Monday, May 19, 2014

Implementation Team Update, May 19, 2014

CLIC’S SUMMON MAPPING AND UPDATES: Mapping is now in place, and the data has been sent in for our second ingestion.  CLIC has begun sending weekly updates and deletions to ProQuest. 

SUMMON 2.0 ENHANCEMENTS: ProQuest is releasing Summon 2.0 enhancements on June 3, 2014, which should show up in the CLIC Summon sites at the end of the week.  [UPDATED 5/29/14 to change release date to June 3.]

SUMMON 2.0 GO LIVE DATE FOR CLIC LIBRARIES: We are on track to go live on Summon 2.0 on June 1, 2014.  The Implementation Team will meet on Monday, June 2, to celebrate and to review any needed adjustments.

SUMMON 2.0 INFORMATION SHEET FOR LIBRARY STAFF: The Implementation Team is drafting an information sheet on Summon 2.0 for CLIC library staff.  If there are particular topics you would like us to address on the information sheet, please tell your Implementation Team representative. 

Check out CLIC’s test sites for Summon at:

Questions?  Ask your Implementation Team representative.
http://clicinformation.blogspot.com/2013/12/clic-board-appoints-implementation-team.html


Tuesday, May 13, 2014

CLIC Catalogers Celebrate Jane Shriver's Retirement

The CLIC Cataloging Committee bids farewell to Jane Shriver who is retiring from the University of St. Thomas at the end of this month.



Thank you for many years of dedication and excellent service to CLIC's shared catalog, Jane!

For more photos, see CLIC's Facebook page.

Monday, May 5, 2014

Implementation Team Update, May 5, 2014

CLIC's Implementation Team is hard at work getting our Summon test sites ready for prime time.  Here are some highlights from today's meeting:

THANK YOU TO THE MAPPING TASK FORCE
Kudos to the Mapping Task Force for their excellent work mapping CLIC's data for Summon! The industrious Mapping Task Force members included:
Augsburg - Rebecca Ganzel
Bethel - Amy Reinhold
Concordia - Jeanine Gatzke
Hamline - Carmen Aslesen
Hamline - Susan Vossberg
Northwestern - Dawn Krist
St. Kate's - Martha Vest
St. Thomas - Cathy Lutz
St. Thomas - Paddy Satzer
St. Thomas - Jane Shriver
Implementation Team Liaison - Greg Argo
Thank you all for your time and effort in mapping the data!

FINAL DATA INGESTION AND GO LIVE DATE
ProQuest has received CLIC's mapping and will complete the indexing this Friday. The new indexing will include revised location codes. The Team is happy to report that CLIC is now "on the cusp" of our final data ingestion prior to going live on June 1.  

SUMMON ENHANCEMENTS
The next round of Summon enhancements is scheduled for May 21. 

ASSESSMENT
Later this summer, the Implementation Team will begin work on our transition to Assessment. Stay tuned!


If you have questions, please see your Implementation Team representative