Some years ago it had been determined that there was no alternative location in central campus for a new building to be built, and there is a certain nostalgic value attached to the existing building itself and its central location. Even though the EJC has not been publicized, the usage level over the past year has been very heavy. The initial database was skewed in favor of science, technology, and medicine, but more and more humanities titles are currently being added. Over the past year over 93,000 articles have been downloaded by OSU faculty, staff, and students. An area of concern to the Libraries is the apparently imminent passage of a new Minimum Wage Bill by the U. S. Congress.
Students can always get considerably higher hourly rates off campus.
The Digital Media Center presently contains ca. There are listings by both title and artist, and searching is possible via a variety of parameters. OhioLINK is also planning to provide for a collection of electronic dissertations from its members which will be similar to a resource currently available at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. VPI has developed a database which can be searched using a variety of parameters singly or in coordination with one another. VPI is making its software and formatting available for use by OhioLINK, and it is anticipated that a pilot database containing records for four Ohio institutions will be made available during the current academic year.