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The annual Ex Libris support satisfaction survey will be coming soon for all CSU library staff that work with Ex Libris products. The survey will be combined this year across the functional groups, so only one survey instead of six surveys. Please fill out this survey when you receive it so we can inform Ex Libris of needed improvements.
As the ULMS becomes more complicated with important issues crossing multiple functional areas, we are forming a new cross-functional group with the working name “Data Issues Task Force” (final name TBD). Two open forums were held (recordings: Nov 30, 2023 and Dec 5, 2023) to discuss many of the metadata issues that were raised with Ex Libris in the Spring 2023 support meetings. Other cross-functional groups may come out of these discussions in relation to FRBR, deduplication, and user interface improvements. SJSU’s Jill Strykowski will lead this group and more information will be coming in mid-January 2024.
The Analytics and Resource Sharing groups have worked together to improve the Rapido dashboard to help the CSU understand our statistics for informing the Rapido evaluation.
Webinar recordings of interest
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CSU webinars:
Technical Services Open Forum from November 16, 2023: topics included: Alma License Management @ CSU Fullerton (Anthony Davis, Jr.) | Update on SDSU’s Wikidata Building Project (Tyler Rogers)
I-SPIE November 16, 2023. Topics: Holiday Closure Procedures; Rapido and ILLiad Custom Holdings; Previewing the new I-SPIE website; Rapido Dashboard Updates. [link to be added 1/4/24]
Technical Services Open Forum from December 21, 2023: topics included: Guest speaker TJ Kao of UC Davis speaking about how UC Davis takes advantage of the functionalities WMS Record Manager offers for various campus initiatives | Updates on MARCIVE DWS ->CRDP transition, changing import profiles (Marcus Jun/SFSU)
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I-SPIE December 14, 2023. Topics: Rapido Evaluation; RSFC Achievements and New Year Goals; Holiday Trivia. [link to be added 1/4/24]
All previous recordings and documents for TS Open Forum meetings
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ERM monthly office hours continue (started in October 2023, held third Thursday of the month from 10am-noon), these have been very successful with good questions, presentations, and attendance;
License management was presented at the TS Open Forum on Nov 16 by Anthony Davis, Jr (Fullerton), this led to good conversation at ERM Nov 20 office hours about license management and to a shared document of who approves licenses at various CSU campuses;
The committee is discussing the formation of a temporary acquisitions group in the ULMS, like the ERM Wiki Task Force, where the group will have specific tasks to investigate. The tasks discussed are creating best practices for license creation in Alma, test and report on the new POL Task List, and update the acquisitions wiki pages with current information;
RapidILL lending note work continues;
Met with the Ex Libris Content Team November 1;
The ERM wiki task force has been very active in cleaning up the ERM wiki pages;
Shared input and voted in the Content voting NERS round
Resource Sharing
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Very focused on the Rapido evaluation and delivering report to COLD for December 2023 in-person meeting presentation and discussion;
Rapido Refreshers continue to remind staff of best practices and workflows with Rapido and to help new ILL staff:
November 15: (link from CWLEE). Topic: Borrowing Printing. [link to be added 1/4/24]
The group managed the first cycle of Rapido enhancements and getting input from all CSU libraries for the NERS process, the second round of voting only had one enhancement that the CSU was interested in (8484) so the CO voted for that one only, 8484 (Configuration option for mandatory fields in the Rapido request form) was accepted to fix in the final voting;
I-SPIE website is being redesigned and moved to a CSU server to move off of the free site with ads;
Wiki documentation reorganization and improvements continue;
The possibility of a new courier and West Coast Pod plans and development continue
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