May 5, 2025
LSP Migration
- REMINDER: Please do not log in to Alma or Primo during configuration freeze, which began May 2. It could jeopardize your institution’s migration by interfering with Ex Libris’ work.
- May 6: Please register for panel discussion, “Differing approaches for rolling out Alma, Primo VE, and Rapido,” May 6, 2PM. More info below.
- May 20: Please register for the next live LSP Milestone, May 20 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.
- Please contribute local Alma/Primo/Rapido training, documentation, or communication materials for consortial sharing and adaptation.
- New on InfoHub: InfoHub now includes crowdsourced materials from member libraries, code snippets, and other learning materials. Filter using the pull-down menu.
- Recent recordings: E-Resource Management Working Group Open Discussion
- Micro-learning: Playlist
- Your LSP Project Lead can address any LSP question or concern.
Announcements
Auth25 for EBC and EJC
Auth25 is a set of changes that switches the OhioLINK legacy authentication system to our updated GO.ohiolink.edu service. This week, we will launch Auth25 versions of the Electronic Book Center (EBC) on May 6 and Electronic Journal Center (EJC) on May 8. Music Center deployment will occur the week of May 12. Proxied links and RAVE links won’t change, nor will on-campus use of the EBC and EJC. All existing GO links will continue to work without any noticeable change. See additional information on the Auth25 Ostaff page. If you have questions, please contact support@ohiolink.edu
Differing approaches for rolling out Alma, Primo VE, and Rapido, May 6, 2PM
Please register here for a panel discussion with Working Group chairs Susan Ashby of University of Akron, Megan Kickbush of Xavier University, and Chris Hudson of Kenyon College on a wide range of rollout topics, such as:
- when your librarians will begin to use Alma
- how to handle transitioning accounts from Sierra to Primo
- approaches and timing for rolling out Primo VE for discovery
- communications for students, faculty, and staff
- timing for updating instructional materials
- and more!
This session will be recorded.
Changes to OA publishing in Wiley fully open access journals begin May 17
Wiley is changing its processes for applying for APC coverage in its fully open access journals on May 17. Hybrid journals are not affected. With this change, requests for APC coverage made at submission are provisional until allocation availability and institutional affiliation are reconfirmed following acceptance for publication. More information is available on Ostaff for librarians and for authors (no Ostaff account needed). View the recording of OhioLINK Wiley New Gold Open Access Author Workflow (for Librarians) on Ostaff.
The 2025 “OMG Too Busy” Summit
Everyone is working above capacity this year and the Summit, OhioLINK’s summer semester web series, will be only five sessions. More information, including info for the July sessions, is available on the Summit’s Ostaff page. Coming up:
- May 19, 3-4PM – OhioLINK Year in Review. Come to hear Amy present the highlights! Register here.
- May 21, 11AM-12PM Keynote - Being your best in times of extraordinary stress: a practical guide to mental fitness at work. Natalie Siston will talk about how change is constant—but stress doesn’t have to be. Discover 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.
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.
Webinars
New EBSCOhost User Interface Q&A, May 7, 10AM
Have questions about the new EBSCOhost User Interface? EBSCO representatives will be available to answer OhioLINK librarians’ questions on May 7 at 10 a.m. Please register here. If your library has not yet migrated, EBSCO recommends having access to your institution’s preview of the new EBSCOhost UI ahead of attending the session. If you are unable to attend on May 7, EBSCO has also added an additional public Q&A session to their schedule to accommodate OhioLINK libraries on May 6 at 2 p.m. Register here for May 6 “Get to Know the New EBSCOhost.”
The recording of the April 8 “Using EBSCO Experience Manager for Administrators” is available. The EBSCOhost User Interface Migration page on Ostaff has also been updated with additional resources provided by EBSCO following last week’s webinars.
Professional
Virtual OVGTSL 2025: The Cornerstone of the User Experience, May 15
The Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians (OVGTSL) conference is fully online this year. It will be held May 15-16. See the schedule and register here.
