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📋 Counting Down to Go Live
10…9…8…7… After months of incredible effort, we are almost at Go Live. The college libraries have completed their final migration forms and data extracts, with the help of OCLS. Ex Libris will migrate the data and prepare the final Alma & Primo VE environments. We remain on track!
It’s only 15? days until Go Live on July 26!
High-Level Important Dates
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Configuration Freeze for Alma | ~June 28 | In effect |
Full Alma & Primo Lockout | July 8 | In effect |
Cutover Data Release/Review/Acceptance | July 21-25 | |
Go Live | July 26 |
✅ Project Update
New Milestones Completed
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Future Milestones
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Currently, the college libraries are locked out of Alma and Primo VE until Ex Libris releases the colleges' final environments for data review and acceptance. However, they still have access to the sandboxes for testing.
We strongly suggest that college libraries use this time to train their staff and communicate about Page 1+ to their staff, faculty and students. If staff are on vacation or expected to join the library for the fall, we recommend preparing training plans and material during this quieter period. Please see Useful Resources below.
Post-Go Live Checklist Activities
Ex Libris and the PMO have prepared a list of activities that college libraries will need to do once they have accepted their Alma and Primo environments. These activities include running the Student Information Systems data to update patrons in the new system, updating library URLs and websites to link to the Primo search box and managing e-resource collection access. In addition, OCLS has shared their Cutover and post Go-Live activities so that colleges are aware of what OCLS will be doing on their behalf.
Planning for the Future of Page 1+
The Implementation Steering Committee has formed a working group to develop a permanent governance structure for the Page 1+ consortium after Go Live. They are working in collaboration with the CLO Executive to ensure that Page 1+ governance is integrated with the future structure of CLO, allowing the efficiencies and benefits of Page 1+ to be leveraged for CLO initiatives.
🔡 Page 1+ Implementation Basics
For those of you that aren’t familiar with Alma & Primo, here are some basics!
Project Overview
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Important Acronyms/Ex Libris TermsFulfillment Cutover (FCO) This refers to the process of moving the most recent circulation data from the college’s systems to Alma before Go Live. It is part of the overall Cutover process. |
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🛠 Useful Resources
Communication
Link to Plan
Update on status - entering Phase 2 - what’s coming up
Promo Material Link?
As you know, we have created basic Launch Communications Plan that is available on the Page 1+ Alma & Primo LibGuide. Since each college is different, it is up to the college libraries to plan and implement Page 1+ launch communications/activities that best suit their audiences and communication channels. Colleges are welcome to add their own elements, customize the draft content for their audiences and adjust the timing (except for Go Live).
We are currently in Phase 2 of the plan, which consists of reminder emails for faculty (with a Faculty Preparation Guide) and library staff. Also, your preparations for Phase 3 should be well underway, especially if you are planning to use promotional material.
Training
College libraries responsible for training their staff Link to training and there are many resources available to assist them on the Training Your Users page of the LibGuideTraining items still to come - Quick Ref Guide template, Recently posted stuff - Video for Centennial . We’ve recently posted training presentations and videos from Centennial and a training plan from Conestoga. We also have the How To…In Alma section with links to videos and webpages. More material is being added regularly.
OCLS Service Update
After feedback from a college focus group, OCLS has realized the need for a is taking a more holistic approach to the communicating Page 1+ service proposals to . This will give colleges an overall idea about the service areas that OCLS will covera clearer picture of the areas of service and support that OCLS is proposing to provide. They are preparing a summary presentation that will provide an overview of the service proposals, their interdependencies and a high-level summary of the proposed activities.
Current service proposals in development include:
Page 1+ Consortium
Sandbox Management
Resource Sharing
Metadata Management
E-Resource Management (ERM)
Permitted Uses (formerly CLEAR)
Sandbox Management
Resource Sharing
OCLS has also been working on how to display permitted uses for e-resources in Primo VE. They will take a phased approach, starting with adding a CLEAR link to the electronic record in the Network Zone (NZ). This allows the relevant permitted uses for that item to appear in Primo search results for college library users. More sophisticated solutions will be explored for future phases.
🎉 Fun Stuff
It’s almost time to celebrate the launch of Page 1+ at your libraries. OCLS has kindly provided a celebration allowance for each college and we look forward to seeing how you celebrate!
We also wanted to highlight some amazing resources that colleges have shared. We can already see the value of collaboration for the Page 1+ consortium. Please check out some