Author: Dale Poulter

LTDS used much of this week to wrap up a few items and prepare for the break.  LTDS will be closed during the holidays but will continue to monitor systems and INFORM for any emergencies.    Beyond the work,  the team took time to attend the library Holiday luncheon and go out for a team lunch during the week. LTDS wishes every one a very happy holiday and look forward to new opportunities in 2019. Alma/Primo (Jamen, Nancy, Tao) Added SSO for the Alma sandbox Reviewing various reports from Alma Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Nancy) Review hardware in the Fine…Read more LTDS Dec. 16-22th 2018

LTDS team members spend time this week preparing for shutting down Acorn and SFX servers.  The team also had several conversations about internal workflows and ways to improve the services we offer.   Alma/Primo (Jamen, Nancy, Tao) Special collection item request and Alma booking form Continued work with Alma accounts and user records Loading records into Alma Prepared for Acorn and SFX final shutdown on Dec. 14th. Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott, Nancy) Continued to utilize new ingestion method and develop processes Assisting students submitting ETDs Taking care of several scanning requests Web/Web applications (Jodie, Scott, Matt) Completed rewrite of…Read more LTDS Update December 9-15th 2018

Another busy week as LTDS continued to work on various projects and attempt to finish up a few items before the holidays.   Alma/Primo (Jamen, Nancy, Tao) Continued working on user account processes Creating several reports in preparation of shutting down Acorn permanently on Friday. Various discussions around Alma request forms Autoloading of leisure reading materials Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Nancy) Preparing Macs for roll-out and correct a few minor issues. Updating inventory Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott) Scanning several requests Completing the Nashville Voter Continued to complete ingestion of the the last of ESSSS project and working towards migrating…Read more LTDS Dec 2nd -8th 2018

LTDS returned from the holidays and resumed work on various projects as well as reviewing inform requests.  Please let me know if you have any questions about open INFORM requests.   Alma/Primo (Jamen, Nancy, Tao) Work on recall requests in Alma and the notices Continued work on Alma accounts and various issues related to the data feeds and external users (friends, alumni, etc.) Discussions concerning normalization rules for external resources Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Nancy) Replaced older hardware Continued work on deploying new macbooks and creating the new image. Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott) Continued working on Nashville Voters and…Read more LTDS November 25 – Dec 1st 2018

LTDS team members took time off to be with family during the Thanksgiving week.    Although the team responded to urgent requests,  all team members were out of the office Thursday and Friday    

The team continues to work  on various projects.   Take a moment and ask a LTDS team member about their current projects!   Alma/Primo (Jamen, Nancy, Tao) Continued to localize outward facing notification letters Technical Migration cleanup Working to add additional local collections Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Nancy) Preparing new laptops Working to deploy new version of deep freeze for the Mac Ordered additional new equipment Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott) Started reorganizing scanned assets in order to allow streamlined ingestion of materials Continued to migrate data to new system. Web/Web applications (Jodie, Scott, Matt) Worked on several new forms and…Read more LTDS November 11-17th 2018

LTDS continues to work towards reducing turn-around time for resolving issues.  Although each person in LTDS has areas that they are the go to person for,  we strive to have several people able to address most general issues.  This is one of the main reason we utilize INFORM, so that more staff members can see and address issues. A few of the areas that LTDS worked on last week are:   Alma/Primo (Jamen, Nancy, Tao) Alma fulfillment issues Accounts and discussion of procedures cataloging/metadata support Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Nancy) Resolving various mac and pc changes Deploying new equipment Digital…Read more LTDS Nov. 4th – 10th 2018

LTDS continued working on various projects  but also took some time for professional development.   Alma/Primo (Jamen, Nancy, Tao) Continued to update accounts Tweaking of Law circulation policies completing the documentation website for release Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Nancy) Resolved various desktop issues and INFORMs Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott) Worked with vendor to continue with the modify the Continued to ingest Nashville voters Web/Web applications (Jodie, Scott, Matt) Adopt-a-book website ETD assistance and accounts MZO update Other (all): LITA Committee work Plurasight course Updated several plugins and modules  

Another busy week for the team. Alma/Primo (Jamen, Nancy, Tao) implemented Laptop repair work order Prepared for analytics training review pseudo patron billing Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Nancy) Resolved several workstation issues Reviewed inventory Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott) continued scanning Nashville Voter Reorganized Helguera images Web/Web applications (Jodie, Scott, Matt) Revised new user setup form in INFORM Finalized Alma documentation site Other (all): Attended Open Access Week sessions Resolved several server related issues

LTDS continued work on various  projects including Alma. Alma/Primo (Jamen, Nancy, Tao) Fulfillment policy adjustments Laptop availability Corrections of diacritics Corrected OCLC numbers in the 035 Alma documentation site Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Nancy) Resolved various desktop related INFORMS Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott) Created replacement PDFs Working on methods to collect statistics for the lab Web/Web applications (Jodie, Scott, Matt) Adopt a book website Documentations site development Other (all): Attending several meetings LAC ballot SEM migration project   INFORMS