What is going to happen this weekend? What will I be able to do? What can be done during the Technical Services freeze? These are all valid and reasonable questions, which I will try to address in this post. No fear, though – you will still be able to work! Starting this weekend (June 22/23), as soon as Mary Ellen completes the fiscal year roll over (after which she will notify myself), I will launch several scripts on the Acorn server in order to do the full extract of our Symphony data. This is a server-load intensive process and requires…Read more Technical Freeze Starts This Weekend – So What Can I Do??
ILLiad upgraded on May 20th
The ILLiad server was upgraded on May 20th after discussions with ILL. The timing of the upgrade was moved up in order to allow ILL (Central ILL, Law, and Biomed), the ILS Implementation team, and LTDS to work on integration with Alma. The upgrade went well and most clients were updated without any incident (right mouse click on the icon an select run as administrator). LTDS has received a couple of issue reports since the upgrade. The initial issue with sending out notifications has been corrected. We are still investigating an issue when attempting to view library information in the…Read more ILLiad upgraded on May 20th
Zip File Importer for Islandora Now Available
Step by step instructions are now available for ingesting ZIP files into Vanderbilt’s Digital Collections, the central access point for the Vanderbilt Libraries’ digitized special collections. Instructions can be found here. https://ltds.library.vanderbilt.edu/library-staff-pages/islandora-ingest/ You must be logged in to access the link. Additional updates and changes are in store for Digital Collections in the coming weeks and months. Stay tuned!
Post conference report for ELUNA 2018
Ex Libris User group North America (ELUNA) 2018 conference was held at Spokane, WA during May 1st to May 5th, 2018. here are some takeaways from me. General Impression: The conference was well organized, in addition to a nice conference program booklet, all presentation slides are made available to attendee in Sched; it was well attended, this is the first time more than 1000+ people attended the conference. It is a friendly and enthusiastic community, no matter whom you met, whether they are in the process of migration, a newly migrated customers, or an experienced users, everyone is willing to…Read more Post conference report for ELUNA 2018
Learn more about Alma
Curious about how other libraries are using Alma, Primo, and Leganto? The Ex LIbris User group of North America (ELUNA) provides list serves for each of the products. ALMA (staff interface): https://el-una.org/about/mailing-lists/alma-mailing-lists/ Leganto : https://el-una.org/about/mailing-lists/leganto-email-list/ Primo (public interface): https://el-una.org/about/mailing-lists/primo-email-list/
Make Yourself Heard! Use A Microphone
Please remember that when we are taping an event in the Community Room your voice will not be recorded if you do not speak into a microphone. We currently do not have a microphone that picks up sound for the whole room. It is a good practice to use a microphone during an event whether or not it is being recorded to make sure that all attending can hear what is going on, making sure to hold the microphone near (but not too near) your mouth when speaking. It is also best when taking questions or comments from an audience…Read more Make Yourself Heard! Use A Microphone
Using Lastpass for improved password security
It’s that time of year for me — VUIT is sending me an email every day saying it’s time to change my e-password. Thankfully, I have a great tool to help manage my passwords and make them more secure — and you can, too! Lastpass is a free and easy-to-use password management tool that runs right in your browser. It is encrypted and secure — Lastpass is not able to access your passwords. (Learn more about how it works.) The most secure passwords are unique, long, random-character strings that are not found in the dictionary. Most of us haven’t mastered…Read more Using Lastpass for improved password security
Audio-Visual Resources in the Community Room
Video recording and streaming is now available in the Community Room for your meeting or event. The podium is height-adjustable with a lamp, microphone, computer with USB monitor, and HDMI and VGA video connections for use with laptops. Adapters are available for VGA to Mac video and HDMI to USB-C. A connection can also be made wirelessly using AirStream. Wireless laser pointers/clickers are available by request. Also on the podium is a touchscreen control for the projector, video camera, audio levels, light settings, and retractable video screen and window shades. A duplicate touchscreen control is located in the AV closet…Read more Audio-Visual Resources in the Community Room
VUL Digital Collections site
For the past several months, LTDS has been hard at work on the design and development of the upcoming Digital Collections site, which will serve as the central access point for the Vanderbilt Libraries’ digitized special collections. Take a look and let us know what you think!
What are they talking about?
Are you hearing discussions about Alma and Primo and think that people are speaking a completely new language? Well, they are! But help in understanding it is just a click away. ExLibris has an excellent glossary on their Knowledge Center site here: Alma Glossary You can go to a particular term and see a definition and then click on links at the end to see more detailed information. Give it a try! Look up “Fulfillment”, “Community Zone” or “Metadata editor”. Or get really crazy and look up “Selective package”! Bookmark the link to the glossary and have fun learning the…Read more What are they talking about?