Weekly Update, August 19, 2024

August 19, 2024

LSP Migration

  • The next LSP Milestone Update for members is September 10, 3-4PM. Register here.
  • The recording of the Working Group Milestone Update has been posted to Ostaff.
  • LSP Migration Project Leads are completing Configuration Forms for their Institution Zones this week. This is the last set of forms that libraries will complete before the Alma environments are delivered to the LSP Project Leads at the end of September.
  • Anyone with LSP questions is encouraged to talk with their Migration Project Lead. If they don’t know the answer, they’ll know where to find it.

Announcements

Fall eTutoring starts Aug 27

Undergraduate students who attend participating institutions can receive free OhioLINK eTutoring during the fall 2024 term beginning August 27th! Supplemental synchronous writing assignment reviews and live virtual tutoring will be available to students who visit OhioLINK eTutoring and create their free account. For more information, or to become a participating institution, contact etutoring@ohiolink.edu.

OhioLINK office closed Sept 2

The OhioLINK office will be closed on Labor Day, Monday, September 2. If you need to report an emergency outage during this time, please contact the OARnet 24/7 Service Desk at 1-800-627-6420 and identify your report as an OhioLINK issue and provide them with the name of your institution and your contact information. For all other questions and non-emergency issues, please email OhioLINK Support or complete the support form on our site.

Miscellanea

Join the Ohio Open Education Collective

The Ohio Open Education Collective is a new community of practice that will meet in Zoom monthly and Discord asynchronously to discuss and share resources with one another about open education, open pedagogy, open educational practices, textbook affordability, and more. The goals of our community of practice are as follows:

  • Provide community support and mentorship for those doing open education work.
  • Foster collaborative learning and mutual growth among members.
  • Share and develop resources to enhance educational practices.

Interested in joining the community? Please complete our registration form by September 20th. Have questions or want to help? Contact Amanda Larson or Mandi Goodsett.