SUNY Office of Library and Information Services
Report to SUNY Librarians Association
John Schumacher (john.schumacher@suny.edu)
September 20, 2013
SUNYConnect LMS and Related Activities
• Shared Cataloging and Authorities Task Force groups are scheduled to report out at the end of the month regarding “single bib” work procedures, policy and merged record recommendations;
• Regional meetings are in the works to review these Task Force recommendations;
• Significant technical analyses as well as discussions are ongoing in regard to implementing a transition to a single bibliographic record set-up;
• Batch loading: initial set-up, testing and loading as well as instructions and assistance once campuses take over the responsibility (this involves vendors/resources such as Serials Solutions, EBSCO, ebrary, Springer ebooks, Films on Demand, EBL purchase on demand and dozens of SUNY campuses).
EBSCO Discovery Service
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http://wiki.sunyconnect.suny.edu/display/OLIS/Ebsco+Discovery+Service+Implementation (use OLIS wiki log-in); site will be used to access documents, provide information;
• EBSCO and SUNY have agreed on implementation schedule;
• SUNY email discussion list for those involved in implementation – sunyeds@ls.suny.edu;
• OLIS and EBSCO EDS staff met 9/19/13 to discuss implementation including an emphasis on information that can be provided en masse to EBSCO to assist in streamlining campus implementations;
• Some campuses have begun the transition to EBSCO A-to-Z and LinkSource;
• Please be aware that EBSCO is in the midst of upgrading and re-branding the (above) two pieces of software; Pubfinder (ca. November 2013) and Fulltext Finder (ca. January 2014).
Electronic Resources
• 2014 (calendar year) renewal and new subscription pricing is available for Annual Reviews; deadline 10/10/13;
• The New York State Library has licensed the Opposing Viewpoints database (3 years);
• Gale Cengage has submitted a 2-years-for-one-year’s-cost proposal for SUNY libraries and one of the following: Global Issues In Context, GreenR, Biography In Context, World Scholar Latin America and the Caribbean (portal), US and World History in Context, Business Insights: GLOBAL, Book Review Index ONLINE PLUS, Canada In Context (deadline 9/27/13);
• A ScienceDirect “title swap” opportunity will be announced in the next couple of weeks;
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/ 
