This system welcomes Ohio State faculty, students, visiting scholars and the general public to study and research.

The Ohio State University Libraries offer educational resources and services to support readers to research, learn and teach.

They can help researchers find and borrow physical and digital materials from articles, journals, databases, books, dissertations, theses, newspapers, streaming videos and images, etc.

The Ohio State University libraries tried the designed facility to operate high-density off-site book storage and used the new technology of sophisticated climate control systems to extend the life of stored collections.

During this period, the Ohio State University libraries used Web 2.0, blogs, wikis, podcasts, Carmen, and many other new methods to serve and communicate with readers.

[4] The digital initiatives include all collections in the Ohio State University libraries that support storing, sharing, and learning knowledge.

[4] After having the web, the Ohio State University libraries started to use blogs to record daily information and events in early 2005.

The homepage of the website works via a visual identity system, providing common web templates and graphic elements to increase accessibility for searching and reading.

[5] The University Libraries' Diversity & Inclusion Committee created a blog to promote the Tuesdays @ Thompson speaker series for spring semester 2015.

In support of the program's first event on human trafficking, the committee used Tableau, a tool for data analysis, to create an interactive visualization for this blog.

[6] Since 1975, the Ohio State University Libraries have served as a type of reference centre for the visually handicapped in Sullivant Hall.

[7] Visual magnifiers, a typewriter that could output papers in Braille and another that wrote in gigantic print, and audio devices like tape recorders were also given by LSPI.

It provided the required resources for students with visual impairments with a selective browsing collection of books and magazines in audio, Braille, and large print, including Reader's Digest and Newsweek.

[8] The Ohio State University libraries create partnerships with many academic websites to support affordable educational resources for instructors to help improve their courses.

[9] The learning management system Carmen provides resources for instructors which give basic information and help them start preparing for the courses.

[4] Besides, the Ohio State University libraries take action to help and serve students to decrease the financial pressure by providing e-books and streaming media for them.

[15] Primary-source materials and associated published works from the medieval period through current literature and the arts are accessible for advanced study and research in the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library.