Target Audiences: Libraries
Category: Cash Management
The Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN) provides broadband internet connections and related information services to Ohio public libraries. Our primary mission is to ensure that all Ohio residents have fast, free public internet access through the 251 independent local public library systems in Ohio, as well as the use of high-quality research databases not freely available online. Though the eventual consumers of our services are often members of the general public, our actual customers are in fact limited to the public library systems of Ohio.
Did you know that public libraries are eligible to receive discounts on internet connection, wireless access and hardware that supports internet access through the E-rate program? By filling out a few forms you can get as much as a 90% discount on your bills. The telephone companies and the federal government collect this money from every telephone customer, but unless you ask for it, this money just sits in Washington.