Weekly Update, October 14, 2024

October 14, 2024

LSP Migration

  • LSP Project Leads have received their institution’s Primo environments.
  • The recordings for the October 8 Working Group Update (29 min.) and the October LSP Milestone Update (22 min.) are available.
  • The Training and Documentation Working Group has posted new outlines for functional area training for Acquisitions, E-resource Management, Physical Resource Management, Fulfillment, and User Management, along with a downloadable Training Progress Tracking Chart (for your own use).
  • The Training and Documentation Working Group has also posted an Alma and Primo Certification FAQ.
  • Your campus LSP Project Lead is your LSP expert. They can answer any LSP question. If they don’t know, they’ll know where to find it.

Vendor Information

Clarivate Web of Science Enhancements & Updates, Oct 15, 2PM

Clarivate will share recent improvements to the Web of Science platform. Key changes include:

  • Panoramic View - see controlled indexing terms and other valuable information within the database record, including improved exporting options
  • Author record enhancements - visualizations, citation impact data, awards, publication history
  • Personalized homepage - recent searches, alert results, researcher metrics, article recommendations
  • Macro and Micro Citation Topics - provide users with a granular and evolving category for improving search precision or analyzing the scope of a topic
  • Preprint Citation Index: users can now locate the latest breakthroughs on a topic and automatically monitor new developments and assess preprint quality.
  • ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database: 5.5M Dissertations & Theses discoverable as a stand-alone collection on the Web of Science or in an All-databases search.
  • Journal Impact Factor Expansion: The number of journals with a JIF will rise from 12,000 to 21,000. Building complete journal profiles for all editorially selected titles, including the Emerging Sources Citation Index and Arts & Humanities Citation Index.

Link to webinar: Tuesday, October 15, 2:00-3:00PM  Meeting number: 2423 799 6062 Password: qwPwUWMK555

Clarivate Web of Science Research Assistant, Oct 17, 10AM

The Web of Science Research Assistant is a generative AI model that streamlines search and helps researchers quickly achieve more involved research tasks and goals. The tool only returns search results included in a user's subscription. Research Assistant offers:

  • Multilingual searching to create a more efficient environment for users, where they can find content and explore its relevance in their own language.
  • Contextual, timely prompts to reveal additional ways to view and understand the data or refine the scope of a research question.
  • Unique data visualizations to bring the myriad connections between people, papers, and concepts into focus.

Link to webinar: Thursday, October 17, 10:00-11:00AM Meeting number: 2437 524 1439 Password: AbruWeZJ663

Enhance Your Users’ Experience with LibKey, Oct 22 or 23

Libraries, including many OhioLINK members, use LibKey to overcome common access barriers like broken links, complex resolver menus, retracted articles, and paywalls. LibKey integrates seamlessly with discovery services, databases, browser extensions, and reading lists, including with Alma and Primo. The content is geared toward existing customers but may be helpful to new customers too. Join Maria Ziemer, MLIS, Director of Global Outreach at Third Iron, to discover how libraries can leverage LibKey's superior linking technology within databases and the Primo discovery platform. You will learn:

  • How LibKey technology delivers fast, reliable, and seamless full-text access.
  • How LibKey can save students, faculty, and researchers time, reduce help desk load, preserve scholarly integrity, and decrease unnecessary ILL requests.
  • How to configure LibKey NOW using your current link resolver settings in databases to simplify your transition to ALMA/Primo next year.
  • How to integrate LibKey with Primo via a customizable API to enhance the user experience from Day 1.

These webinars are identical. If you can’t make either time, a recording will be posted to Ostaff. No registration required.

Professional Development

2024 ALAO conference, Nov 7 & 8

The 2024 ALAO Conference Planning Committee invites everyone to celebrate its 50th conference anniversary! The theme for this year's conference is Ohio Academic Libraries: Past, Present, & Future. Register for the in-person pre-conference, “AI and the Future of Academic Libraries: Insights and Strategies,” a hands-on workshop sponsored by The Ohio Health Sciences Library Association on November 7 at OCLC Conference Center. On November 8, join colleagues for the keynote by Dr. G. Michelle Collins-Sibley, as well as engaging presentations, lightning talks, and interactive poster sessions. Register now!

Save the Date: NOTSL Fall Meeting, Nov 22

Join us for the Northern Ohio Technical Services Librarians (NOTSL) Fall General Meeting, focused on AI in Library Technical Services. This event will explore the impact of artificial intelligence in key areas of library technical services, including cataloging, acquisitions, and collection management. Our keynote speaker, Terry Reese, Head of Digital Initiatives and Infrastructure Support at The Ohio State University Libraries, will discuss AI and its role in Libraries & Technical Services. More details and registration information coming soon!

Miscellanea

Central Catalog searches of interest Oct 7 – 13