March 17, 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
- Mar 19: Register for Discovery and User Experience (DUX) Working Group Open Call: Do Looks Matter? Introduction to Primo Configuration," on 3/19, 10AM. Details below.
- Mar 19: Register for the Walk Through the Go Live Checklist: Primo VE (Part 2) March 19, 11-12PM. Details below.
- Apr 8: Please register for the next WG Update, April 8 at 3-4PM.
- Rapido testing is underway for participating waves. OhioLINK is holding daily Rapido office hours.
- Check the Technical Freeze page for dates and impacts, a short video with recommendations for local record cleanup with more on InfoHub. Details below.
- New micro-learning recording available: Customizing Primo VE using Primo Studio
- New recordings available: March 2025 LSP Milestone Update
- Your LSP Project Lead can address any LSP question or concern.
Announcements
For instructors: Apply by April 18 for OhioLINK Affordable Learning Course Redesign Grants
Are you interested learning more about reducing your students’ textbook costs and teaching with open resources? Apply by April 18 for OhioLINK’s Spring 2025 OER Course Redesign Grants. Instructors will receive a stipend for a customized review of their syllabus with an Open Educational Resources (OER)-specialist librarian and attend an online workshop. Learn more about the opportunity to teach with OER. Please contact Anna Bendo with any questions.
New record cleanup recommendations
An Acquisitions, Cataloging, and E-Resources (ACE) project team was formed from the relevant LSP working groups to produce recommendations for local record cleanup projects as well as the new Record Contribution to the Network Zone Policy. The Recommendations for Pre-Cutover Sierra Cleanup and Decision Tree for E-resource Migration to Alma documents have been reviewed by the Training & Documentation Working Group and can be utilized prior to technical freeze on March 28th. The ACE team created a short video on cleanup recommendations and 3 new documents on step-by-step record cleanup have been added to InfoHub. More detailed information will be shared with functional teams.
Webinars
Discovery and User Experience Working Group Open Call: Do Looks Matter? Intro to Primo Configuration, Mar 19, 10AM
Please register to hear colleagues from the DUX Working Group share inspiration and tips for making configuration changes to the look and feel of your Primo interface. Simon Robbins from University of Dayton will share how they applied custom CSS, HTML, and JavaScript to their Primo instance and will detail the rationale behind their design decisions, the steps they took to implement those decisions, and how others can apply a similar approach at their institution. Sharon Gravius from Ursuline College will share how she’s tackled Primo VE configurations at a small school with a single librarian focusing on using existing documentation and creative searching to accomplish customization tasks without a coding background.
Walk Through the Go Live Checklist: Primo VE (Part 2), Mar 19, 11AM
Register for Walk Through the Go Live Checklist: Primo VE (Part 2), March 19 at 11AM-12PM. Required roles can be found on the session’s calendar page. It will be recorded. Covered in this session—can you:
- renew loans via Primo VE for test patrons?
- create a request in Primo VE for external and internal test patrons?
- view fulfillment activities for test patrons via My Library Card?
- view links to e-resources?
- access full text on campus?
- access full text off campus through proxy?
Vendor Information
For Librarians: OhioLINK Wiley Gold Open Access Author Workflow, Apr 1, 11AM
Please join us on April 1 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 mid-May, 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: 2421 029 3920. Password: WmEERmbn534
For Authors: OhioLINK Wiley Gold Open Access Author Workflow, April 4, 9AM
[Librarians, please share this invitation with your faculty and student author constituents.] Please register here to join Wiley representatives on April 4 at 9AM-10AM to learn about important changes to the Wiley Open Access workflow coming mid-May 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.
