SUNY Office of Library and Information Services
Report to SUNY Librarians Association
John Schumacher (john.schumacher@suny.edu)
November 14, 2014
SUNYConnect LMS and Related Activities
• Extensive efforts are ongoing in regard to the One Bib/Shared catalog project; this includes data analysis, record loading (approximately 1.6 million bibliographic records), campus profiling, work on staff accounts, creation of a “one bib” GUI and ongoing project analysis/revision; the project server environment has been established;
• All bibliographic records for the 12 test campus catalogs have been loaded and (where appropriate) merged together;
• A detailed One Bib/Shared catalog project update was posted to sunyla-l and other email lists on September 10, 2014; also see SCLD report for more information.
EBSCO Discovery Service
• “SUNYConnect Implements EBSCO Discovery Service”;
• Thanks to Andy Perry (Oneonta) for assistance with the EBL purchase on demand program (via Western NY 3Rs) custom catalog;
• A custom catalog for additional Films on Demand titles (academic, careers and technical collections) is being created; thanks to Amy Dibble (Corning) for her efforts on this project;
• SUNY EDS sites can be found here.
Full-Text Finder
• Migration to EBSCO’s new journal listing/OpenURL link resolver, Full-Text Finder is tentatively scheduled for spring 2015;
• OLIS will work with campuses to schedule the move to the new software at as advantageous a time period as possible (spring vs. summer, for example).
Electronic Resources
• Elsevier has presented a response to SUNY regarding ScienceDirect price negotiation; another counter offer is being finalized;
• Thanks to a significant number of SUNY libraries and their financial commitment, there will continue to be a SUNYConnect-wide site license to the New England Journal of Medicine;
• New SUNYConnect electronic resource – “National Fire Codes Subscription Service All Access”; available to all students, faculty, and staff;
• After inquiries from OLIS and SUNY libraries, Mango Languages has provided some discounted pricing;
• See the OLIS wiki for a system-wide offer for current Gale Virtual Reference Library titles;
• American Institute of Physics has made an offer to SUNY libraries that want to gain access to non-subscribed titles;
Electronic Resources (continued)
• Pricing and trial access to the Gale database DemographicsNow are expected soon.
Open SUNY and Related Activities
• Wave II campuses and programs have been announced;
• For your attention: a SUNY implementation of the “affordable learning solutions” approach (from California);
• Provide your feedback, comments, questions regarding Open SUNY
SUNYConnect Information / Resources
• OLIS/ATIS/Open SUNY report to SUNY Council of Library Directors (October 2014); See
http://scld.wordpress.com/meetings/ item 8;
• For additional information about SUNYConnect
http://www.SUNYConnect.suny.edu/• 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/ Links (in this document)
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http://www.ebscohost.com/newsroom/stories/sunyconnect-implements-ebsco-discovery-service •
http://wiki.sunyconnect.suny.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=21925277 •
http://www.ebscohost.com/discovery/technology/full-text-finder •
http://www.nejm.org/ •
http://codesonline.nfpa.org•
http://www.nfpa.org/catalog/product.asp?pid=NFCSSTERHB •
http://www.mangolanguages.com/ •
http://wiki.sunyconnect.suny.edu/download/attachments/5112822/Mango_121514_discount_offer.pdf •
http://wiki.sunyconnect.suny.edu/download/attachments/5112822/SUNY+GVRL+All-In+Gale+FrontList++By+Campus+102014.xls •
http://wiki.sunyconnect.suny.edu/download/attachments/5112822/AIP+journals+Proposal_2015.pdf •
http://www.cengage.com/search/productOverview.do?Ntt=demographics+now|9850270146423727619719239911585321451&N=197&Ntk=APG|P_EPI&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial
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http://open.suny.edu/degrees/open-suny+-partner-programs/ •
http://open.suny.edu/•
http://opensunyals.org/ •
http://commons.suny.edu/opensuny/feedback/ •
http://commons.suny.edu/opensuny•
http://scld.wordpress.com/meetings/ 
