Just add the following to the code of your web site, where you want the information to appear:

<script language="JavaScript" src="http://oplin.org/dbase_widget.js"></script>

First off the vendor has to be able to do authentication based off of ip only. This usually isn't a big issue, and I've only ran into one small vendor out of the hundreds that libraries subscribe to that couldn't handle it in some way.

Second we need a generic link to the resource. By generic I mean that it doesn't have any information in the url that is specific to any one library. We keep a database of generic links here at the office, which lets us add database links to your locally purchased databases tab pretty quick, since the same link will work for any library.

Lastly you just need to give the vendor your OPLIN proxy IP address. All the authentication in the world won't save us if the proxy ip address doesn't have access. OPLIN proxy ips always start with 66.213.41 and have a 4th octet of whatever their FSCS is. For example, Ada (OH0001) is 66.213.41.1. We will try to setup authentication for anything that you ask for, so as usual if you need anything, give us a call.

It's a long "O" as in "Ohio." In other words, it's not pronounced "AH-plin." It's actually "OH-plin."

To make a search box that will search the OPLIN "about:books" web page, you need to make a web form that:

• uses the 'get' method, with
• 'http://oplin.org/aboutbooks' as the action, and
• has a text element named 'query'.

An example of this is below.

<form action="http://oplin.org/aboutbooks" method="get">
    <input type="text" name="query" />
    <input type="submit" value="Search" />
</form>

...which makes a search box like this:

The Oh!Teach web site was originally maintained by Kent State University, but has not been kept up since 2006 and had very minimal usage.  Usage numbers for Oh! Kids and Oh!Teens were also very low.  The decision was made to eliminate these sites after a survey of Ohio's public libraries found that very few of them linked to or used these sites.

When this new site was created, content for public libraries and librarians (the customers of OPLIN) was separated out from that intended for the public.  The information still on the www.oplin.org site is intended for libraries & librarians.   "Discover Ohio" was moved to a separate site, http://www.exploreohio.org/.  This was not only because of the needed  separation of content for different audiences, but also because some time ago the Ohio Department of Development, Division of Tourism had taken over the name and domain name "Discover Ohio" and it was causing signficant branding confusion between the two sites for users of either.

It needs to be able to run JavaScript.  The Ohio Web Library uses a lot of it in order to display search results. 

Yes!  A screencast is available from Westlake-Porter Public Library's web site, and the State Library also has online 30-Minute eClassroom sessions (check their schedule for upcoming sessions).

If you prefer to build you own web form, use the GET method with an action of http://ohioweblibrary.org and a text box named q.

Ohio Web Library accepts all the variables listed below through the GET method. All variables can be used alone, or in any combination with others.

Name: q

Effect: Specifying this variable will set it as your search term, and fire a search on page load.

Example Usage: http://ohioweblibrary.org?q=puppies

Name: defaultcat

Effect: Lets you specify the default target category on load.

Example Usage: http://ohioweblibrary.org?q=puppies&defaultcat=Health

Name: targets

Effect: Lets you specify custom target categories for the "Category" drop down box. Note: Targets must first be configured in Ohio Web Library; contact OPLIN Support for a list of currently configured targets.

Additional Info: The format that should be used in the variable is: {category name},{target}|{target};{category name 2},{target}

Example Usage: http://ohioweblibrary.org/?q=dog+training&defaultcat=All&targets=SEO+Catalog,seoipac.seo.lib.oh.us:210/horizon

A complete list of appropriate URLs can be found on this page: Linking to the OPLIN Website.