LTDS June 23th – June 29th

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 and resetting wifi settings for the classroom laptops
    • Airwatch
  • Digital Collections
    • ArchivesSpace User interface changes
    • Started configuring new ETD system
    • Continued work towards the Contini migration
  • Web/Web applications
    • Tag manager setup
    • Completed work on new TVNews loan script
  • Other
    • Attended ALA and several associated meetings, board meetings, and council sessions.
    • Completed several continuing education sessions from Library Juice
    • LTDS June update session.

 

LTDS June Update Session

Thanks to all who attended our June update session yesterday! Jodie presented some web statistics trivia questions, and a good time was had by all. You can find the slides in the LTDS SharePoint site in our Training Materials and Presentations folder (VUnetID login required). If you have any follow-up questions, don’t hesitate to reach out!

LTDS June 16th – June 22th

 

  • 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 June 9th – June 15th

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

My Account to EResources

One of the benefits of using the same authentication system for both Alma and EZProxy is that we can offer true Single-Sign-On services. This is why we strongly encourage users to log into “My Account” first (“Sign In” on https://catalog.library.vanderbilt.edu/).

This does assume the users have accounts in Alma – accounts that are using VUNet ID as their Primary Identifier and are set as External. By doing this, when users log into “My Account”, their information will automatically pass them through to other resources that they are authorized for.

LTDS June 2nd – June 8th

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, Matt)
    • GTM for WordPress
    • Editing WordPress templates
  • Other (all):
    • Library Juice Coursework
    • Professional committee work (LITA/ALA/LLAMA/ExLibris)

 

 

How to add your signature in Web Outlook

If you have even used the web Outlook client, you might have noticed that it does not maintain the signature you might have set in your Outlook client on your desktop. This brief tutorial will help alleviate this.

First, log into https://email.vanderbilt.edu/ using your VUNet ID and password.

Look in the right-hand corner for “See all options” and click it.

This results in the following screen:

Now, click on “Settings”

The first box you see is the E-Mail Signature box. Put in here whatever you would like. What this does is that anytime you use the web client and you send out an email, it will add your signature to the bottom. It allows you to present yourself in a consistent manner.

Google Chrome Extensions

Chrome allows the ability to customize your experience with your browser by providing a number of extensions via the “chome web store” (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/extensions?hl=en) which can be used in a variety of ways. At the LibTech 2019 Conference (https://libtechconf.org/), Olivia Moris of Metronet demonstrated several of the ones she uses daily. These are all free and readily available. Pick one and try it out for yourself!

Boomerang – allows you to decide when to send an email. Also can let you know if the email has been sent has not been addressed

Clockify – timer

Pocket – storage container for things you want to read later; downloads articles on whatever device you are using to read later

Rescue Time – tracks how long you stay on a tab

Stay Focusd – set timer allowed for sites

ToDoIst – a to do list

News Guard – verified news sources for credibility

Screencastify – create a free screen cast; 10 minute limit per video

Panic Button – Hide all your tabs at once with one single button and restore them later.

And many, many more, found here: https://bit.ly/libtechextensions

 

LTDS May 26th – June 1st

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 storage array for deployment
    • ALA/LITA/ELUNA committee work

 

LTDS May 19th – 25th

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LTDS began working on summer projects this week as well working on additional issues as the occurred.

 

  • Alma/Primo (Jamen, Tao)
    • Refining fulfillment rules
    • User access issues
  • Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Scott, Jamen)
    • AD Inventory
    • Preparation for Airwatch and SCCM full roll-out
  • Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott)
    • Krupp Trial website
    • Digitized the House Organ
  • Web/Web applications (Jodie, Scott, Matt)
    • Resolving TVNews issues
    • Updated  ArchivesSpace development instance
  • Other (all):
    • ETD discussions
    • Inform upgrade testing
    • Prepared for creating 3-D brains