“First FOLIO at MSU” Implementation Advisory Working Groups
As the migration process moves forward, we’re excited to draw on the many skills and strengths of our Libraries team. For this purpose, the Steering Committee has created Implementation Advisory Working Groups (IAWGs), small specialized groups targeting crucial needs.
Currently, our IAWGs include:
OpenAthens IAWG
Chairs: Mark Arnold and Brooks Travis
Members: Andrea Miller, Matt LaPage (EBSCO)
Projects:
- Connection to existing University Identity Provider(s)
- Provisioning resources and configuring access
- Updating existing URLs in Library resources (e.g. PURLs) to Athenized links
- Documentation, training staff and faculty who will maintain resources going forward
- Troubleshooting access issues before go-live
ERM IAWG
Chairs: Mark Arnold and Lindsey Taggart
Members: Chris Edwards, Andrea Miller, Tracy Patton, Dwayne Swigert, Anya Arnold (EBSCO)
Projects:
- Population of Holdings Link Manager (HLM)
- Entry of organizations/vendors; agreements; financial and usage data
- Migrating data from the Serials List as available
- Record clean-up
- Building workflows
- Documentation, training staff and faculty who will maintain resources going forward
FOLIO IAWG
(this IAWG will likely form subgroups as we go, targeting specific apps)
Chairs: Mark Arnold and Brooks Travis
Members: Raegan Wiechert, TBD (Coordinator of Public Services), Anya Arnold (EBSCO)
Projects:
- Identify cataloging records to be migrated
- Identify other data for migration and work with EBSCO to determine the best method to do so (Acquisitions data, patron data, existing checkouts, etc.)
- Determine needed loan rules and other circulation configurations
- Configure and migrate/populate records for Acquisitions
- Identify various system maintenance reports and data load processes needed (eg. those currently performed by MOBIUS, like OCLC, headings error reports, bulk updates for things like eMO and MARCIVE) and work with EBSCO to automate or build systems to facilitate them in FOLIO
- Migrate data
- Remove records from SWAN/MOBIUS
EDS (EBSCO Discovery Service)
Chair: Rachel Besara
Members: Crystal Dicke, TBD (Coordinator of Public Services), Matt LePage (EBSCO)
Projects:
- Learn and convey the relevancy ranking used.
- Resolving various subject terms and controlled vocabularies
- Updating instruction and RIS communication materials to reflect the new interface
- Training and documentation for RIS employees and RIS student workers
- Troubleshooting problems with EDS on user side (workflow, expectations)
- Work with RIS and other Library faculty to determine the standard configuration for EDS results, including what records, if any, apart from our actual holdings are included (eg. OpenAccess, journals we want to provide easy access to via ILL, etc.)
E-Resources
Chair: Lindsey Taggart
Members: Chris Edwards, Andrea Miller, Tracy Patton, Dwayne Swigert
Projects:
- Acquiring e-resources previously purchased via MOBIUS through other avenues
- Joining additional consortia as appropriate
Resource Sharing and Fulfillment Services
Chairs: Rachel Besara and Tom Peters
Members: Shannon Conlon, Sue McCrory, Dwayne Swigert
Projects:
- Reciprocal Borrowing Agreements
- InstantILL
- RapidILL
- Tipasa optimization/rethinking
Communications
Chair: Tom Peters
Members: Melissa Eiken, Nathan Neuschwander, TBD (Coordinator of Public Services)
Projects:
- Print communications
- Liaison communications
- Online communications
Chairs will be in contact with groups to establish meetings, goals, and timelines.
If you’d like to join any group, or if you have ideas for something we’ve missed, please contact a member of the First FOLIO at MSU Steering Committee:
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- Mark Arnold
- Rachel Besara
- Tom Peters
- Lindsey Taggart
- Brooks Travis
- Coordinator of Public Services