Ohio PreK-12 students, their parents, and their teachers can use at school, at home, and on the go. INFOhio has licensed Science Online and renewed videos in INFOhio's Digital Video Collection (DVC) for all Ohio PreK-12 schools to use at no cost to schools.

On Thursday, March 15th, the State Library of Ohio Board approved a grant to contribute LSTA funding to the Libraries Connect Ohio collection of digital content for FY2019. INFOhio, OhioLINK, and OPLIN, representing school libraries, academic libraries, and public libraries, contribute funding for this collection of high quality digital content. Through this unique partnership of library organizations, Libraries Connect Ohio is able to provide a strong and consistent set of resources that demonstrates the benefits of shared services and effectively serves Ohioans of all ages.

Ohio Ed Techs will hold a free virtual conference via Google Hangouts and YouTube on February 22nd, and INFOhio is participating!

Staff in INFOhio-automated school libraries now have an easy way to learn how to get the most out of their library software: INFOhio's Learn It Clips. Learn It Clips are short video tutorials that provide clear, visual, step-by-step instructions on completing common tasks in Workflows.

Learn how one ITC is sharing eBooks across their schools and districts in an on-demand webinar presented by OverDrive & School Library Journal.

With lots of input from both school and public librarians, INFOhio has posted a guide that helps Ohio's public librarians learn how they can help the PreK-12 students and educators they serve get the most out of all the resources available to them: Guide to INFOhio for Ohio's Public Librarians.

With College Credit Plus deadlines approaching, INFOhio has updated the College Credit Plus Library Resources guide.

EBSCO has created a video for INFOhio called "Research Made Easy with ISearch." Find a link to the video by clicking the blue I button for ISearch on the INFOhio website and on the Educator Guide to ISearch.

Have you seen the three new videos to help parents help their children practice reading? Reading on the Go, Reading for a Purpose, and Reading on the Screen, all less than three minutes, give parents concrete, easy tips to help their children become stronger readers and meet the Third Grade Reading Guarantee.

All of us at INFOhio are proud to announce that our Executive Director, Theresa M. Fredericka, has been named a School Library Ambassador by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL). To celebrate the 30th anniversary of School Library Month, AASL is highlighting people (other than school librarians) who are leading advocates for family literacy and the role that school libraries/school librarians play in supporting lifelong learning. Congratulations, Terri! The honor is well deserved!

While we’re hoping for only light snow this winter, we’re helping you prepare for the worst with INFOhio’s Blizzard Bags for K-12. 

All Ohio public school districts can request free access to Trimble SketchUp Pro, a 3D graphics software program.