Author: Dale Poulter

LTDS March 3 – March 9, 2019

This week was an eventful one for LTDS.  Jamen accepted the new role of Associate Director and Jodie took on the role of LTDS Web Development Lead.  Please join the team in congratulating Jamen and Jodie.  Several team members attended the Partners in Progress session on Friday as well as the Laracon conference virtually on Wednesday.    Even with these events occurring, the team was able to move forward on several projects.

  • Alma/Primo (Jamen, Tao)
    • Various support questions from Access Services
    • Reviewing NERS requests for voting
  • Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Scott, Jamen)
    • deploying laptops
    • continued to work with Fine Arts Gallery to backup and migrate data.
  • Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott,Tao)
    • Processing ETDs
    • Added Owen Manager as a featured
  • Web/Web applications (Jodie, Scott, Matt)
    • Implementing Google tag manager
    • Deployed new theme for the documentation site
  • Other (all):
    • Reviewing eDocs database structure
    • LTDS Update session

LTDS February 24 – March 2, 2019

LTDS continued to work on several projects including the items below.  In addition, LTDS  started discussing several new projects that we hope to start in the next several months.

  • Alma/Primo (Jamen, Tao)
    • Troubleshoot on alma work orders, fines, user notices, request forms, circ policies etc.
    • Testing withdrawal procedures
    • Filemaker Pro installation and configuration for Gallery
    • Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Scott, Jamen)
    • Divinity AV Cart Documentation & Setup
    • Deployed new laptops for staff
  • Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott)
    • Completed scanning request for Mildred Haun exhibit
    • Completed most recent scanning request for Vanderbilt 150 exhibit
    • Clean-up of Fedora environment
  • Web/Web applications (Jodie, Scott, Matt)
    • documentation site
    • Worked with ACE on new Immersion webpage
    • Google tag manager configuration
  • Other (all):
    • Ping Migration
    • Four Winds
    • Committee work
    • various meetings with campus groups

 

LTDS February 17-23 2019

During the week  LTDS  work on many projects, including the items below.  In addition to the projects,  LTDS team members worked on several search committees as well as national professional committees.

 

  • Alma/Primo (Jamen, Tao)
    • Letter customization
    • Review of NERS requests
    • Continued to work on user records and authentication
  • Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Scott, Jamen)
    • Worked to deploy new Gallery Macs
    • Deployed new version of FileMaker Pro while planning migration to  mysql.
    • Imaging new staff laptops
  • Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott)
    • Continued to work on  Commodore scan revisions.
    • Continued to ingest backlogged items
    • Meet to discuss future scanner needs for the DIL
    • Changes to the ArchivesSpace interface
  • Web/Web applications (Jodie, Scott, Matt)
    • Work on new immersion page
    • Continued work on the documentation website
    • LAC Feedback form
  • Other (all):
    • Reviewed and prepared for migrating resources to the new Ping instance.
    • Training OJS editors
    • ETD migration discussions with graduate school

LTDS February 10-16 2019

 

 

  • Alma/Primo (Jamen, Tao)
    • Reviewing NERS requests
    • Finishing up backlog of GPO records
  • Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Scott, Jamen)
    • Creating new images for laptops and desktops
  • Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott)
    • Re-scanning a few commodores
    • Archives Space changes
    • MZO collection scanning
  • Web/Web applications (Jodie, Scott, Matt)
    • WordPress documentation site
    • Reviewing additional packages for creating forms
  • Other (all):
    • Continued work with Four Winds
    • Committee work
    • LTDS update session
    • Proxy issues

LTDS February 3-9th 2019

LTDS team members continued to work on Alma and various other projects.

  • Alma/Primo (Jamen, Tao)
    • Fulfillment dashboard development
    • Work with API/Grima
    • GPO records
  • Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Scott, Jamen)
    • reviewing options for Mac computers
    • MondoPad update
    • Filemaker Pro connectivity issue resolution
    • Recovered data from a bad harddrive
  • Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott)
    • Completed scanning OwenManagers
    • Continued to ingest backlogged documents into Islandora
  • Web/Web applications (Jodie, Scott, Matt)
    • Reviewed packages for streamline development
    • WordPress updates
    • Drupal updates
  • Other (all):
    • Created documentation for the airmedia systems in the library
    • VURJ revisions and OJS upgrades
    • Attended various meetings

LTDS Jan 22nd – Feb 2nd 2019

LTDS continued work on various projects both for the library as well as assisting to move some faculty projects to other locations.

  • Alma/Primo (Jamen, Tao)
    • Several discussions concerning authentication and user roles
    • Continued to revise letters
  • Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Scott, Jamen)
    • EZProxy troubleshooting
    • Ordered additional staff hardware
  • Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott)
    • Completed several scanning requests
    • Worked on correcting issues with files to allow ingest
    • Resolved several DOI issues
  • Web/Web applications (Jodie, Scott, Matt)
    • Corrected issues on the Helguera site affecting public display of items
    • Test upgrade of OJS, and resolving the issues
  • Other (all):
    • Cleanup Github repositories
    • Reviewing options for provisioning MACs]
    • Participating in various searches and attending candidate presentations

 

 

LTDS Activities Jan. 20-27th 2019

A few of the projects that LTDS worked on last week are listed below.

 

  • Alma/Primo (Jamen, Tao)
    • YBP invoices
    • User records
    • Letter revisions
  • Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Scott, Jamen,Tao)
    • Drupal updates
    • OJS DOI issues resolved
  • Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott)
    • Loaded the Photo Archive
    • Revised some of the scripts utilized for creating book batches.
    • Cross training in the DIL
  • Web/Web applications (Jodie, Scott, Matt)
    • New WordPress site for Divinity Exhibitions
    • BPA recital request form interface
    • Policy and procedures site
  • Other (all):
    • Rebuild/re-purposed libvm13
    • Four winds
    • Review new A/V installation

 

LTDS Activities Jan. 13-19th 2019

The week of January 13th was an eventful one for LTDS.  After 41 years at Vanderbilt Nancy’s last day was Tuesday the 15th.  Nancy shared her documentation with the team and has walked through many of the systems that she was responsible for over the past few weeks.  We believe that we have everything covered, but if you encounter an issue, please let me know.

 

  • Alma/Primo
    • User management
    • Discussions around clean-up projects
    • Documentation team meetings and kick-off
  • Desktop/Application support
    • Started project to upgrade the OS on the circulating macbook airs
  • Digital Collections
    • Scanning of documents in the Helguera collection
    • Reviewing workflow to streamline process
    • Continued to make changes to the photo archive MODS records before ingesting the collection
  • Web/Web applications
    • Update drupal instances
    • created new custom ACE inform queue
  • Other (all):
    • Worked on implementing Four Winds designs
    • Arranged pick-up of old equipment
    • Many LTDS team members participated in candidate searches.
    • migration libvm1 to libvm18 (this is the proxy server) and worked through issues related to the DNS change

 

LTDS 6-12th 2019

LTDS was fully back in the swing of things this week for the new year

 

  • Alma/Primo (Jamen, Nancy, Tao)
    • Bill/credit issue
    • Accounts and account process documentation
  • Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Nancy)
    • Various tickets
    • Deploying equipment for new staff
  • Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott)
    • Continued work on Photoarchives
    • Completed scanning for the Buchanan Library Fellows (Spring 2019)
    • ETD procedures and review
  • Web/Web applications (Jodie, Scott, Matt)
    • Heard alert changes
    • Planning for Fine Arts Gallery website migration
    • Interface development
  • Other (all):
    • Four Winds
    • Preparing for libvm1 migration
    • Setting up encoders for TVNews
    • Active Directory ACL review

 

LTDS Dec.31st through Jan. 5th 2019

Happy New Year!

LTDS enjoyed the time away from the office and returned on January 2nd and quickly started to respond to issues.

 

  • Alma/Primo (Jamen, Nancy, Tao)
    • Setting up new accounts for new student employees
    • Refining circulation policies
  • Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Nancy)
    • Adding library staff use only equipment to Alma
    • Resolving phone issues (abnormally high number the first week)
  • Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott)
    • Consulted concerning a new collection for Islandora
    • Continued to scan items for Spring Fellows
  • Web/Web applications (Jodie, Scott, Matt)
    • Made several changes to Omni to adjust library news links and navigational changes
    • updated wordpress and installed plug-in
  • Other (all):
    • Documenting several process in preparation for  Nancy’s retirement
    • Reviewed recently updated A/V rooms
    • Configured computer for Fine Arts Gallery Exhibit