May 19, 2025
LSP Migration
- Reminder: Please do not log in to Alma or Primo during configuration freeze, which began May 2 and runs through your library’s go live date. It could jeopardize your institution’s migration by interfering with Ex Libris’ work.
- May 20: Please register for the next live LSP Milestone, 2-3PM
- May 23: INN-Reach print lending pauses until go live. A message has been posted on catalog search page to alert users. More info below.
- May 28: Register for DUX WG’s Celebrate Your Wins! 10AM. More info below.
- Newly added to Ostaff: Wave specific deploy and go live schedules andLink resolver information for go live
- New on InfoHub: Add A-Z Option for Journal and Database Searches in Primo VE; Return Materials at the Circulation Desk. InfoHub now includes crowdsourced materials from member libraries, code snippets, and other learning materials. Filter using the pull-down menu.
- Recent recordings: Differing approaches for rolling out Alma, Primo VE, and Rapido;
- Your LSP Project Lead can address any LSP question or concern.
Announcements
Summit 2025 Keynote: Being your best in times of extraordinary stress: a practical guide to mental fitness at work, May 21, 11AM
The 2025 Summit, OhioLINK’s summer semester web series, will be five sessions. More information, including the July sessions, is available on the Summit’s Ostaff page.
- Being your best in times of extraordinary stress: a practical guide to mental fitness at work. May 21, 11AM-12PM. Natalie Siston will share how to shift out of stress and into focus, resilience, and performance with techniques you can use immediately. Learn more about Positive Intelligence. In preparation, participants are invited to take a 5-minute Saboteur Assessment. Participation in the assessment is free, voluntary, and results are confidential and protected by a strict privacy policy. Register here.
INN-Reach print lending pauses May 23
As part of our shift from INN-Reach to Rapido for print lending, users will not be able to place new requests through the Central Catalog or the SearchOhio catalog starting May 23 at 5pm. Lending will resume with other OhioLINK libraries as we go live on Alma. Lending with SearchOhio libraries will resume in fall 2025. Users with currently checked out materials will not be able to renew. OhioLINK and SearchOhio have placed messages on catalog search pages. See more on the Resource Sharing Milestones page.
OhioLINK office closed May 26
The OhioLINK central office will be closed for Memorial Day on Monday May 26. If you need to report an emergency outage during this time, please contact the OARnet 24/7 Service Desk at oar.net/support or 1-800-627-6420. To expedite the issue, please identify the report as an OhioLINK issue, provide them with the name of your institution and your contact information. For all other questions and non-emergency issues, please email OhioLINK Support or complete the support form on our site and we will follow up as soon as possible.
DUX WG Open Call: Celebrate Your Wins! May 28, 10AM
We’ve made it to the Freeze thanks to a lot of hard work and trial and error. In this open session with the Discovery and User Experience Working Group, we’re taking a breath and reflecting on everything we’ve accomplished. Join us by sharing a story about your Discovery wins—big or small. Let’s celebrate and learn from the accomplishments of colleagues across OhioLINK. Register here.
Wiley OA changes take effect June 7
Wiley has postponed making a change to its fully open access (OA) journal acceptance processes until June 7. With this change, requests for APC coverage made at submission to fully OA journals are provisional until allocation availability and institutional affiliation are reconfirmed following acceptance for publication.The change only affects authors requesting APC coverage to Wiley’s fully OA journals. Hybrid journals are not affected. OhioLINK has updated the Wiley OA Ostaff page for librarians. Wiley will update their OhioLINK agreement page once the change is in place. If you have any questions, please contact your CIRM or ERIT representative.
Auth25 is complete
Remote users to the OhioLINK Electronic Book Center (EBC), Electronic Journal Center (EJC), Music Center, and RAVE links are now successfully redirected to the GO service and then to the local institutions’ proxy login page. The ERIT and Leads teams have been running tests. Some institutions discovered small proxy configurations were required. If you have questions, please feel free to ask your ERIT or Lead Implementer representatives, or review information on the Auth25 Ostaff page. You can also contact support@ohiolink.edu.
Training and Documentation Working Group call for crowdsourced content
Has your library created Alma/Primo/Rapido training and documentation, content related to circulation, Rapido, or student/faculty communications/instructional materials that you could share with the OhioLINK community? The Training and Documentation Working Group invites you to contribute to a “crowdsourced” collection of resources that could be adapted by other OhioLINK libraries. Use this form to upload a file or send a link to existing web resources.
