Category: Weekly Updates

LTDS spend time during the week to migrate it’s internal communication from Slack to Microsoft Teams.  This included significant with with Flow to provide access to the RSS feeds and changing habits as far as communication.    In addition,  the team was able to continue work on various projects including the items below.

• Alma/Primo
  • Alumni Access issues
  • Continue troubleshooting OCLC holding issues
• Desktop/Application support
  • Moving applications from libvm11 to libvm15
  • Developed list of needed upgrades for the next round of replacements
• Digital Collections/Digital Preservation
  • ArchivesSpace changes and corrections
• Web/Web applications
  • WordPress updates
  • Reviewing issues with Mailpoet 3 and proposing upgrading
  • Setup new development environment for Omni
• Other
  • 3D Brain update
  • Deep dive into Microsoft Flow
  • Migrated ArcGIS to new server

The team enjoyed another week of catching up on various issues and planning for retiring older VMs.  This week, among other items the team worked on setting up two new VMs as future hosts for migrated library applications.

• Alma/Primo
  • Working with VUMC on potential issues with email accounts in December
  • User access issues  (Alma and EZProxy)
  • Issues with Japanese holding updates
• Desktop/Application support
  • Prepare DVRs for TVNews
  • Setup MS Surface for evaluation
• Digital Collections/Digital Preservation
  • Prepared and presented session to celebrate World Digital Preservation Day
  • Starting migrating changes in DSpace to new DSpace instance for testing
• Web/Web applications
  • Mail Poet plugin issues
  • Staff Purchase request
  • Updated lectionary
• Other
  • Evaluate proposal for LTDS to move conversations from Slack to Team
  • Migrating ArcGIS to new server and upgrading OS
  • Various training and committee sessions.

Several in LTDS took much of the week off to rejuvenate.  The remainder of the team worked to keep several projects moving forward and respond to issues.

• Alma/Primo
  • Completed Sewanee user load process.
  • Tested holding updates for select collections
  • Automated EDI processing with YBP
• Desktop/Application support
  • Continued to install/upgrade  staff computers to Office 365
  • Worked with Dell support to replace a failed mother board
• Digital Collections
  • Resolved MySQL issue that affected several digital collections and the public website for a brief period of time
  • refreshed the development DSpace instance and began testing new version
• Web/Web applications
  • Public web typography changes
  • Corrected a newly discovered issue with ACT.
• Other
  • Prepared for mailbox migration planned for the 15th.
  • Continued to learn the laravel  framework and started to plan for implementation
  • Participated in LTDS office hours

LTDS personnel have been diligently working on various projects from across various areas. To name a few:

• • Desktop:
    • Office 365 installation
    • Laptop/Desktop deployments
  • Alma/Primo VE:
    • Testing Fisk user loads
    • Cleaning up user records
    • Circulation/Reserve Desk
  • Digital Collections:
    • TVNews – Accessibility issues
    • TVNews – Forgotten password project
    • Fine arts exhibits
  • Web/Web applications:
    • Clickable room maps
  • Committees:
    • LITA
    • ELUNA Developers Day
    • Exhibits System Task Force
  • Training:
    • Bootstrap 4
    • XSLT/XQuery

LTDS continued to work on several projects and prepare for the upcoming Office 365 mailbox migrations and the switch to the Office 365 suite by staff.

• Alma/Primo
  • Analytics lab
  • Inventory tool for circulation
  • Moving 856 40 to 956
• Desktop/Application support
  • Training new student
  • Deploying new desktops
  • Updating Macs in classroom
• Digital Collections
  • ArchivesSpace interface and plugin work
  • VURJ reboot discussions
  • Fine Arts Gallery Exhibition
• Web/Web applications
  • Clickable room maps
  • staff purchase request form
  • TVNews
  • Preparing for campus typography web changes
• Other
  • wordpress and Islandora/Drupal updates

The team continued to work on various projects,  resolve issues and plan for the upcoming 365 migration.

• Alma/Primo
  • Fisk user load
  • API work for a couple of projects
• Desktop/Application support
  • Move ILL equipment to new temporary locations
  • New large order for replacing computers
• Digital Collections
  • Migrating TVnews classic sight to force https using a l.v.e url
  • Review of old exhibit website
• Web/Web applications
  • Work on clickable maps
  • Revised several web pages including by the numbers
• Other
  • Library committee work
  • Association committee work

WOW!  Classes start on the 21st.  The team utilized a portion of the week confirming that user facing items were working as expected and making a few tweaks.  In addition,  the team starting planning training sessions and topics for LTDS update session during the fall.  If you have a topic you would like to have discussed,  please let us know!

• Alma/Primo
  • New full display deplo4yed
  • Adding LibGuides to VE
• Desktop/Application support
  • Resolving issues related to AirWatch deployment
  • AD renaming project
• Digital Collections
  • Vireo development for ETDs
  • Gargoyle scanning
• Web/Web applications
  • Pop-up survey evaluation/testing
• Other
  • Scripting OCLC reports
  • Work with SSO for Vireo
  • work on/with various committees

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.