Category: Updates

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…Read more LTDS Activities Jan. 13-19th 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  

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…Read more LTDS Dec.31st through Jan. 5th 2019

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