May 12, 2025
LSP Migration
- Reminder: Please do not log in to Alma or Primo during configuration freeze, which began May 2 and runs through your library’s go live date. It could jeopardize your institution’s migration by interfering with Ex Libris’ work.
- 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.
- Newly added to Ostaff: Wave specific deploy and go live schedules andLink resolver information for go live
- New on InfoHub: Return Materials at the Circulation Desk; InfoHub now includes crowdsourced materials from member libraries, code snippets, and other learning materials. Filter using the pull-down menu.
- Recent recordings: Differing approaches for rolling out Alma, Primo VE, and Rapido
- Your LSP Project Lead can address any LSP question or concern.
Announcements
Auth25 for Music Center this week
Auth25 is a set of changes that switches the OhioLINK legacy authentication system to our updated GO.ohiolink.edu service. The Music Center will complete the rollout of Auth25 this week. Last week, the Electronic Book Center (EBC) and Electronic Journal Center (EJC) launched. 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.
ETD Council, May 19
The next Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) Council meets virtually on May 19 at 2 p.m. This team represents the interests of ETD Center member institutions and their authors to OhioLINK and OH‐TECH for the administration of the OhioLINK ETD Center.
Summit 2025: Year in Review, May 19; Keynote, May 21
The 2025 Summit, OhioLINK’s summer semester web series, will be five sessions. More information, including info for the July sessions, is available on the Summit’s Ostaff page.
- 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.
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.
