Alma and Primo VE Project updates: Week of 3/11/2019

For a collated list of past weeks, please review the Weekly highlights of the Alma and Primo VE project page.

Highlights: Week of 3/11/2019

• CARLI Office staff:
  • Met with Ex Libris project managers and the Vanguard Libraries. Ex Libris provided some more detail on the timeframe for some major project milestones. A full timeline is still forthcoming.
  • Reflected on the Vanguard kick-off meeting so that we can appropriately scale and tailor the presented information for the future TBD kick-off for all 91 I-Share libraries.
  • Drafted Alma/Primo VE "sandbox best practices" for the Vanguard Libraries, so that they can begin do hands-on training exercises in the sandboxes next week. At this time the sandboxes contain generic, training data provided by Ex Libris, not real data from any of the Vanguard Libraries.
  • Updated the Frequently Asked Questions with more Q & A.
• Vanguard Libraries:
  • Attended their "kick-off" meeting with the Ex Libris project management staff for a broader overview of how the Vanguard project fits into the overall migration timeline and workflows.
  • Filled out the Ex Libris "library landscape" survey.
• Your library can:
  • Begin work on the Pre-Migration Database Maintenance page's prioritized data cleanup projects, starting with the "Critical" projects. All Critical projects must completed by the end of August 2019.
  • Review the CARLI Alma & Primo VE webpage and Frequently Asked Questions

As always, you can contact support@carli.illinois.edu with any comments or questions.