Library Mobile
As of November 9, the app has 1,348 registered users. Contests for registrations and Quick Polls continue to be held. We also continue to hope that more local contests or initiatives to increase registrants can be held to increase awareness and registrations.
Electronic Resources
A public data dashboard is being built to provide easy, on-demand access to e-resource inventory and usage data to help inform collection development and management decisions.
Rapido
Work is underway to create a presentation regarding Rapido for LLT. The team will demonstrate the product and review the current status of the project and known issues. We hope that the presentation can occur in December.
Esploro
- SOAR’s integration with ORCID has been improved. This integration allows researchers to automatically push their research outputs in SOAR to their ORCID profile. Improvements include resending records that failed and updating ORCID with changes made to the SOAR record.
- The Libraries are partnering with the Office for Research to offer training to Rutgers faculty on how to search for funding opportunities using Pivot-RP. It is hoped this collaboration will open the door to additional partnership opportunities in the delivery of university-wide research services.
Post-Implementation Review
As previously reported, the entire team is participating in and leading a post-implementation review process of Alma. The review will focus on identifying areas where improvements could lead to increased efficiency or enhanced internal backend services. Identified areas for improvement will be prioritized and addressed as time and resources permit. Examples of solutions may include redesigned workflows, additional training, technical customizations, changes to configurations, etc. Please be sure to speak to the appropriate team member regarding any suggestions you have regarding pain points or potential improvements to Alma workflows.
