Items for your attention:

*** Jason is coordinating a visit from FCLA staff***

Per Jason — “We will have the FCLA site visit on June 17th

Here are some preliminary details, I will follow up with a reminder closer to the event:

• Introductions
• What is happening at FCLA
• Highlights
• New web site
• Reports
• Mango update
• Unmediated Borrowing pilot project
• ILS futures
• V.19 changes
• Questions/Discussions?
• Lunch
• Afternoon break out sessions:
• Serials/Acquisitions
• Cataloging/Authorities
• Circulation/Reserves

Discussion about Mango/Endeca with Josh Greben”

*** From Library Council***

- the library is going towards making Office 07 the mandatory version for staff to use. New computers are being ordered for various depts. and patron areas and all will have 07 installed. Staff can switch to 07 anytime they wish and only have to ask for the new version via a Grover request.

- please update your profiles on MyUF. It’s become a problem with some Grover requests because the information found on MyUF is outdated and the information found there is what IT uses to address Grover tickets.

- Judy’s town hall PowerPoint from Tues. is now available on the budget cuts Blog.

more later, Steve


Posted on May 28, 2009 by Steve Carrico

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EDI at ELUNA

These vendors have been setup to do EDI by other institutions. Please let me know if you are interested in contact them to setup EDI at UF with those vendors.

Serials
EDI Invoicing
*Ebsco -University of Florida
*Harrasowitz -University of Florida
*Swets -University of Florida
*Blackwells
*Touzot
*East View

EDI Claiming

Monographs
EDI Invoicing
*Blackwells -University of Florida
*Casalini
*Erasmus
*YBP
*Harrasowitz
*Leila
*CIBTC
*Lindesy & Croft
*Midwest Tapes

EDI Ordering
*Touzot
*YBP
*Blackwells

Posted on May 15, 2009 by Jason Fleming

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And now I must say Aloha

**I will be away from the office from May 15 through May 26. Chris Poehlmann will be manager of the department for that time. Jack, of course, is primary backup to approving hours in PeopleSoft.**

A few updates:
** The Space Planning issue: Betsy & I submitted two documents to Rachel regarding the 3 scenarios for relocation of the two depts. We included staff comments, concerns, suggestions into one document; the second document was our summation of the pros & cons of the scenarios, and what it would take for each to work. I’ll keep you posted if I hear anything more on this issue.
** FCLA will be coming to visit UF to talk migration of Aleph. Jason, as host coordinator, will send out information on their visit and the times we’ll be asked to meet with FCLA staff.
** Paul is working on the Replacements/Lost Items project, and I’ll let him tell us more on that initiative as he gets closer to ordering replacement items.
** Chris is working with Coutts to iron out the MyiLibrary mess, and my fingers are crossed that it’s going to work better going forward. Oh yes, Paul & Gerald are pitching in to overcome the duplication problem ((a big thanks to those guys for helping out!).
** Jack asked and received carry forward money provided by Admin to apply to a deficit in the materials budgets; this deficit came about from pushing e-res payments into this FY due to budget crunches last year. We are aiming to have a relatively clean slate (low allocations) going into the next FY.
** Aleph Training was provided by Raimonda, Paul, and Jason to a small group of selectors and it went well. We’ll plan more training around the migration to v.19 and incorporate other Acq. staff and units.

that’s it for now, thanks. See you on the 27th. Steve

Posted on May 14, 2009 by Steve Carrico

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Another message from Jason

The powerpoint used in FCLA’s “Introduction to Version 19″ Webinar is now posted on the Aleph V19 wiki page: http://wiki.fcla.edu:8000/FCLA-LMS/61.

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Steve Carrico

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Agenda for the Dept. Meeting 5/5

E-Resources Unit:
* Serials Solutions task force
* Coordinating workflow with the other A&L units
* MyiLibrary

Monographs Unit:
* EDI invoicing
* Ordering lost item replacements
* Ordering individual e-books
* Shelf-ready ordering

Paying Unit:
* Vendor credit tracking within Aleph
* e-Resources database tracker
* Revising Monograph Unit Acquisition Plan
* Created and now publishing the All Managers Report
* 0910 budget cut proposal

Serials Unit:
* Print subscription cancellations
* Consolidation of standing orders with Blackwell
* JSTOR project

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Steve Carrico

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Jason says this Monday morning..

“UF Aleph REPT client (this includes all ARROW reports) is down today while the REPT database is synched with the newly refreshed PROD database.”

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Steve Carrico

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