Weekly Update, November 24, 2025

November 24, 2025

LSP Migration

Announcements

OhioLINK office closed Nov 27 & 28

The OhioLINK central office will be closed for Thanksgiving on November 27 and 28. 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.

Watch Me Work: Parsing Parameters and Licensing Workflows, Dec 2, 2PM

Please register to join Anne Trenholme (Case Western Reserve University) and Anita Foster (The Ohio State University) from the Electronic Resources Management and Acquisitions Working Groups on Tuesday, December 2 at 2- 3 p.m. for a joint session on managing your e-resources in Alma. Anne will demonstrate how to set up and manage linking parser parameters, and Anita will demonstrate the licensing workflow in Alma. 

Last DUX WG open call, Dec 9, 10AM

Please register for the last Discovery and User Experience (DUX) Working Group open call on December 9 from 10-11AM. We’ll celebrate successes, reminisce about difficult moments, and share information about how we’re planning to move forward with new updates and the Alma Next Discovery User Experience (NDE) that is around the corner.

OhioLINK is hiring

Are you experienced with data, visualizations, and analysis? OhioLINK’s Licensing and Analytics team is looking for a Service and Resource Data Coordinator to collect, analyze, and report relevant data related to OhioLINK services. Please share with your own professional networks if you know of qualified candidates who might want to consider working with us. The position will close November 26.

Changes to Ostaff account management in December

As part of our ongoing work to update OhioLINK’s authentication systems, we will implement a new identity management system for Ostaff accounts in mid-December. Members will be required to reset their password. More information to come.

Introducing the OhioLINK Alma/Primo Listserv

To further support information sharing among members, we have created a new Alma/Primo listserv (ohl-alma) as an opt-in collaborative space. Participants in the new listserv are encouraged to share their Alma/Primo accomplishments—large and small—exchange documentation, and ask questions about workflows, display issues, reports, and more. The listserv may also help the community identify emerging sub-topics or groups that may benefit from dedicated lists or alternative communication tools.

Join the ohl-alma list

More ohl-alma list information:

  • For Alma/Primo information only. Questions or conversations about Rapido, RapidILL, and Resource Sharing should use the Resource Sharing listserv.
  • The OhioLINK office will only lightly moderate this list. Members must contact OhioLINK support (or Ex Libris support) directly for follow-up on specific questions, support issues, or inquiries directed to OhioLINK staff.
  • All messages and conversations are governed by the OhioLINK Code of Conduct.
  • Please review the Ostaff listserv page for additional information, processes and policies.
  • If you have problems self-subscribing to the list, please contact support.

Recording: Elsevier's Approach to Digital Accessibility

Now available to watch, Elsevier's Approach to Digital Accessibility. This is our second webinar in an informal series where we invite vendors and publishers to talk with us about their approaches to digital accessibility. Simon Holt is head of content accessibility at Elsevier. He has worked in scholarly communications for over 15 years across books and journals and is an advocate for disability inclusion and accessible publishing in the scholarly communications industry.

Recording: Knowledge Acceleration Program

Recordings of the Ex Libris Knowledge Acceleration Program (KAP) webinar series offers information on a range of often-requested topics to help optimize Alma during the first year of production. Learn more and view recordings.