OPLIN (Ohio Public Library Information Network)
and OhioLINK ( Ohio's consortium of college &
university libraries) are now providing Internet
access to  Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for over
400 Ohio communities for the years 1868 through
the 1960's.
On Saturday, May 12, beginning at 9:30 a.m.,  the
Northern Ohio Map Society and Cleveland Public
Library Map Collection will host "A Morning with
the Sanborns"  Presentations will include:
Thomas Gates, Associate Professor and Architecture
Librarian, Kent State University  on "Discovering
the Rich Resources of Sanborn Maps"
Charly Bauer, Program Manager, Digital Media,
OhioLINK "Accessing Ohio Sanborns Online"
a short audio tape on genealogists' use of
Sanborns by Brian Michaels, Professor, St. Johns
River Community College
Online Sanborn sessions in the Library's Computer
Learning Connection will follow. For more
information on the May 12 program contact
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OPLIN purchased the digital versions of the Bell &
Howell (Chadwyck-Healey) microfilm of Ohio
Sanborns in the Library of Congress. This research
database is available from terminals within Ohio
libraries or by remote access which requires the
user to input an Ohio library card number or i.d..
from an Ohio college or university.
For information on this OPLIN project see the news
release at www.oplin.oh.us/index.cfm?ID=2288

Maureen Farrell <[log in to unmask]>