Weekly Update, January 27, 2025

January 27, 2025

Note: People who receive the Update email without formatting may want to read it on Ostaff. https://www.ohiolink.edu/content/current_weekly_update

LSP Migration

Announcements

Save the Date! Open CIRM meeting, Feb 7, 10 AM

OhioLINK library staff are invited to attend the annual open CIRM (collection development) Policy Team meeting on Friday, February 7 at 10AM-12PM via WebEx. RSVP by February 4 at 5:00PM. The agenda and WebEx login information will be sent on February 5 to those who RSVP. Please contact April Levy with questions.

New Resource: Sage Skills

On January 1, 2025, OhioLINK will be adding a new resource to support students’ academic and business skills. Students and faculty can navigate thousands of fundamental skills presented through written material, interactive scenarios, self-assessments, downloadable datasets, worksheets, and video. Workplace-readiness focused Sage Skills: Business and academic focused Sage Skills: Student Success are currently available via trial through OhioLINK’s Research Databases list. You can find FAQs for librarians (with Ostaff login) and FAQs for faculty (no login needed) on Ostaff. An earlier webinar is available on Ostaff.

ACM contract has ended

After thorough analysis and discussion, the Library Advisory Council approved the Cooperative Information Resources Management (CIRM) Policy Team’s recommendation to cancel the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) contract as of December 31, 2024. OhioLINK libraries that participate in the EJC will continue to have access to previously purchased e-journal content. In addition, ACM open access content is available at ACM’s site. Updated information can be found at the Ostaff e-resources pages. Your institution’s E-resources Implementation Team (ERIT) members or CIRM representatives can answer any questions about the decision and its potential impact.

Webinars

E-Resource Management LSP Working Group Open Discussion, Jan 28, 3PM

The Electronic Resource Management LSP Working Group invites those who work directly with electronic resources, as well as any other interested library staff, to join us for an unstructured, open discussion about the migration to Alma and what it means for E-Resources both within the consortium and on your campus. Bring your questions and plans for the upcoming data load and technical freeze on January 28th at 3pm. Please feel free to submit questions or topics for discussion in advance. Registration is not required. This session will be recorded. Use the following link to join the E-Resources Working Group open discussion. Meeting number: 2426 231 8182, Password: pyJ3mGP7jD6

Planning User Experience Testing in Primo VE, Jan 29, 10AM

Please register here for the Discovery and User Experience Working Group’s open session, “Planning User Experience Testing in Primo VE” on January 29 at 10-11AM. Are you currently planning or conducting User Experience (UX) testing in Primo VE? Interested but unsure where to start? Just thinking about UX testing stressing you out? Whether or not you have a dedicated UX team or any plan for user testing, you are invited to this session to learn what your colleagues are doing, get ideas for questions you could be asking, share your plans, and ask questions. Josie Cotton of Case Western Reserve University and Zeb Wimsatt of Oberlin College will share how their institutions are approaching User Experience Testing. The session will be recorded.

Recording of “Understanding the Value of OhioLINK through a Collections Lens”

On January 16, Cooperative Information Resources Management Team (CIRM) members Brian Gray of University of Cincinnati, Karen Greever of Kenyon College, Jeff Grossman of Xavier University, Sean Kennedy of Kent State University, and Joanna Voss of OhioLINK discussed the 2024 Value of OhioLINK report in the context of OhioLINK’s shared collections principles and outline how they evaluate and select their institution’s collections and connect their communities to the information resources needed. Watch the recording.

Vendor Information

For Librarians: Overview of Wiley Open Access Author Workflow, Feb 12, 11AM

Please join us on February 12 at 11AM-12PM for an important update about the Wiley Open Access workflow and process for authors submitting Open Access articles to gold journals as part of the OhioLINK Wiley transformative agreement. Wiley representatives will share what changes will be coming, and dive into the step-by-step author experience to provide insight into each stage of the open access publishing journey. The session will be recorded. Webex meeting number: 2424 782 7928. Password: W4My29vcTix

For Authors: OhioLINK Wiley Open Access Author Workflow, March 4, 11AM

[Librarians, please share this invitation with your faculty and student author constituents.] Please register here to join Wiley representatives on March 3 at 11AM-12PM to learn about changes to the Wiley Open Access workflow and article submission process for gold journals through OhioLINK’s publishing agreement. Wiley can answer any questions authors might have. If you cannot attend, but are interested in the content, the session recording will be sent to all registrants.

Miscellanea

NOTSL Scholarship application deadline, Feb 14

Applications for the 2025 Northern Ohio Technical Services Librarians (NOTSL) Scholarships are being accepted until February 14. NOTSL scholarships support educational activities in library technical services for applicants at any point in their careers and/or degree programs. Individual awards will not exceed $1500. Scholarship(s) will be awarded at the discretion of the NOTSL Scholarship Committee. For eligibility requirements and more information, visit NOTSL’s website.

Central Catalog searches of interest, Jan 20 - 26