Category: Weekly Updates

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…Read more LTDS July 14th – July 20th 2019

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…Read more LTDS June 23th – June 29th

  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,…Read more LTDS June 2nd – June 8th

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…Read more LTDS May 26th – June 1st

Welcome to summer, when changes happen even faster than normal!  This past week,  many in LTDS spent time working to reconfigure printers for all staff in the libraries.  In the majority of the cases,  this was a quick change but in other cases (such as when a card swipe is not needed) this continues to require work.  We still have a few printers in which we are waiting for a new printer package to be created by the card office.  Once the package is delivered,  we will quickly get it installed.  Let LTDS know if you continue to encounter printer…Read more LTDS May 12th – 18th

Do you regularly read the LTDS activities and/or blog posts?  Do you find the information helpful?  Is there other information you would like to see posted?  Please let us know!   Alma/Primo (Jamen, Tao) Continued work and troubleshooting of user access issues Reviewing procedures and possible summer changes Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Scott, Jamen) New Gallery printer various informs Planning for support projects AirWatch Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott) Trained new student in the lab Captured Helguera documents Continued with the VUMC Reporter Web/Web applications (Jodie, Scott, Matt) New technology web page Additional changes to the staff directory Preparing for…Read more LTDS May 5th – 11th

Many in LTDS spent significant time planning for presentations and training the week of April 28th.  The also continued discussions concerning summer projects. Other activities include:   Alma/Primo users issues in Alma Analytics work Desktop/Application support Various laptop issues New employee setup Digital Collections Ingested French Tarot cards Discussions surrounding Islandora 8 Web/Web applications Fine Arts website Reviewing resolving random errors on the public website. Other Carpentries workshop VSA training Resolving LDAP issues in Islandora AirWatch testing  

LTDS resolved several INFORM requests and hope to be able to migrated INFORM to a new sever soon. We are also reviewing current project proposals to determine if any can be resolved before summer.  Please contact us if you have questions for for the team or projects for the summer.   Alma/Primo Reviewing metadata schemas and possible ingest into Primo NCIP/ILLiad development work Final review for NERS enhancements Desktop/Application support AirWatch testing Ordering additional equipment Troubleshooting phone issues CrashPlan Testing Digital Collections Review of Islandora 8 and determining our next steps Cropping and capturing Helguera and Medical Center Reports New…Read more April 7th – April 13th 2019