LTDS continued turn more attention towards various digital collections while still working to maintain Alma and make additional adjustments. The team also spent time reviewing and planning to move forward on many projects that had been put on hold for the ILS migration. The team also had a chance to hold an upgrade session to answer questions concerning recent activities. Alma/Primo (Jamen, Nancy, Tao) OCLC Holdings Configuring automated invoicing Alma user documentation Work on the documentation website Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Nancy) Developing an automated windows provisioning script Resolving various desktop issues Deployed new hardware Added software to EBL laptops…Read more LTDS October 7-13 2018
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LTDS September 30-October 6th
LTDS continued to work on various issues in Alma but also prepared for the upgrade to Islandora and an informational session planned for October 9th. Alma/Primo (Jamen, Nancy, Tao) Revising letters and troubleshooting related issues Documentation website User management including Alumni Desktop/Application support (Judy, All) resolving various desktop related issues preparing equipment for new staff reviewing Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott) Working on methods to collect publish metrics from the lab Continued scanning Owen Manager and Nashville Voter Web/Web applications (Jodie, Scott, Matt) Adobt a book website development Documentation website Touchscreen changes Other (all): SEM project work…Read more LTDS September 30-October 6th
LTDS September 23-29 2018
The team continued to work on various issues related to systems including Alma. In addition, LTDS began planning for informational session in a couple of week. Alma/Primo (Jamen, Nancy, Tao) Continued work on documentation site revising letters and troubleshooting User management Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Nancy, Jamen) Ordering new equipment Updating/cleaning up the inventory. Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott) Continued to ingest collections Preparing servers for Islandora upgrade/migration Web/Web applications (Jodie, Scott, Matt) Work on the Adopt-a-book site Updating wordpress Other (all): Troubleshooting bitmovin and filesystem issues 3-D printing Resolving various reported issues.
LTDS Sept16.-22nd
LTDS continues to work on known issues in Alma as well as new issues as they are discovered. In addition, LTDS worked on other projects and issues related to future migrations and current digital collections. Alma/Primo (Jamen, Nancy, Tao) Configured requests for Alma Cleanup projects Continued to work on documentation Worked on access issues with some accounts Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Nancy, Jamen) Beta testing new version of DeepFreeze on the Mac (this will allow us to update the MacOS to the newest Deployed new laptops to some staff Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott) Continued uploading items Prepared several…Read more LTDS Sept16.-22nd
Communicating to groups via email. What are the options?
Communicating to groups via email. What are the options? There are several ways to communicate to multiple people via email. The simplest is to include everyone in the email TO: field but that is not always convenient. Other options include personal distribution lists, shared distribution lists, email lists, mail enable shared public folders, and shared exchange mailboxes. A description of these options are below with a few of the pros and cons for each method. Personal Distribution List: Created by an individual for their personal use by selecting “New Contact Group” in Outlook contacts. …Read more Communicating to groups via email. What are the options?
LTDS the September 9-14, 2018
This week LTDS spent a great deal of time working on Alma projects and web cleanup projects. In addition the team started to review non-Alma related projects and organizing a list of current Alma cleanup projects. Alma/Primo (Jamen, Nancy, Tao) Working on documentation and training materials for Analytics Continue to work on cleanup projects, since the sandbox is partially available additional tests are possible Ongoing work to setup roles in Alma and standardize the workflow. Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Nancy, Jamen) Deploy several new machines and reviewed hardware needs Updated Mac OS in the Central Lobby Investigated using the…Read more LTDS the September 9-14, 2018
LTDS August 26 – August 30
LTDS continued to work on cleanup projects in Alma and finalize (for now) various configurations. The team is also reviewing projects that have been tabled — including deploying additional laptops to staff and for circulation. This week we also had our students return!! Please welcome Jonah, Sam, Gabriel, Maya, and Cindy! A few of the items this week were: Alma/Primo (Jamen, Nancy, Tao) Revised several notices including Acquisitions notices Removed XXX users (old staff accounts from Sirsi) Continued to work on clean-up projects including the duplicate charges Suppresses more that 65,000 items from display that were in the withdrawn location.…Read more LTDS August 26 – August 30
LTDS August 19 – 25, 2018
Although work on Alma issues continue in LTDS, the team was able to address a few other areas last week. Please let us know if you have questions about other LTDS activities. Alma/Primo (Jamen, Nancy, Tao) Continued to address issues from migration including clean-up projects Revised user letters/notices Correct circulation transactions Worked on EDI ordering/invoiceing Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt) Setup Macs Imaged and deployed additional machines Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott) Ingested ESSS and Commodore collections Worked on issues associated with displaying PDFS Started rebuilding solr index Shifted DIL workflow to Adobe Scanned items for exhibit Web/Web applications (Jodie,…Read more LTDS August 19 – 25, 2018
LTDS August 12 – 19, 2018
The team continues to work on clean-up projects while balancing enhancements to Alma/Primo with other projects that were delayed due to implementation. Alma/Primo (Jamen, Nancy, Tao) Added users and refined roles Loaded orders Completed registration form and implemented Continued work on clean-up projects (removing duplicate barcodes) Discussed TOU changes Prepared for changes to the letters Working through migration issues Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt) Replaced several smaller monitors Configured a new mac mini for Central reference Replaced and re-imaged several computers for staff Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott) Continued to add more items to Fedora Re-calibrated scanner Continued preparation for the…Read more LTDS August 12 – 19, 2018
LTDS August 6th – 10th 2018
The team continued to review INFORM requests and prioritize various tickets and began to work on reducing some of the back-log. Beyond working on INFORM tickets and communicating various project status, the team also worked on many items including: Alma/Primo (Nancy, Jamen, Tao) Completed loading missing items Started configuration of Proquest EDI Continued to create/modify user roles as needed Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott) Continued to load ESSSS and Commodores to reduce back-log Reviewing display changes in Archives Space Scanned materials for Curator talk Web (Jodie and Matt) Continued to work on reported issues with areas of the new website…Read more LTDS August 6th – 10th 2018