SUNY Office of Library and Information Services
Report to SUNY Librarians Association
John Schumacher (john.schumacher@suny.edu)
March 13, 2015
SUNYConnect LMS and Related Activities
• OLIS is drafting a Request for Information document to solicit information from next generation library management system vendors;
• Phase 2 of the shared catalog/single bib POC (Proof of Concept) is continuing. The following activities have been underway:
- Building the server environment for Phase 2 of the POC (to accommodate merging data from all 57 campuses)
- Building the “u-tree” environments/Aleph table updates for all 57 campuses
- Aleph PROD data was copied to campus Aleph DEV regions
- Data updates on the Aleph DEV regions (on servers 002 and 004) in preparation for the record merges
o For instance – staff user accounts and bibliographic data;
o Please note that all changes were made only to Aleph DEV regions;
o Please submit any questions to Footprints;
- WebOPAC development/testing within a shared one bib environment
- Acquiring OCLC master records for all 57 campuses (~2.6 million received)
Anticipated OLIS/ITEC activities for March:
- copy campus xxx30, xxx50, xxx60 data from Aleph DEV servers to the Phase 2 POC server
- determine when merges start to create the new SNY60 and SNY50 libraries
- load the OCLC master records
- begin the first bib data merge load (starting with two campuses from 002) and review
• OLIS will provide updates on the project at the upcoming SCLD meeting and a proposal for an update session at the SUNYLA Conference has been submitted;
EBSCO Discovery Service
• Phase 1 campuses have begun implementing the EBSCO tool Curriculum Builder (reading list interoperability between CMS (Bb, etc.) and EDS); the vendor hosted and supported version of the tool is available to all interested SUNY EDS campuses at no additional charge (through June 2017);
• EBSCO indicates that they have completed all of the requested reviews/quality checks of the SUNY EDS implementations;
• SUNY EDS sites can be found here.
Full-Text Finder (EBSCO)
• SUNY EDS sites will be surveyed about their preferences for scheduling the migration to Full Text Finder; initial work on the migration of the first campuses is scheduled to start in April;
• See EBSCO’s schedule of training sessions; including ones on Full Text Finder.
Electronic Resources
• Scopus will be available for all SUNY ScienceDirect campuses; access will commence and be announced once procurement issues are resolved; access should begin soon;
• Thanks to University at Buffalo and their agreement to subscribe to the Journal of the American Dental Association, this title is available to all SUNY ScienceDirect participants;
• Gale Cengage has provided discounted pricing for their DemographicsNow:Business & People; trial access is available through the month of March for this business/social science research tool with interactive reporting and mapping features;
• Cold calls (and related) – please contact the OLIS Liaison if you are interested in one or more of the following: ArtStor Shared Shelf, BiblioBoard, Business Expert Press and Momentum Press, eHRAF World Cultures & Archaeology, Faulkner Information Services,
Open SUNY and Related Activities
• Open SUNY Affordable Learning Solutions highlights Open Education Week (March 9 – March 13, 2015);
• Introduction to Open Educational Resources (OERs) course begins April 27,2015; also see Open SUNY Affordable Learning Solutions for some of the course information/resources;
• Provide your feedback, comments, questions regarding Open SUNY
SUNYConnect Information / Resources
• 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://service.sunyconnect.suny.edu/footprints/help.html•
https://sunyla2015.wordpress.com/ •
http://www.ebscohost.com/discovery/customization/curriculum-builder•
http://wiki.sunyconnect.suny.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=21925277 •
http://www.ebscohost.com/discovery/technology/full-text-finder •
https://ebscotraining.webex.com/mw0401lsp12/mywebex/default.do?siteurl=ebscotraining •
http://www.elsevier.com/online-tools/scopus •
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00028177 •
http://wiki.sunyconnect.suny.edu/download/attachments/5112822/Demographics+Now+pricing.xlsx •
http://cengagesites.com/sites/233/12L-RF0708_DemographicsNOW_Public_Onesheet_final1.pdf •
http://galesupport.com/trial/suny2015/index.php Links (continued)
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http://www.artstor.org/shared-shelf/s-html/shared-shelf-home.shtml •
http://biblioboard.com/•
http://www.businessexpertpress.com •
http://hraf.yale.edu/online-databases/ehraf-world-cultures/ •
http://www.faulkner.com/ •
http://opensunyals.org/index.html•
http://www.cvent.com/d/drq011 •
http://www.openeducationweek.org/ •
http://commons.suny.edu/opensuny/feedback/ •
http://commons.suny.edu/opensuny 
