Weekly Update, September 23, 2024

September 23, 2024

LSP Migration

  • Ex Libris is delivering each institution’s Alma environment to LSP Project Leads.
  • The Training and Documentation Working Group has posted new outlines for functional area training for Acquisitions, E-resource Management, Physical Resource Management, Fulfillment, and User Management, along with a downloadable Training Progress Tracking Chart (for your own use).
  • Also new, the LSP glossary is now searchable.
  • The basic Alma and Primo online training recommendations are still available.
  • OhioLINK briefed Inter-University Council CIOs on LSP progress at their Sept.17 meeting. An invitation went to non-IUC institution CIO/IT staff for an October briefing.
  • Your campus LSP Project Lead is your LSP expert. They can answer any LSP question. If they don’t know, they’ll know where to find it.

Announcements

Annual Membership Report

We’re pleased to share the Fiscal Year 2024 OhioLINK Membership Report. Our progress would not be possible without your valuable collaboration and expertise. Thank you. (You’ll need an Ostaff account to be able to take advantage of many links in the text. If you don’t have an account yet, please ask your manager to request that one be created for you.)

Faculty can apply for OhioLINK OER Course Redesign Grants by Oct 4

Please pass this information along to any faculty/instructors that might be interested in learning more about teaching with Open Educational Resources (OER). Over and over, we heard that lack of time and funding to explore open alternatives are the two main barriers to converting to teaching with OER. OhioLINK Affordable Learning is continuing to offer OER Course Redesign Grants to address those concerns. The program runs November 4 - January 24, 2025 and requires approximately 4-8 hours of asynchronous work, with a synchronous Zoom discussion. Learn more here.

Apply for OhioLINK funding for the 2025 OEN Open Education Librarianship program by Oct 11

OhioLINK Affordable Learning advocates for the use of Open Educational Resources (OER) to reduce the costs of course materials for students. In support of that goal, OhioLINK hopes to develop a team of librarians to help faculty find, adopt, and incorporate OER into their courses. The Open Education Network (OEN), a national OER advocacy organization offers a Certificate in Open Education Librarianship Program designed to meet this very need. Ten OhioLINK librarians are completing their certification this month, joining a group of eight already certified. To continue to build this expertise within the consortium, OhioLINK is sponsoring up to two scholarships for the 7-month OEN certification program in 2025. Apply by October 11. Find more information here.

Save the Date: New Director Orientation, Oct 18

Each year OhioLINK provides an orientation for new leadership at member libraries. This is especially useful for library directors who are new to the state and do not have previous experience with OhioLINK. However, it also can be a great review those who are not new. Meeting details will soon be sent to the All-Directors list. If you have any questions, please contact Tasha Bryant-Willis.

Vendor Information

Enhance Your Users’ Experience with LibKey, Oct 22, 23

Libraries, including many OhioLINK members, use LibKey to overcome common access barriers like broken links, complex resolver menus, retracted articles, and paywalls. LibKey integrates seamlessly with discovery services, databases, browser extensions, and reading lists. Third Iron also will explain how LibKey works with Alma and Primo. The content is geared toward existing customers but may be helpful to new customers too.

Join Maria Ziemer, MLIS, Director of Global Outreach at Third Iron, to discover how libraries can leverage LibKey's superior linking technology within databases and the Primo discovery platform. You will learn:

  • How LibKey technology delivers fast, reliable, and seamless full-text access.
  • How LibKey can save students, faculty, and researchers time, reduce help desk load, preserve scholarly integrity, and decrease unnecessary ILL requests.
  • How to configure LibKey NOW using your current link resolver settings in databases to simplify your transition to ALMA/Primo next year.
  • How to integrate LibKey with Primo via a customizable API to enhance the user experience from Day 1.

These webinars are identical. If you can’t make either time, it will be recorded and posted to Ostaff. No registration required. The links below will take you to the Webex webinar.

October 22, 1:00-2:00 PM. Meeting number: 2435 374 4328. Password: iAiQpyDa962

October 23, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM. Meeting number: 2424 091 9093. Password: Jh3eJefMB33

Professional Development

USETDA 2024, Sept 25-27

USETDA 2024, “Tech’s Next Frontier: Transforming Research & Digital Scholarship,” the 14th annual US Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Association hybrid conference will be held September 25-27. On Weds. at 1pm MT/3:00 p.m. EST Ohio University’s Ruth Lu will present “Best Practices for Technologically Transforming the Thesis/Dissertation Retreat.” On Thursday at 9:45 MT/11:45 a.m. EST Bowling Green’s Kim Fleshman will present “Non-Traditional ETDs: Creating Policies and Guidelines for the Future.”

Save the Date: NOTSL Fall Meeting, Nov 22

Join us for the Northern Ohio Technical Services Librarians (NOTSL) Fall General Meeting, focused on AI in Library Technical Services. This event will explore the impact of artificial intelligence in key areas of library technical services, including cataloging, acquisitions, and collection management. Our keynote speaker, Terry Reese, Head of Digital Initiatives and Infrastructure Support at The Ohio State University Libraries, will discuss AI and its role in Libraries & Technical Services. More details and registration information coming soon!

Miscellanea

Central Catalog searches of interest, Sept 16-22