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Keyboard shortcuts in Alma
There are a lot of good features of Alma, our new library services platform going live in August 2020. However, one feature that is often cited as needing improvement is its UI, which relies heavily on mouse maneuvering and button clicking. To combat hand and wrist fatigue, consider using keyboard shortcuts! General Alma Shortcuts ⚓︎ […]
Advance planning for printing
Advance planning for a technical solution is the type of issue that seems worth bringing to your attention. This one applies to a library’s future purchases of printers. It may be prudent to consider only buying printers with full network connection capabilities. This allows them to be email aware, meaning that they can receive and […]
Print to Electronic record conversion for the new Library Service Platform
Moving away from Aleph to a Library Services Platform requires preparation BEFORE data migration. One important pre-migration goal is to separate print items and electronic items out at the title level. Aleph, like many legacy ILS systems, handles electronic and print records using the same data structures. We have bibliographic, holdings and print records. In […]
CUNY’s migration to a Library Services Platform
CUNY’s migration to a Library Services Platform (“LSP”) will provide unified services across the library. It will be a long journey, and we will be building up information for our roadmap as we reach different milestones. To follow the journey, please consult the OLS Support Site: https://ols-support.cuny.edu/?q=systems/lsp
Is the catalog going away?
Note: For definitions of technical terms used throughout this post, please refer to the Glossary at the bottom of this entry. The Office of Library Services (“OLS”) has taken the CUNY Libraries through the initial migration of library data from disparate and no systems into NOTIS (late 1980s/early 1990s) and then into Aleph circa 2002. […]
