SUNY Office of Library and Information Services
Report to SUNY Librarians Association
John Schumacher (john.schumacher@suny.edu)
January 17, 2013
SUNYConnect LMS and Related Activities
• Development/testing systems using the new Aleph hardware environment have been established for all campuses on the shared servers. For schedules and additional information about the Aleph hardware upgrade see
http://wiki.sln.suny.edu/x/AwPb; • Record loading instructions/guidelines have been provided to some of the SUNYConnect ebrary subscribers.
OLIS – SCLD – SUNY Library Community Collaborations
• The Shared Cataloging and Authorities Task Force committee charge and membership can be found at
http://scld.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/shared-cataloging-and-authorities-task-force_201200912.docx • Discovery Systems Task Force committee charge and membership
http://scld.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/discovery-task-force-charge-rev.docx This group has heard from SUNY libraries that have implemented discovery systems; vendor demonstrations are scheduled in February; price proposals from the vendors are being received;
• Both these groups are in the process of surveying the SUNY library community for their input; look for that chance to comment at your campus;
• Thanks to Ken Fujiuchi (Buffalo State) and presenters for their efforts in connection with the 1/18/13 online conference “Discovering Discovery Systems @ SUNYLA”.
Electronic Resources
• The SCLD Shared Collections Task Force has requested that OLIS speak with OVID regarding their Nursing Community College Core Book Collection and a possible group subscription;
• EBSCO has provided information with campus-specific numbers related to licensed ebooks via their system;
• The “SUNY Science Direct Titles” holdings file (for Serials Solutions’ Core/360Link) has been updated with last quarter of 2012/start of 2013 information; the file is currently tracking 2415 titles/holdings.
News (OLIS, SUNYConnect, and other)
• SUNY’s Office of Library and Information Services expresses its sympathy upon the death of Joseph Branin (formerly of Stony Brook University).
SUNYConnect Information / Resources
• For additional information about SUNYConnect
http://www.SUNYConnect.suny.edu/ http://www.sunyconnect.suny.edu/sunyergy• OLIS’ Footprints Service Request System
http://service.sunyconnect.suny.edu/footprints/help.html • OLIS Support Portal
http://wiki.sunyconnect.suny.edu/display/OLIS/Support+Portal • SUNYConnect union catalog
http://search.sunyconnect.suny.edu/ • The OLIS web log -
http://blog.sunyconnect.suny.edu 
