Xerxes Primo Central Integration
Project Owner: David Walker
About
Integrating Primo Central into Xerxes a year before going live with Primo allows us to end our Summon contract early, saving the CSU a considerable amount of money, and to get an early look at and use of Primo Central.
Known Issues
| Case# | Issue | Notes | Reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00238044 | Boolean 'OR' and 'NOT' don't work between search fields | Boolean AND, OR and NOT work within a field. Apparent limitation in API query syntax. Has gone to Ex Libris Development, and we are looking at other possible options for fix. In the meantime, Xerxes only showing AND as an option between fields in the advanced search. | WITH EX LIBRIS | |
| 00339451 | Facet hit counts can be off by large amount from actual returned results when you select that facet | Likely related to some other issues that Ex Libris is addressing in PCI, has gone to Development |
| WITH EX LIBRIS |
| 00352340 | OpenURLs from Primo are not encoding the "&" correctly in the journal title | Half of the journal title is missing when being passed from the Primo OpenURL to SFX causing linking issues. |
| WITH EX LIBRIS |
| 00351212 | Special characters in the DOI are not encoded properly from Primo Central | There is a known issue with special characters in the DOI not being encoded by Primo causing full text linking issues from Primo/Xerxes records. Will be fixed in February 2017. |
| WITH EX LIBRIS |
Webinars
Introduction to Primo Central with Xerxes, March 18, 2016
Follow-up Q&A session, April 8, 2016
Second follow-up Q&A session, May 13, 2016
Major Milestones
| Stage | Complete By | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Primo Central instances provisioned by Ex Libris | COMPLETED | |
| Initial integration of PCI into Xerxes |
| COMPLETED |
| Webinars and training for CSU staff |
| COMPLETED |
| Final bug fixes and refinements to facets, advanced search |
| COMPLETED |
Go-live calendar
| Campus | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Maritime | COMPLETED | |
| San Diego |
| COMPLETED |
| Sonoma |
| |
| Fullerton |
| COMPLETED |
| Fresno |
| COMPLETED |
| San Francisco |
| COMPLETED |
| East Bay |
| COMPLETED |
| San Luis Obispo |
| COMPLETED |
| Pomona |
| COMPLETED |
| San Bernardino |
| COMPLETED |
| All other campuses |
| COMPLETED |