September 8, 2026
Announcements
Alma/Primo/Rapido Office Hours canceled this Weds
Due to a conflict with the quarterly OhioLINK Directors’ Meetings this week, Alma, Primo and Rapido Office Hours are canceled for Wednesday, September 9. The next Office Hours will be held on September 16.
Vibe Check feedback survey extended until Friday
Please take a few minutes to help us gauge how the community is feeling with feedback on the migration through the OhioLINK 2026 LSP Vibe Check. We’ve extended the survey to 5PM on Friday, September 11. We ask the same 3 questions about the new system: to provide an overall Likert-scale assessment; tell us what excites you; tell us what concerns you. Aggregated results will be discussed at the Summit and shared with OhioLINK members in a fall update.
Webinar: LibKey Update and New Features, Sept 30, 3PM
Please register to join Third Iron presenters at 3:00 pm on Wednesday, September 30 for a LibKey product update webinar for OhioLINK member libraries. Topics will include recent enhancements across LibKey and BrowZine, including expanded retraction notifications, their latest AI integrations to connect researchers from AI-driven discovery environments back to the library’s content, and how LibKey works with gen-AI platforms. Although researchers increasingly begin their work in AI platforms, these integrations help ensure the library remains central to the research process. Finally, Third Iron will preview their product roadmap and coming integrations, workflow enhancements, and new opportunities to increase library impact and usage across the user community.
Action needed! Proxy.ohiolink.edu redirect ends Sept 30
Any links to the OhioLINK shared proxy "proxy.ohiolink.edu" after September 30th will result in a "Server Not Found" error. Local library staff should identify and replace all proxy.ohiolink.edu links on web pages, A-Z lists, and/or within resource admin tools (e.g., EBSCO). These links were included in OhioLINK-provided e-resource records prior to the GO implementation. The ERIT Implementation team has received communications about this issue. More information is available in the GO FAQ.
Please share with instructors: Apply for OhioLINK OER Course Redesign Grants by Oct 2
Are you interested in reducing your students’ textbook costs? Curious about what people mean by open educational resources (OER) or open textbooks? Do you find it difficult to change textbooks because you work team teach a high enrollment course? Do you think it’s just too difficult to redesign a course you have been teaching with commercial texts for years? If you answered yes to any of these questions, consider applying for OhioLINK’s Fall 2026 OER Course Redesign Grants by October 2. Selected participants will receive a $650 stipend to complete an online course on teaching with OER and will receive a customized syllabus review from an OER-specialist librarian. Applying is easy! Learn more about this opportunity.Please contact Anna Bendo at abendo@ohiolink.edu with questions.
Supporting changes in September
September marks one year since we “switched to support” with Alma, Primo, and Rapido. Please be aware of the following changes that will take place in September:
- Innovative catalog redirects end on September 30. Until then, all links to the OhioLINK Central Catalog redirect to this page. Action Needed: review your LibGuides and web sites to ensure that links to the OhioLINK Central Catalog (http://olc1.ohiolink.edu) are removed or updated. Communicate this to faculty and staff as needed.
- References to the Central Catalog will be removed from the public OhioLINK.edu web site. Library users looking for library materials will be instructed to use their institution’s library to find OhioLINK shared resources.
- The Ex Libris Alma, Primo, and Rapido Basecamps will be taken offline. Action Needed: Review Basecamps and save local copies of files and information that you want to retain for your records. The OhioLINK office will retain a partial offline archive of the Ex Libris Basecamps for a minimum of 5 years. Affected Basecamp projects are:
OhioLINK Alma/Primo VE Project Implementation Archived 09/25
1 OhioLINK Rapido Implementation Project - Wave 1 Cohort 1
1.2 OhioLINK Rapido Implementation Project - Wave 1 Cohort 2
2 OhioLINK Rapido Implementation - Wave 2
3 OhioLINK Rapido Implementation - Wave 3
4 OhioLINK Rapido Implementation Wave 4
5 OhioLINK Rapido Implementation Wave 5
6 OhioLINK Rapido Implementation Project - Wave 6
OhioLINK Vanguard Alma/Primo VE Implementation
Ostaff password expiration emails
For security reasons, Ostaff passwords expire every six months. OhioLINK sends three emails reminders to change the password before it expires from no-reply@ohiolink.edu. Details can be found at How to Set or Reset Your Ostaff Password.
Info Hub and Micro-learning: Resolving MDE Alert Warnings with Extension Packs
There is a new Info Hub article Resolving MDE Alert Warnings with Extension Packs for an introduction to extension packs and how they can be used to remove MDE alerts/warnings by updating Alma metadata profiles. This document will review how to use community-contributed extension packs to resolve MDE alerts for records that contain 019 and/or 035 subfield 9. There is also a new recorded microlearning training on this topic. Also recently added: Configuring “Beyond My Library” Rapido Search Profile and Slot for Primo VE/Primo NDE
Professional
Register for USETDA 2026 by Sept 14
Register by September 14 for the USETDA 2026 (US Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Association) “Navigating the Winds of Change,” a hybrid conference held September 23-25 in Toledo. The conference schedule includes OhioLINK’s Emily Flynn, Ohio University’s Ruth Lu, Bowling Green’s Kim Fleshman, University of Toledo’s Teri Green, Ohio State’s Tim Watson, Antioch University’s Steve Shaw, and Otterbein’s Jonathan Atwood. Check out The University of Toledo’s “Three Minute Thesis Showcase.” Hope to see you there, virtually or in-person!
