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
Category: Weekly Updates
LTDS November 25 – Dec 1st 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 November 18th – 24th 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
LTDS November 11-17th 2018
The team continues to work on various projects. Take a moment and ask a LTDS team member about their current projects! Alma/Primo (Jamen, Nancy, Tao) Continued to localize outward facing notification letters Technical Migration cleanup Working to add additional local collections Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Nancy) Preparing new laptops Working to deploy new version of deep freeze for the Mac Ordered additional new equipment Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott) Started reorganizing scanned assets in order to allow streamlined ingestion of materials Continued to migrate data to new system. Web/Web applications (Jodie, Scott, Matt) Worked on several new forms and…Read more LTDS November 11-17th 2018
LTDS Nov. 4th – 10th 2018
LTDS continues to work towards reducing turn-around time for resolving issues. Although each person in LTDS has areas that they are the go to person for, we strive to have several people able to address most general issues. This is one of the main reason we utilize INFORM, so that more staff members can see and address issues. A few of the areas that LTDS worked on last week are: Alma/Primo (Jamen, Nancy, Tao) Alma fulfillment issues Accounts and discussion of procedures cataloging/metadata support Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Nancy) Resolving various mac and pc changes Deploying new equipment Digital…Read more LTDS Nov. 4th – 10th 2018
Selected LTDS activities Oct. 28-Nov 3 2018
LTDS continued working on various projects but also took some time for professional development. Alma/Primo (Jamen, Nancy, Tao) Continued to update accounts Tweaking of Law circulation policies completing the documentation website for release Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Nancy) Resolved various desktop issues and INFORMs Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott) Worked with vendor to continue with the modify the Continued to ingest Nashville voters Web/Web applications (Jodie, Scott, Matt) Adopt-a-book website ETD assistance and accounts MZO update Other (all): LITA Committee work Plurasight course Updated several plugins and modules
LTDS Oct. 20-26
Another busy week for the team. Alma/Primo (Jamen, Nancy, Tao) implemented Laptop repair work order Prepared for analytics training review pseudo patron billing Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Nancy) Resolved several workstation issues Reviewed inventory Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott) continued scanning Nashville Voter Reorganized Helguera images Web/Web applications (Jodie, Scott, Matt) Revised new user setup form in INFORM Finalized Alma documentation site Other (all): Attended Open Access Week sessions Resolved several server related issues
LTDS Oct. 14 – 20
LTDS continued work on various projects including Alma. Alma/Primo (Jamen, Nancy, Tao) Fulfillment policy adjustments Laptop availability Corrections of diacritics Corrected OCLC numbers in the 035 Alma documentation site Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Nancy) Resolved various desktop related INFORMS Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott) Created replacement PDFs Working on methods to collect statistics for the lab Web/Web applications (Jodie, Scott, Matt) Adopt a book website Documentations site development Other (all): Attending several meetings LAC ballot SEM migration project INFORMS
LTDS October 7-13 2018
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
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