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Today is Derek's birthday. He is working. Please provide suggestions for things for Derek to do besides work.

CyberOhio has opened applications for a Cybersecurity Software and Services Grant for local government entities. Public libraries are eligible to apply for up to $20,000 to fund specific cybersecurity software and services. Grant recipients must contribute a 20% local match.

Applications are open from July 22 - September 16, 2024.

Eligible projects include endpoint detection and response, multi-factor authentication, email security solutions, security operations center as a service, or consulting services to implement security controls. Example products and services are listed in the Grant Application Guidance, but other similar solutions are also eligible. Applicants can submit only one application, but may request funding for multiple projects.

Grant projects must be completed between December 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026.
More information, including guidance and a sample application, are available at CyberOhio:

Assisting Local Government Entities Grant Applications Open Now

Sadly, this is an all-too common situation. A key person leaves, or the information is just...lost 😟 Make sure that your library only renews domains ANNUALLY. While it might seem easier to renew for long periods, this is how the login credentials typically get lost.

A trustworthy environment for students and educators in grades K through 5 to look up facts for class projects or homework. (Or just to satisfy a young person's curiousity!)

https://ohioweblibrary.org/db/ebsco-explora-primary



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At least bring us cookies. Or coffee. Or cookies AND coffee.

OPLIN provides many tech services to Ohio public libraries that they can't easily get on their own. Storage at the State of Ohio Computing Center is one of them. https://oplin.ohio.gov/co-location-service

We asked the OPLIN staff: "If you could invite anyone to a live chat/Q&A session with OPLIN, who would it be?" Don's answer? He wants to chat with the original members of the Blue Ribbon commission that created OPLIN in 1995.

We asked the OPLIN staff: "If you could invite anyone to a live chat/Q&A session with OPLIN, who would it be?" Jessica's answer was security expert Bruce Schneier. Find more about Bruce at https://www.schneier.com/

We asked the OPLIN staff: "If you could invite anyone to a live chat/Q&A session with OPLIN, who would it be?" Vince's answer: "Stephen King."


(Image from https://www.amazon.com/Stephen-King-Novel-Collection-Book/dp/B01B1T8Y8I)

We asked the OPLIN staff: "If you could invite anyone to a live chat/Q&A session with OPLIN, who would it be?" Christine's answer: "Cory Doctorow." Find more about Cory at https://craphound.com/

Don't be sad, it's National Kitten Day.

We asked the OPLIN staff: "If you could invite anyone to a live chat/Q&A session with OPLIN, who would it be?"

Derek's answer" Shannon Mattern, the Penn Presidential Compact Professor of Media Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She currently teaches courses on maps, information infrastructures, urban intelligence, mediated cities, field methods, and the connections between anthropology and design. https://wordsinspace.net/ (Photo from her website)

We asked the OPLIN staff: "If you could invite anyone to a live chat/Q&A session with OPLIN, who would it be?"

Laura's answer: "Douglas Adams, author of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I bet he'd have some great and humorous insights about the current state of technology."



(Photo from https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/titlecovers.cgi?1773)

Concise, reliable, and up-to-date cultural information on countries of the world. Beyond the facts and figures, find an insider's perspective on the history, daily life, and customs. (Also covers US states and Canadian provinces.) https://ohioweblibrary.org/db/culturegrams

Libraries, take note. The tech *doesn't* come first in the process.

It's Monday.

Don't like talking on the phone? We've got you. M-F, 8 am to 5 pm, we're available for your network and database support questions. https://support.oplin.org

OPLIN provides a LOT to public libraries in Ohio, especially for free. One of the many free services we offer is a subscription to Cisco Umbrella (formerly known as Umbrella OpenDNS). Did we mention FREE?

https://www.oplin.ohio.gov/opendns

Found an arrowhead? Are you sure that's what it is? This ID guide will tell you for sure (and there are a lot of things that aren't arrowheads.)

https://point.oplin.org/

We're closed today for the federal holiday. See you tomorrow!

How often do you ask yourself this question? Well, you should. And this will help you actually answer it. (As long as you're in Ohio. We can't help you with, say, Hawaii.)

https://tree.oplin.org/

An amazing response.

The US librarian who sued book ban harassers: ‘I decided to fight back’ After Amanda Jones got death threats for speaking out against censorship, she sued her attackers and wrote a memoir