Category: Updates

Another busy week for the team.  Everyone work towards wrapping up projects before students return in 2 weeks!

• Alma/Primo
  • Alma analytics lab sessions
  • 21North Re-barcoding project
  • Copying rules from the sandbox (sandbox was refreshed this weekend)
• Desktop/Application support
  • Continued renaming project
  • deploy new laptops/desktops
• Digital Collections
  • Catch up on ETDs
  • Continued work on new ETD system
• Web/Web applications
  • ETANA Broken link checker
  • TVNews forgot password project
• Other
  • Continued work on SSO/Ping
  • Continued to prepare for l.v.e. MX entry move

LTDS continued to work on various projects and resolving INFORM tickets.  The team also started to plan for upcoming monthly update sessions starting this month.  If you have a topic you would like to have covered during an upcoming session,  please let me know.

• Alma/Primo
  • Hack-a-thon to split Acquisitions and Cataloging in Alma
  • Normalization rules for VE
  • Government Documents Work Order
• Desktop/Application support
  • Started wide deployment of AirWatch /Workspace One
  • Processing orders for new machines — regular replacements
• Digital Collections
  • WordCloud changes and improvements
  • Continued work on Vireo — the new ETD systems
  • working with the 3D camera
• Web/Web applications
  • Converting web apps to mysqli
  • TVNews Password change form
• Other
  • Learning Ruby and Rails
  • Planing for fall projects
  • Troubleshooting

All of the team was back from taking vacation!  Several team members spend time catching up on email and outstanding INFORM requests.  The team continued to work on various summer projects and start planning for fall project priorities.

• Alma/Primo
  • Preparing for upcoming acquisitions/cataloging hack-a-thon
  • Work on Music library registration form
• Desktop/Application support
  • Resolved several issues with systems at 21 North
  • Continued renaming project
• Digital Collections
  • Continued to work on new ETD submission system
  • Answering questions from users concerning the current ETD system
  • Modifications to the current exhibits being displayed on the Central interactive screens
• Web/Web applications
  • Created new WordPress site
  • Adding additional error checking for the Today’s hours script
• Other
  • Development work for Wordcloud v.2
  • Continued professional development though web courses.
  • Documenting possible issues with the email Office 365 migration process.

LTDS team members spend a great deal of time working on professional development opportunities including online courses on web accessibility, rails, and working with the library carpentry sessions. In addition to these items the team working on various issues including:

• Alma/Primo
  • Fine issues
  • Never ending Alma user issues
  • Reviewing self-check policies in Divinity/Central
• Desktop/Application support
  • continued to deploy meeScans
  • distributed mouse pads for the public computers
• Digital Collections
  • ETD questions and assisting students
• Web/Web applications
  • Completed audit for staff directory/organization chart
  • updated proxy server ssl certificate
• Other
  • Installed JBOD and UPS for TVNews
  • Converted public website to use new campus calendar

LTDS continued to work in various summer projects including the ETD system,  meeScan and various preservation systems related projects.   The team also started closing out various projects for the fiscal year and Jodie presented the final LTDS update session until August.

As we look forward to exciting changes and new opportunities during fiscal year 2020,  we would like know if you have a topic you would like covered during a monthly update sessions, or if you have a project that we can help with during the coming months.

• Alma/Primo
  • Created ScholarsTrust report
  • Work on grima configurations
• Desktop/Application support
  • Troubleshooting and resetting wifi settings for the classroom laptops
  • Airwatch
• Digital Collections
  • ArchivesSpace User interface changes
  • Started configuring new ETD system
  • Continued work towards the Contini migration
• Web/Web applications
  • Tag manager setup
  • Completed work on new TVNews loan script
• Other
  • Attended ALA and several associated meetings, board meetings, and council sessions.
  • Completed several continuing education sessions from Library Juice
  • LTDS June update session.

• Alma/Primo
  • Adjusted settings for meeScan deployment
  • New titles list
  • Scholars Trust reports
• Desktop/Application support
  • Resolved various issues related to outlook
  • Prepared for surplus computer pickup.
• Digital Collections
  • Continued to work with XSLT for Contini migration
    • ETD new system migration
• Web/Web applications
  • GTM for Heard Alert and multisite
• Other
  • Cleaning up 401 for surplus pickup
  • Various professional development courses

LTDS continued to work on various projects during this week.

• Alma/Primo
  • Scripted course removal
  • EDI EBSCO  setup for  Law
• Desktop/Application support
  • Prepared laptops for athlete workshop and assisted with setup
• Digital Collections
  • Continued circulating rare book digitization project
  • Check in Hathitrust for rare books being digitized
  • Continued to scan MZO materials
• Web/Web applications
  • Troubleshooting an issue with OJS
• Other
  • Attended eBUG
  • Migrated a couple of databases from mysql to mysql2
  • Configured new dev server for Digital collections

LTDS continued to work on summer projects including documentation.  Even as the current projects move forward the team is reviewing projects to be done in the fall.

• Alma/Primo (Jamen, Tao)
  • Working with OCLC to update holdings for the 3 sites
  • Continual user access issues resulting for changes in the user load
• Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Scott, Jamen)
  • Continued work on AirWatch
  • upgraded computers at 21-North used with the book-eye
• Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott)
  • Worked to catch up on ETD submissions and maintenance.
  • Starting scanning older items in the circulating collection as determined by Special Collections
• Web/Web applications (Jodie, Scott, Matt)
  • GTM for WordPress
  • Editing WordPress templates
• Other (all):
  • Library Juice Coursework
  • Professional committee work (LITA/ALA/LLAMA/ExLibris)

LTDS spent the majority of last week working on various summer projects.  The team also corrected additional printing issues .  If you are still encountering issues with printing,  please contact LTDS.

• Alma/Primo (Jamen, Tao)
  • Alma record cleanup
  • Analytics training
• Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Scott, Jamen)
  • Continued to resolve printer issues
  • AirWatch preparations
  • Preparing old workstations for surplus
• Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott)
  • Captured VUSN items for ingestion
  • Tested script for cleaning up digitized images
  • Reviewing options for new ETD system
• Web/Web applications (Jodie, Scott, Matt)
  • Krupp trial website
  • Changes to Management and Fine Arts webpages
• Other (all):
  • preparing new storage array for deployment
  • ALA/LITA/ELUNA committee work