August 17, 2026
Announcements
ACLS Humanities Ebooks outage, August 18, 6-8AM
The Fulcrum platform for OhioLINK opt-in subscription to ACLS Humanities Ebooks (HEB) will be unavailable on Tuesday, August 18 during scheduled maintenance between 6:00 and 8:00 AM. If services are found to be available sooner, it is OK to use.
Webinar: Alma’s new “Physical Items” experience, Sept 1, 10AM
Please register for a live Ex Libris demonstration of the new Physical Items experience on September 1 at 10-11 a.m. Alma has undergone a significant modernization of the Staff User Interface over the last several releases. This includes the complete redesign of the Physical Items experience, which streamlines workflows, reduces unnecessary navigation, and helps staff users remain focused on their work. It also introduced new capabilities for searching, viewing, editing, and managing physical inventory.
Webinar: What’s new in Alma authority control rules, Sept 8, 10AM
Please register for an Ex Libris presentation/demonstration on September 8 at 10-11 a.m. about recent developments in Alma authority control, including:
- Reviewing how authority control rules work in Alma
- Exploring recently released enhancements and their practical applications
- Learning how to create rules that compare diacritics between bibliographic and authority headings
- Learning how to create rules that compare specific subfields between bibliographic and authority headings
- Discussing real-world use cases and implementation considerations
Summit registration extended until Sept 4/Travel grants available
We hope you can join us for the 2026 Membership Summit on Friday, September 25 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.at the at OCLC Conference Center. We have extended the registration deadline until September 4— and travel grants are available. Please check the Summit page for additional information on applying for funding.
The schedule offers sessions for Deans and Directors, discussions about AI, practical information on Leganto and Primo NDE implementation, resource sharing, acquisitions and collections, cataloging and metadata, and reference and instruction, as well as Primo “glow ups” and Analytics drop-ins.
Submit your idea for Steal My Idea!
Please consider submitting a local success story for a “Steal My Idea” session! These are very short, 5–10 minute sessions that share something that worked well at your institution—related to Alma or Primo or not!—for OhioLINK colleagues to adapt for their own libraries.
“Switched to support” changes in September
September marks one year since we “switched to support” with Alma, Primo, and Rapido. Please be aware of the following changes that will take place in September:
- Innovative catalog redirects end on September 30. Until then, all links to the OhioLINK Central Catalog redirect to this page. Action Needed: review your LibGuides and web sites to ensure that links to the OhioLINK Central Catalog (http://olc1.ohiolink.edu) are removed or updated. Communicate this to faculty and staff as needed.
- References to the Central Catalog will be removed from the public OhioLINK.edu web site. Library users looking for library materials will be instructed to use their institution’s library to find OhioLINK shared resources.
- The Ex Libris Alma, Primo, and Rapido Basecamps will be taken offline. Action Needed: Review Basecamps and save local copies of files and information that you want to retain for your records. The OhioLINK office will retain a partial offline archive of the Ex Libris Basecamps for a minimum of 5 years.
- Ohiolink.edu redirect ends September 30. Action Needed: Identify and replace all proxy.ohiolink.edu links on web pages, A-Z lists, and/or within resource admin tools (ex. EBSCO). These links were included in OhioLINK-provided e-resource records prior to the GO implementation. More information is available on the GO FAQ on Ostaff.
Ex Libris August Update Release Notes Posted
The August release notes for Ex Libris products are available on Ostaff. Updates to all Ex Libris products will be made in all OhioLINK library IZs on August 2.
Info Hub and Micro-learning: Resolving MDE Alert Warnings with Extension Packs
There is a new Info Hub article Resolving MDE Alert Warnings with Extension Packs for an introduction to extension packs and how they can be used to remove MDE alerts/warnings by updating Alma metadata profiles. This document will review how to use community-contributed extension packs to resolve MDE alerts for records that contain 019 and/or 035 subfield 9. There is also a new recorded microlearning training on this topic. Also recently added: Configuring “Beyond My Library” Rapido Search Profile and Slot for Primo VE/Primo NDE
Wiley OA Publishing changes as of July
OhioLINK’s Wiley Open Access (OA) journals publishing agreement will reach its annual limits in 2026. To avoid potential issues due to changes in Wiley’s procedures, OhioLINK is taking additional steps in 2026 as limits are reached. As of July 1, new APC coverage requests in Wiley’s fully OA journals can no longer be approved. Limits are expected to be reached in Wiley’s hybrid journals later this summer. See the Wiley OA update page for librarians for details. OhioLINK is communicating about these changes in greater detail to Directors, CIRM, and ERIT. You can contact your team representatives or OhioLINK support with questions. Share more information for your authors at OhioLINK’s Wiley Open Access page for authors.
Miscellanea
Top 10 most requested (physical) books in Alma’s first year
1 Atomic habits / James Clear
2 The ancient Olympic games / Judith Swaddling
3 Project Hail Mary / Andy Weir
4 Publication manual of the American Psychological Association
5 The 48 laws of power / Robert Greene
6 The anxious generation / Jonathan Haidt
7 Everything is tuberculosis / John Green
8 Qualitative inquiry & research design / John W. Creswell
9 The spirit catches you and you fall down / Anne Fadiman
10 Designing and conducting mixed methods research / John W. Creswell; Vicki L. Plano Clark
