SUNY Office of Library and Information Services
Report to SUNY Librarians Association
John Schumacher (john.schumacher@suny.edu)
June 13, 2018
SUNY Library Services Platform (LSP)
• Vanguard campuses are involved in analyzing test systems in Alma as well as working with Alma network zone data and Primo configurations;
• Alma training for the initial SUNY users of Alma occurred June 5-7;
• LSP kick-off meeting (vanguard campuses) is set for July 10-11 at Hudson Valley Community College;
• Latest LSP update was on May 30th; webinar recording will be made available;
• Significant product documentation on Alma and Primo is available at the Ex Libris Knowledge Center (no logon necessary);
• Stay up to date on developments via LSP website, SLC website RSS feed and/or the new sunylsp email list;
Electronic Resources
• SUNYConnect-wide access/ownership has been established for the American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection; many thanks to the 38 SUNYs that made this possible!; please contact EBSCO for campus-specific URL;
• Please use standard OLIS wiki credentials to view EBSCO Ultimate database upgrade pricing (good through June 2018); and, this link for more information on the databases;
• The following American College of Cardiology journals are being included in the ScienceDirect license/access: JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology, JACC: Heart Failure; already made available: JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions;
• Half of all SUNYConnect campuses have signed up for a discounted site license to the Chronicle of Higher Education;
• Please get in touch if your library is interested in joining the shared nursing ebook group; this long-time initiative is via STAT!Ref; renewal information as well as information for new participants will be available soon;
• Thanks to HeinOnline for free (and IP-authenticated) access to Gun Regulation and Legislation in America and Slavery in America databases;
• Cold calls and related inquiries – Does your library have (purchasing) interest in a new license for AccessEngineering, AccessScience, Alexander Street Theatre and Drama Premium, BrowZine, Financial Times, HeinOnline’s Government Politics and Law, JoVE Video Journal, JoVE Science Education, and/or Visible Body (anatomy and physiology resources) ?
Open Access / Open Educational Resources
• The SUNY Board of Trustees passed an open access resolution March 22, 2018! ;
Open Access / Open Educational Resources (continued)
• Resolved that each State-operated campus shall develop and adopt—via a consultative process that follows local faculty governance procedures and includes
the faculty, student and staff protections and best practices identified in this resolution—an open access policy that recognizes each campus’s unique mission and culture by no later than March 31, 2020;
• April 24, 2018 webinar on the open access resolution – recording available;
• The New York State budget (2018-19) again includes monies to support and grow open educational resources initiatives around SUNY;
• On June 5th, OER champions from around the SUNY system met in Albany to discuss future OER plans/programs;
SUNY Libraries Consortium (SLC)
• SLC Board has new membership; thanks to current and former Board members for their service;
• Commercial Products Committee (CPC) membership has also changed;
• The CPC is in the process of forming sub-groups to look at ScienceDirect going forward as well as a group focusing on Kanopy and other streaming video resources;
OLIS / SUNY News
• The new SUNY provost is scheduled to start September 1, 2018;
SUNYConnect Information / Resources
• For additional information about SUNYConnect, see our web site -
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)
http://commons.suny.edu/slc/2017/08/16/vanguard-institutions-chosen/https://slcny.libguides.com/blog/july-10-11-lsp-project-kick-off-at-hudson-valley-community-collegehttps://slcny.libguides.com/c.php?g=773269&p=5612967https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.comhttps://slcny.libguides.com/bloghttp://commons.suny.edu/slc/feed/http://commons.suny.edu/slc/2017/09/11/new-email-discussion-list/ https://www.ebscohost.com/archives/aas-historical-periodicals-collectionhttp://wiki.sunyconnect.suny.edu/download/attachments/5112822/Upgrade+Offer+Ultimate+databases+EBSCO.docxhttp://wiki.sunyconnect.suny.edu/download/attachments/5112822/SUNY+Ultimate+Upgrade+May+2018.pptxhttp://www.statref.com/ https://www.heinonline.org/HOL/Index?collection=gunhttps://www.heinonline.org/HOL/Index?collection=slaveryhttps://www.accessengineeringlibrary.com/https://www.accessscience.com/https://alexanderstreet.com/products/theatre-and-drama-premiumhttp://thirdiron.com/https://subs.ft.comhttps://home.heinonline.org/government-politics-law/https://www.jove.com/journal https://www.jove.com/science-education-libraryhttps://www.visiblebody.com/http://system.suny.edu/academic-affairs/open-access/http://system.suny.edu/media/suny/content-assets/documents/provost/Campus-OpenAccess-Policies-resolution.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8ooprJCTNIhttps://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-8-million-open-educational-resources-initiative-suny-and-cuny-cut-high http://slcny.libguides.com/c.php?g=819739&p=5850242 https://slcny.libguides.com/c.php?g=822224https://www.suny.edu/suny-news/press-releases/05-2018/5-7-18-suny-provost/ 
