2008 usage statistics for HarpWeek are available via the OLIS Documents area -
http://www.sunyconnect.suny.edu/olisdocs/public/Electronic_Resources/Statistics/Harpweek/HarpWeek_Stats_2008.xls
(http://tinyurl.com/pxda67)
You’ll note that the file includes 3 worksheets for specific parts of 2008. The vendor has indicated that they will send along first half of 2009 statistics as soon as they are available.
Free trial access has been established for Gale/Cengage’s GREENR resource ((Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources http://www.gale.cengage.com/greenr/ )
The trial is IP authenticated and is available now through 2009 via the following link -
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/suny_greenr?db=GRNR
OLIS received requests (for trial access) from SUNY libraries representing three different SUNY sectors.
Vendor pricing for this resource will be made available asap.
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Hello.
The announcement (below) has gone out to the vendor’s list of SUNY library campus contacts. EBSCO is providing this federated search tool to SUNYConnect at no additional charge for simultaneous searching of any EBSCO database, SUNYConnect resources as well as the SUNY union catalog.
(Your library can include other non-EBSCO databases and your local Aleph catalog for a fee.)
Couple of issues/upcoming changes to this system:
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Welcome to EBSCOhost Integrated Search!
Your EBSCOhost Integrated Search account is now available.
To access your new EBSCOhost Integrated Search account (EHIS), please use the URL provided below.
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=cookie,ip,url,uid&group=main&profile=ehis
We have added an EBSCOhost Integrated Search profile (Profile ID: ehis) to your EBSCOadmin account. This is where your EBSCOhost Integrated Search (EHIS) account settings and external connectors reside. Your EBSCOhost Integrated Search (EHIS) account was setup using the databases provided to you by the SUNY consortia. If you would like to add any other EBSCOhost databases you might have to EhIS, you can do this in your EBSCOadmin account in the EBSCOhost Integrated Search Profile (ehis).
The SUNY consortia has also setup database Subject Groupings. These can also be modified in your EBSCOadmin account as well.
For more information on setting up subject groups for your databases and other sources please see our FAQ at:
http://support.epnet.com/knowledge_base/detail.php?id=4424.
If you would like help with these settings or would like to have EBSCOhost Integrated Search (EHIS) applied to any of your existing EBSCOhost interface profiles please let us know by emailing ehis@ebscohost.com
For more information on EBSCOhost Integrated Search (EHIS) please see our EHIS Support Center and FAQs:
EHIS Support Center-
http://support.ebscohost.com/ehis/
EHIS FAQs-
http://support.ebscohost.com/knowledge_base/search.php?interface_id=&page_function=search&keyword=Integrated+Search
If you have additional questions about EHIS, please don’t hesitate to contact the EBSCOhost Integrated Search Team at ehis@ebscohost.com or call us at (800) 758-5995.
Thank you,
The EHIS Support Team
ehis@ebscohost.com
From Serials Solutions -
We would like to remind you that we are scheduled to upgrade our storage infrastructure to provide us additional system scalability and improve upon our system redundancies. As a result of this upgrade, the Serials Solutions Client Center, Ulrichs and all 360 services may be unavailable for as long as six hours on Friday, July 31, from 6:00 pm – 12:00 am PDT (Saturday, August 1, from 0100 – 0700 am GMT).
Please note that you can subscribe to Support Center Answer 422 to stay updated on scheduled maintenance and system downtimes.
Thank you for being a valued subscriber of Serials Solutions e-resource access and management services.
Regards,
Michael
Michael G. Platt
Director, Library Client Services & Quality Assurance
SerialsSolutions
Dear EBSCO Customer,
We are pleased to offer you a free, customized screensaver specifically designed for business schools. Your customized screensaver can include:
· Your school’s logo (optional)
· Your school’s name
· Your school’s web address
To view a sample screensaver, or to request yours today, simply complete this form
(http://support.ebscohost.com/customer_success/screensavers/business_school/)
In about ten days, EBSCO will send you a customized file with instructions on how to post the screensaver to your computer(s). If you would like us to incorporate a logo, please send it to us as a high quality file, and we will include it in the finished design. Please note: The design of the screensaver template that we provide (other than the branding information) cannot be changed.
We hope that you will take advantage of this free service from EBSCO. If you have questions, please contact us at: customersuccess@ebscohost.com.
Regards,
Marcie Brown, Technical Communications Manager
EBSCO Publishing
10 Estes Street
Ipswich, MA 01938
The following information is for campuses with Aleph regions housed on Delaware, Saranac, and Seneca.
The file tab_filing_call_no has been enriched to improve inventory and shelflist reports for non-LC call numbers. For this to take effect, p_item_06 needs to be run.
Beginning the week of June 8, p_item_06 will be run in the 50 library for each campus (both /dev and /prod) to update the z30 records. The library is not locked during this job so Aleph will not be down. The job should take 15-30 minutes for most campuses.
For running p_item_06, campuses are grouped together. p_item_06 will start at 1:00am for the first campus in the group. When p_item_06completes for the first campus, the job will start running for the second campus, etc. The OLIS will be reviewing the results of running p_item_06 in /dev and may modify the /prod schedule if needed.
A schedule for running p_item_06 is available in olisdocs at:
http://www.sunyconnect.suny.edu/olisdocs/public/Aleph/p_item_06_sched_June_2009.xls
If you have any questions, please submit them via Footprints.
Thank you.
— Natalie
Three new Custom Services are now available. All were initially developed for campus projects and then adapted for use as a Custom Service.
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Cataloging / Services / Custom Services - Reserves /
Re-index Course Reserves
This service re-indexes the Direct, Word and Browse indexes in the Course Reserves (30) library. This functionality was available via Web Services in v14 and v16, but did not work correctly in v18. Thus, OLIS removed it from Web Services. Now, the functionality is available in the GUI.
OLIS has hard-coded all the parameters into the program. For example, it does not matter which library is selected on the input screen; this service will always run in the 30 library.
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Circ / Services / Custom – Circ Stats (Titles) /
Circulation Statistics by Item with Patron Information
This service lists bibliographic, item, patron and transaction information for circulation transactions within the specified time frame. It can be run on one collection code or on an entire sublibrary. Bib records with an STA field are not included. The output file is in comma-delimited format that can be used and manipulated in Excel.
There is one entry for each circulation transaction. Each entry includes:
· Bib info from Z13 short doc: System Number, Title, Author, Imprint, Year
· Info from item record: Barcode, Sublibrary, Collection Code, Call Number, Item Status
· Patron information: Borrower Status, Borrower Type
· Transaction information: Event Type, Event Date
The Event Type is an Aleph assigned code. A listing of the codes can be found in the Help file for this report.
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Circ / Services / Custom Services - Items /
List of Items Containing OPAC Note
This service lists bibliographic and item information for items with OPAC notes. You can choose to retrieve all records with an OPAC note, or only those with OPAC notes that contain a specified character string.
Bib records with an STA field are not included. The output file is in comma-delimited format that can be used and manipulated in Excel.
Each entry includes:
· Bib info from Z13 short doc: System Number, Title, Year
· Info from item record: Sublibrary, Collection Code, Call Number, Description, OPAC Note, Item Status, Item Processing Status
Syndetic S. content is back; network access good from here. Thanks to those who reported the problem; let us know if any issues continue/re-appear.
5/29/09 10:22am update! from the vendor: “Syndetics issue should be resolved within an hour!
Again, we apologize for any inconveniences!”
Hello.
Tech. support for Syndetic Solutions (via Bowker) indicates that they are working to track down the source of the problem (resulting in loss of book cover images, links to summaries, TOCs, etc. for the SUNYConnect ALEPH sites).
Updates as they are available.
The vendor apologies for any inconvenience.
John
John Schumacher
Office of Library and Information Services
SUNY System Administration
SUNY Plaza
Albany, NY 12246
518-443-5577
john.schumacher@suny.edu
SUNYConnect database trials
and offers are listed at
http://www.sunyconnect.suny.edu/dbtrials.htm
Dear Librarians and Information Specialists,
With the recent outbreak of Swine Flu, we hope the following information is of value to you. Please feel free to pass along this information to healthcare professionals at your institution as well as faculty, staff and students.
Due to the recent global outbreak of Swine Influenza, EBSCO Publishing and the DynaMed Editors have made DynaMed’s information about Swine Influenza free to health care providers and institutions throughout the world. The DynaMed topic on Swine Influenza consolidates information from multiple sources for health care providers to stay current with recommendations for monitoring, diagnosing, and treating patients with flu-like illnesses during this outbreak. DynaMed Editors will continue to monitor information and update this topic as needed throughout this global crisis. Please click on the following link for information regarding Swine Influenza:
http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed/swineflu/.
DynaMed is a point-of-care reference resource designed to provide clinicians with the best available evidence to support clinical decision-making. DynaMed is part of the suite of medical products owned and provided by EBSCO Publishing and is updated daily by monitoring medical literature sources.
Current DynaMed subscribers are encouraged to use their access to DynaMed through their institutional subscription to monitor the latest clinical information on Swine Flu at http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed/logIn.php.
Should you have any questions or need additional information about DynaMed, please contact us at information@ebscohost.com.
Kind regards,
Susan Entrican
Programs Manager
EBSCO Publishing
sentrican@ebscohost.com
Did you know that OLIS has created a number of How To documents for Aleph? You can find How To’s on a wide range of topics – from everyday needs to the occasional data cleanup project. There are currently over 20 documents, and the collection is growing!
Topics for How To’s are selected from the Footprints questions submitted by campuses. Thus, the documents address real needs and provide practical solutions and suggestions.
The How To documents are available through the Footprints Knowledge Base. They are listed on the Home screen, the first screen you see when you login. Search on the subject How To to see all that are available.
For more information on accessing the Footprints Knowledge Base and other resources for Aleph help, see Sources for Aleph Help.
Here is a list of How To’s that are currently available. Remember, more will be added in the future:
How To Access the OLIS Support and Documentation Portal
How To Add a Library or Base for Searching in the GUI
How To Configure Patron Address so it Fits in Window of Envelope
How To Correct Special Characters with p-manage-21
How To Create Local Call Number from 099 on OCLC Export
How To Create a Report of Bib Information from a File of Barcodes
How To Create a Report of Weeded Items Within a Particular Date Range
How To Email Overdues
How To Find Sources for Aleph Help
How To Gather z39.50 Server Configuration Information
How To Make a Persistent URL Link to an Aleph Web OPAC
How To Manage End of Semester Due Dates
How To Manage Library Hours and tab17
How To Move Aleph Data into Excel
How To Open an Older File in Services History
How To Rebuild the Print Templates Package After Modifying an XSL Report
How To Report Problems to ExLibris
How To Setup Overdues Using Different Templates (text) for Each Notice
How To Use Aleph to Retrieve Data for the NCES Academic Libraries Survey 2008
How To Use Sandbox, Including the Aleph Utilities
How To Use the job_list to Run a Program Now in v18
If you have a suggestion for a How To document, do let us know.
Enjoy!
— Natalie