September 8, 2025
LSP Migration
- Sept 16: Register here for the next LSP Milestone Update at 11AM. We will hold live Milestone Updates every other month.
- Sept 18: Register here for the Training and Documentation WG Watch Me Work session at 10AM. More info below.
- Oct 7: Ex Libris Knowledge Acceleration Program More info below.
- Recent on InfoHub: Create and Test Normalization Rule on Individual IZ Bibliographic Records; Assisting patrons who need to locate physical resources (Walsh University)
- Available to watch: Watch Me Work: Cataloging and Metadata Working Group; Watch Me Work: Reporting & Analytics WG - ACRL Statistics
- Upcoming implementations: Library Mobile App information; Alma Digital information. Talk with your Project Lead if you have questions.
- New Alma environment policies: Local Authority Records in the Network Zone; Editing Bibliographic Records in the Network Zone
- Your LSP Project Lead will continue to address any LSP question or concerns until the September “Switch to Support.”
Announcements
Upcoming Watch Me Work sessions
September 18, 10-11AM. Join the Training and Documentation Working Group who will show searches for Fulfillment, Acquisitions, and other work. Alma’s Persistent Search bar offers powerful searching capabilities, but it can be difficult to remember how to get the results you need, and which search dropdowns to use. Participants are welcome to share tricks that you have found to keep your searches relevant. Register here.
Knowledge Acceleration Program begins October 7
The Ex Libris Knowledge Acceleration Program (KAP) is a webinar series created specifically for libraries who have gone live with Alma in the last six months. These live sessions for OhioLINK members will focus on a range of topics that libraries often request to help them optimize Alma during their first year of production. Each session includes 60 minutes of instruction delivered by the Ex Libris Training Services team. Learn more and register.
New Directors Orientation, Oct 17
Please save the date for the New Directors Orientation on October 17. Each year OhioLINK hosts an orientation session for new leadership at member libraries. This event is particularly beneficial for library directors who are new to Ohio and unfamiliar with OhioLINK, although it has also been well-received as a valuable review for experienced staff too. We encourage all new leaders to attend this informative, in-person event. Details regarding this meeting will be shared via the Directors’ list. If you have any questions, please contact Tasha Bryant-Willis.
Ongoing call for crowdsourced content
Even though we’re live, let’s continue to work together to help the entire OhioLINK community by crowdsourcing Alma/Primo/Rapido training, documentation and communication materials and Primo VE code and customizations. Check out what’s been contributed here.
Vendor Webinars
LibKey update, Sept 30, 3PM
LibKey is a calendar year opt-in resource available to OhioLINK institutions. Join Third Iron President and Chief Librarian John Seguin, MLS, on Tuesday, September 30 at 3:00-4:00 pm to learn more about LibKey’s useful new enhancements: expanded retraction data, AI, and the Nomad ++ extension. John will share an overview of LibKey, provide live demonstrations of LibKey showcasing the new features, discuss the benefits libraries are reporting, and answer questions. Join the Webex here. Meeting number: 2422 267 8325; Password: WsmmMSty625
Professional
Registration open: NOTSL Fall Meeting, Oct 3
Register here for the NOTSL Spring General Meeting, titled Tectonic Shifts: The Changing Landscape of Technical Services. Steve Kelley, Head of Continuing Resources & Database Management at Wake Forest University, and CORE President Elect, is our keynote speaker. Lacie Griffin, Collection Development Manager, Johnson County Library, and Past President of CORE’s Metadata and Collections Section, will present “Technical Services in Public Libraries”. Cynthia M. Whitacre, Sr Metadata Operations Manager at OCLC (recently retired), will present “Musings on Past, Present, & Future of Technical Services.” Daniel N. Joudrey, Professor and Director of the Libraries and Librarianship Concentration, Simmons University, will present “Technical Services: The Next Generation.” View full program.
