LTDS continued to work on various short-term items but also look forward to changes and projects that will need to be reviewed for the summer. If you or your team have projects planned for this summer, please let LTDS know as soon as possible if we can assist. Alma/Primo (Jamen, Tao) User roles Analytic reports ILLiad/NCIP integration development Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Scott, Jamen) AirWatch Reviewing options for backups Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott) Completed digitizing and ingesting Commodores Reviewed Helguera and MZO processes Completed digitizing the Owen Graduate periodicals Updated Helguera database with Islandora ids Web/Web applications (Jodie,…Read more LTDS March 10 – March 16, 2019
LTDS March 3 – March 9, 2019
This week was an eventful one for LTDS. Jamen accepted the new role of Associate Director and Jodie took on the role of LTDS Web Development Lead. Please join the team in congratulating Jamen and Jodie. Several team members attended the Partners in Progress session on Friday as well as the Laracon conference virtually on Wednesday. Even with these events occurring, the team was able to move forward on several projects. Alma/Primo (Jamen, Tao) Various support questions from Access Services Reviewing NERS requests for voting Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Scott, Jamen) deploying laptops continued to work with Fine Arts…Read more LTDS March 3 – March 9, 2019
LTDS February 24 – March 2, 2019
LTDS continued to work on several projects including the items below. In addition, LTDS started discussing several new projects that we hope to start in the next several months. Alma/Primo (Jamen, Tao) Troubleshoot on alma work orders, fines, user notices, request forms, circ policies etc. Testing withdrawal procedures Filemaker Pro installation and configuration for Gallery Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Scott, Jamen) Divinity AV Cart Documentation & Setup Deployed new laptops for staff Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott) Completed scanning request for Mildred Haun exhibit Completed most recent scanning request for Vanderbilt 150 exhibit Clean-up of Fedora environment Web/Web applications (Jodie, Scott, Matt)…Read more LTDS February 24 – March 2, 2019
LTDS February 17-23 2019
During the week LTDS work on many projects, including the items below. In addition to the projects, LTDS team members worked on several search committees as well as national professional committees. Alma/Primo (Jamen, Tao) Letter customization Review of NERS requests Continued to work on user records and authentication Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Scott, Jamen) Worked to deploy new Gallery Macs Deployed new version of FileMaker Pro while planning migration to mysql. Imaging new staff laptops Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott) Continued to work on Commodore scan revisions. Continued to ingest backlogged items Meet to discuss future scanner needs for…Read more LTDS February 17-23 2019
LTDS February 10-16 2019
Alma/Primo (Jamen, Tao) Reviewing NERS requests Finishing up backlog of GPO records Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Scott, Jamen) Creating new images for laptops and desktops Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott) Re-scanning a few commodores Archives Space changes MZO collection scanning Web/Web applications (Jodie, Scott, Matt) WordPress documentation site Reviewing additional packages for creating forms Other (all): Continued work with Four Winds Committee work LTDS update session Proxy issues
LTDS February 3-9th 2019
LTDS team members continued to work on Alma and various other projects. Alma/Primo (Jamen, Tao) Fulfillment dashboard development Work with API/Grima GPO records Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Scott, Jamen) reviewing options for Mac computers MondoPad update Filemaker Pro connectivity issue resolution Recovered data from a bad harddrive Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott) Completed scanning OwenManagers Continued to ingest backlogged documents into Islandora Web/Web applications (Jodie, Scott, Matt) Reviewed packages for streamline development WordPress updates Drupal updates Other (all): Created documentation for the airmedia systems in the library VURJ revisions and OJS upgrades Attended various meetings
LTDS Jan 22nd – Feb 2nd 2019
LTDS continued work on various projects both for the library as well as assisting to move some faculty projects to other locations. Alma/Primo (Jamen, Tao) Several discussions concerning authentication and user roles Continued to revise letters Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Scott, Jamen) EZProxy troubleshooting Ordered additional staff hardware Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott) Completed several scanning requests Worked on correcting issues with files to allow ingest Resolved several DOI issues Web/Web applications (Jodie, Scott, Matt) Corrected issues on the Helguera site affecting public display of items Test upgrade of OJS, and resolving the issues Other (all): Cleanup Github repositories Reviewing…Read more LTDS Jan 22nd – Feb 2nd 2019
LTDS Activities Jan. 20-27th 2019
A few of the projects that LTDS worked on last week are listed below. Alma/Primo (Jamen, Tao) YBP invoices User records Letter revisions Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Scott, Jamen,Tao) Drupal updates OJS DOI issues resolved Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott) Loaded the Photo Archive Revised some of the scripts utilized for creating book batches. Cross training in the DIL Web/Web applications (Jodie, Scott, Matt) New WordPress site for Divinity Exhibitions BPA recital request form interface Policy and procedures site Other (all): Rebuild/re-purposed libvm13 Four winds Review new A/V installation
LTDS Activities Jan. 13-19th 2019
The week of January 13th was an eventful one for LTDS. After 41 years at Vanderbilt Nancy’s last day was Tuesday the 15th. Nancy shared her documentation with the team and has walked through many of the systems that she was responsible for over the past few weeks. We believe that we have everything covered, but if you encounter an issue, please let me know. Alma/Primo User management Discussions around clean-up projects Documentation team meetings and kick-off Desktop/Application support Started project to upgrade the OS on the circulating macbook airs Digital Collections Scanning of documents in the Helguera collection…Read more LTDS Activities Jan. 13-19th 2019
LTDS 6-12th 2019
LTDS was fully back in the swing of things this week for the new year Alma/Primo (Jamen, Nancy, Tao) Bill/credit issue Accounts and account process documentation Desktop/Application support (Judy, Matt, Nancy) Various tickets Deploying equipment for new staff Digital Collections (Nathan, Judy, Scott) Continued work on Photoarchives Completed scanning for the Buchanan Library Fellows (Spring 2019) ETD procedures and review Web/Web applications (Jodie, Scott, Matt) Heard alert changes Planning for Fine Arts Gallery website migration Interface development Other (all): Four Winds Preparing for libvm1 migration Setting up encoders for TVNews Active Directory ACL review